A Tribe Called Quest

After eight years and five albums, A Tribe Called Quest officially called it quits, seriously bumming out millions of hardcore fans who grew up listening to the Queens trio's exceptional, jazz-drenched hip-hop. Luckily their label Jive stepped up, releasing a compilation of their many hits, hard-to-find remixes and B-sides. 18 dope tracks from one of the best crews ever.

The tip-off to all of a Tribe Called Quest's considerable talent was the grainy, mischievous
curl in rapper Q-Tip's voice: Tribe were abstract imps who always made you chuckle along
with their surrealist bonhomie as much as gasp at their skills. This collection of hits and
just-misses sensitively plots the flash points of their run, mixing tracks such as "Scenario,"
the ultimate posse cut, with the previously unreleased "Mr. Incognito," a whimsi... More >