A Tribe Called Quest



A Tribe Called Quest was a rap group, between 1990 and 1998 released five records. The group consisted of Q-Tip , Phife Dawg and Ali Shaheed Muhammad . A fourth member, Jarobi White, left the group after their first album " People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm . "

Q-Tip and Phife had grown up together in Queens, and met Muhammad in high school . The name of the group was coined in 1988 by The Jungle Brothers, a rap group whose members had been at the same school. Not long after, the group began performing live, even they started shooting at a local record label . The group was part of the Native Tongues family, a hip hop artists collection known for socially conscious and positive messages that they incorporated into their music. In this family there were also include De La Soul , Leaders of the New School , Monie Love and Black Sheep .

In their time, A Tribe Called Quest were unique in that they are presented with clever lyrics and a jazzy sound as an alternative to gangsta rap and macho behavior that accompanied it. Their second album " The Low End Theory "from 1991, is considered one of the best hip-hop albums of all time.

Successor " Midnight Marauders "(1993) gave the group a hit in" Award Tour ". The relationship with many hip-hop artists was reflected in the CD booklet, which are drawn portraits of more than fifty befriended artists like the Jungle Brothers, De La Soul, as well as Heavy D , Ice-T, and the Beastie Boys , that Q-Tip would collaborate later.

In 1996 the album "Beats, Rhymes and Life" was released, which is somewhat disappointing. After the release of the album "The Love Movement" in 1998, the group disbanded. ==Discography [ edit] == ===Studio Albums [ edit] === ===Compilation albums [ edit] ===
 * 1990: People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
 * 1991: The Low End Theory
 * 1993: Midnight Marauders
 * 1996: Beats, Rhymes and Life
 * 1998: The Love Movement
 * 1992: Revised Quest for the Seasoned Traveller
 * 1999: The Anthology
 * 2003: Hits, Rarities & Remixes
 * 2006: The Lost Tribes
 * 2008: The Best of A Tribe Called Quest