- Details
- Genre: Dance and electronic
- Description: de la Soul are remembered as the premier Native Tongues posse, those rappers who got low-key, self-consciously thoughtful, and jazzy in the face of gangsta's hardcore threats. But A Tribe Called Quest may have been even stronger, especially on their excellent second album, the bass-thumping, heavily jazz-sampled the Low End Theory. According to the opening InchExcursions,Inch rapper Q-Tip's old man says the disc's jazz-rap Inchreminded him of bebop,Inch and Q calls himself Inchprominent like Shakespeare.Inch But if Charlie Parker had ever written poetic couplets and backed them with funky-drummer and Ron Carter-on-bass grooves this irresistible, he might have been as big as the Bard and Brother James combined. - David Cantwell. Album Tracks 1. Excursions 2. Buggin' Out 3. Rap Promoter 4. Butter 5. Verses from the Abstract 6. Show Business 7. Vibes and Stuff 8. Infamous Date Rape 9. Check the Rhime 10. Everything Is Fair 11. Jazz (We've Got) 12. Skypager 13. What? 14. Scenario
- Artist: A Tribe Called Quest
- Title: Low End Theory
- Format: VINYL
- Label: Jive
- Release Date: 11/12/1996
- Genre: Dance and electronic
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- Product Name: A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory - VINYL LP
- UPC: 012414141811
de la Soul are remembered as the premier Native Tongues posse, those rappers who got low-key, self-consciously thoughtful, and jazzy in the face of gangsta's hardcore threats. But A Tribe Called Quest may have been even stronger, especially on their excellent second album, the bass-thumping, heavily jazz-sampled the Low End Theory. According to the opening InchExcursions,Inch rapper Q-Tip's old man says the disc's jazz-rap Inchreminded him of bebop,Inch and Q calls himself Inchprominent like Shakespeare.Inch But if Charlie Parker had ever written poetic couplets and backed them with funky-drummer and Ron Carter-on-bass grooves this irresistible, he might have been as big as the Bard and Brother James combined. - David Cantwell. Album Tracks 1. Excursions 2. Buggin' Out 3. Rap Promoter 4. Butter 5. Verses from the Abstract 6. Show Business 7. Vibes and Stuff 8. Infamous Date Rape 9. Check the Rhime 10. Everything Is Fair 11. Jazz (We've Got) 12. Skypager 13. What? 14. Scenario
