a tribe called quest reunion

wow this is great

damn, sweet CAN sample running under "Lost Somebody"

first track hits the ground running

first three tracks alone justify the hype

pleasantly surprised at how great this is! it's very much a tribe album without feeling like a retread of past albums.

i tweeted this but i'll repeat, this feels like it should have been the commercially unsuccessful but underated messy and darker followup to Midnight Marauders, basically like their version of De La's Buhloone Mindstate or Jungle Brother's J. Beez With the Remedy.

it feels so familiar yet new. like i bought a new version of a comfy old sweater i used to have. It really is just what i needed this week.

yeah this is really good on one listen

tip and andre 3000 should do an album together

Yeah, good description.

The buhloone/j beez comparison, that is.

It feels alive where brl and lm sounded a bit sterile

^^^^ absolutely

buhloone is secretly my second favorite de la album so yeah i'm feeling that comparison

"better than BRL and The Love Movement" are all the persuasion I need.

dis generation feels like a classic

This album is really good, after that disappointing ass de la soul album I was pleasantly surprised

I actually bought a physical copy of the De La cuz I was so excited and I sold it on Amazon within the week; even got most of my money back b/c it was like new.

just got to track 6 melatonin and it totally knocked me out. wow.

one of you fuckers needs to dropbox this to me or something plz plz

Does Jarobi rap on this?

I think so!

the Elton interpolation is well done btw

xp Yeah, Jarobi's all over these tracks. And he sounds incredible. His voice really complements Phife and Tip's, and he's got some good lines

Blown away by how great this is. I couldn't have even dreamed about this album being anywhere near this good (especially after that lifeless De La project)

Shakey, no Spotify?

the Elton interpolation is well done btw

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yeah the elton and jack white guests raised some red flags when the album was announced but they are really unobtrusive

I am against spotify

fair

I'm still worried about John Mayer filling in for Phife on SNL, but who knows, maybe they'll pull it off

jarobi does sound surprisingly good.
the elton track isn't too obtrusive but it's still the weakest song on "side one" imo

i dunno i like how it gets kinda trippy when they looping "solid wall of sound" verbed out like that

second listen this is even better, quite a triumph

Among the album's pleasures is Andre dropping the motormouthed delivery that had turned him into the hip hop Steve Vai.

I love this, just what I needed.

as is my penchant, i'm trying to listen to the first half several times before digging into the second half.
would welcome current hot takes on if it maintains, drastically improves, declines...?

I am against spotify

...but plz Dropbox me this album gratis

lol

haha i was gonna say that but wanted to cut shakey a break

getting an album free from a friend is different from getting an album for (mostly) free from a company that doesn't pay artists

imo

ie trading dubbed cassettes /= actively supporting a company that robs artists of royalties

but cool thx guys I will have to wait until I get paid next month and can (maybe) afford to buy a physical copy from an actual store/person

Apple Music is free for the first three months fyi

Apple, another company that doesn't pay me

but cool glad we're having this argument yet again I'm sure we will all learn valuable lessons

if i had the mp3s i'd send em shakes

i'm actually not seeing any physical copies of this - cd or vinyl...does anyone know the plan for that?

next week

ah cool, wanna get this on vinyl

Shakey, how do I reach you?

I webmailed you my e-mail thx bro

Ha, he beat me to it.

matt:
http://atribecalledquest.shop.musictoday.com/store
site is a little shaky but i helped my local deli guy order his vinyl through here!