This album is what the nation needed
OTM
― sleeve, Saturday, 12 November 2016 03:57 (seven years ago) link
so i was talking with a young woman (let's say 25) this afternoon and i said, "hey have you heard the new tribe yet?" and she didn't know what i meant so i said "have you heard the new tribe called quest?" and she said "i've heard OF them" and okay so THIS is what being old feels like
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Saturday, 12 November 2016 03:59 (seven years ago) link
LET'S MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Saturday, 12 November 2016 04:04 (seven years ago) link
Am liking what I hear so far, yay Spotify.
― Piano Mouth, Saturday, 12 November 2016 04:21 (seven years ago) link
Really nice album
― warm winds and clear skies, Saturday, 12 November 2016 04:48 (seven years ago) link
I like that it is genuinely new and modern rather than just trying to capture the old magic. It's also their most serious and politically-minded album.
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Saturday, 12 November 2016 05:52 (seven years ago) link
Whoa damn
― wishy washy hippy variety hour (Hunt3r), Saturday, 12 November 2016 14:11 (seven years ago) link
sounded better on each play yesterday, looking forward to listening to it more over the weekend
― Brad C., Saturday, 12 November 2016 15:17 (seven years ago) link
just want to live inside space program but everytime tip gets to "and the president's refined / in her wing she's confined / with about thirty percocets and five bottles of wine" i get aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Saturday, 12 November 2016 15:59 (seven years ago) link
also wanna renege on my earlier negativity on "wall of sound"; it opened up in headphones... matt otm basically
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Saturday, 12 November 2016 18:45 (seven years ago) link
i will cop to approaching the elton john/busta rhymes collabo with some prejudice; I'm pleased they proved me wrong!
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Saturday, 12 November 2016 18:46 (seven years ago) link
Def makes me want to revisit the last two Tribe albums
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 12 November 2016 18:46 (seven years ago) link
Me too, but I still like their older stuff better.
― Piano Mouth, Sunday, 13 November 2016 03:17 (seven years ago) link
Love Movement was a legit masterpiece. So is this one. Pretty awesome they went out with two great final albums that sound nothing alike.
― Evan R, Sunday, 13 November 2016 15:36 (seven years ago) link
I relistened to TLM yesterday morning as I do every couple years to learn whether my yawn needs rescinding. Nope.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 13 November 2016 15:38 (seven years ago) link
Another thing to acknowledge, esp because he sounds so revitalized being back with Tribe, bug Busta is one of the godddamn forces of nature in the history of music
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 13 November 2016 16:38 (seven years ago) link
man Tip is one sexy motherfucker, always was.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 13 November 2016 16:48 (seven years ago) link
Busta is one of the godddamn forces of nature in the history of music
that part in "mobius" where he's like "ohwaitwaitwaitwait i gotta do it again! i gotta do it again!"
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Sunday, 13 November 2016 16:51 (seven years ago) link
Yeah in the article they talk about how they hung out in the studio kicking around ideas, instead of just emailing verses and beats like most albums now, parts like that you can really feel that, I think that's a big part of what makes this feel so good
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 13 November 2016 16:54 (seven years ago) link
Also s/o to Consequence who maybe isn't as distinctive as everyone else but drops some really cold verses that give the album a little more street feel in a couple of places that i think adds to it in a nice way
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 13 November 2016 16:56 (seven years ago) link
I don't hate The Love Movement the way I did when it was first released but it's to my ears a clear step down from BRL, which itself is a step down from the first three albums. The new one blows it away easily; I'd rank it with Low End and MM.
― ¶ (DJP), Sunday, 13 November 2016 17:14 (seven years ago) link
I think I agree with that.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 13 November 2016 19:32 (seven years ago) link
yes this is where I'm at tbh
― the fog of "Wha...?" (stevie), Sunday, 13 November 2016 20:52 (seven years ago) link
Love Movement is an acquired taste. BRL just isn't very good.
Agree the new one may be even better than Love Movement, though. It's just much more in line with what people want from a Tribe album.
― Evan R, Sunday, 13 November 2016 21:48 (seven years ago) link
Busta been one of the best rappers alive the last few years tho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl_s-9TbO-Mhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhIrzbhEGvs
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 13 November 2016 23:20 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cklwGaNKMCo
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 13 November 2016 23:21 (seven years ago) link
Don't get me wrong,"Start It Up" is fire; I think it's the album is a little monochromatic after that.
― ¶ (DJP), Monday, 14 November 2016 02:19 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDxKVYUHBdA
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 14 November 2016 02:26 (seven years ago) link
I don't know what the deal is with Ali Shaheed not being in that photo or on the album but still appearing in the performance?
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 14 November 2016 03:14 (seven years ago) link
Did he contribute a lot on their previous albums or is he mostly their live DJ?
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Monday, 14 November 2016 03:40 (seven years ago) link
Ha, props to Tip taking a moment to clown himself on "Ego".
― Crazy Eddie & Jesus the Kid (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 14 November 2016 13:35 (seven years ago) link
I think "Lost Somebody" is the only song here I don't care for. Good intentions, obviously, but it doesn't really land, and it detracts from the illusion that the LP was completed before Phife died
― Evan R, Monday, 14 November 2016 15:02 (seven years ago) link
I can't stop listening to this
― Crazy Eddie & Jesus the Kid (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 14 November 2016 15:08 (seven years ago) link
Promo photos will have been taken during the week, not at the taping.
― sad, hombres (sic), Monday, 14 November 2016 15:49 (seven years ago) link
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/review-a-tribe-called-quests-we-got-it-from-here--w450235
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 14 November 2016 16:23 (seven years ago) link
"Bohemian everydude funkonauts" A+. Awesome on point review Whiney. This record is the world to me this last week.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 14 November 2016 16:32 (seven years ago) link
well done bro
― Οὖτις, Monday, 14 November 2016 16:39 (seven years ago) link
Thanks guys!
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 14 November 2016 16:43 (seven years ago) link
excellent work – listening to the album for the fourth time in an hour.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 14 November 2016 16:47 (seven years ago) link
nice one, Whiney! I liked BRL well enough when it came out, but didn't listen to it a ton. I don't think I've ever listened to TLM. Maybe I should give them a shot.
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Monday, 14 November 2016 16:54 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, I mean I was certainly lukewarm on them when they dropped, but I think Dilla's legacy has proven they were actually onto something
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 14 November 2016 17:01 (seven years ago) link
does something about the mixing/mastering on this sound a little weird to anyone else? like the vocals are kind of buried and hard to hear, especially in the early part of the album?
― na (NA), Monday, 14 November 2016 18:24 (seven years ago) link
The vocals mix is really bothering my partner - she keeps asking, "are you sure this is the final version?"
― sean gramophone, Monday, 14 November 2016 18:58 (seven years ago) link
no it does sound pretty raw but i like that
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Monday, 14 November 2016 20:29 (seven years ago) link
If it's too quiet, you're too old!
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 14 November 2016 20:41 (seven years ago) link
we're all too old
― na (NA), Monday, 14 November 2016 20:47 (seven years ago) link
never rly listened to them before but this is great
― imago, Monday, 14 November 2016 21:46 (seven years ago) link
yah that's basically where i'm at
― The times they are a changing, perhaps (map), Monday, 14 November 2016 21:56 (seven years ago) link
I don't know what album you all are listening to but this is godawful
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, 14 November 2016 21:57 (seven years ago) link
jk this is really good!