A Tribe Called Quest was an influential hip-hop group of the 1990s, originally formed in Queens, New York City in 1988. The group is comprised of Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, and DJ Ali Shaheed Muhammad. A fourth member, Jarobi White, was an intermittent collaborator, appearing in videos from the first album, and creating song ideas, and mentioned as a 'sometimes' member on their third album. Q-Tip and Phife had grown up together in Queens, and met Muhammad in high school. The group's name was coined by The Jungle Brothers, whose members attended the same school. Soon after, the group began performing live and recording on a local label. The group became a part of the Native Tongues family, a Hip-Hop artist collective also consisting of the groups Jungle Brothers, De La Soul and Black Sheep. At the time of their inception, A Tribe Called Quest was unique within the hip-hop community for eschewing gangsta rap and macho posturing. Their lyrics focused on abstract
1 | Youthful Expression | People's Instinctive Travels And Paths Of Rhythm |
2 | Sucka Nigga | Midnight Marauders |
3 | Jazz (We've Got) | The Low End Theory |
4 | His Name Is Mutty Ranks | The Love Movement |
5 | Push It Along | People's Instinctive Travels And Paths Of Rhythm |
6 | The Chase, Part II | Midnight Marauders |
7 | Like It Like That | Love Movement Instrumentals |
8 | Common Grand | Love Movement Instrumentals |
9 | Crew | Beats Rhymes & Life |
10 | Check The Rhime (MR Muhammad's Mix) | Revised Quest For The Seasoned Traveller |
11 | Ham 'n' Eggs | People's Instinctive Travels And Paths Of Rhythm |
12 | 1nce Again | Beats, Rhymes & Life |
13 | Start It Up | The Love Movement |
14 | Start It Up | Love Movement Instrumentals |
15 | What? | The Low End Theory |
16 | Moms | The Love Movement |
17 | Keeping It Moving | Beats Rhymes & Life |
18 | Oh My God (rmx) | Midnight Marauders |
19 | Like It Like That | The Love Movement |
20 | Luck of Lucien | People's Instinctive Travels And Paths Of Rhythm |