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American hip hop group from New York

A Tribe Called Quest

A Tribe Called Quest performing in 2009. From left to right: Jarobi White, Q-Tip, and Phife Dawg.

A Tribe Called Quest performing in 2009. From left to right: Jarobi White, Q-Tip, and Phife Dawg.

Groundwork information
Origin St. Albans, Queens, New York, U.Southward.
Genres
  • Hip hop
  • alternative hip hop
  • jazz rap
  • East Coast hip hop
  • progressive rap[one]
Years agile
  • 1985–1998[2]
  • 2006–2013
  • 2015–2017[3]
Labels
  • Jive
  • Epic
Associated acts
  • Native Tongues
  • Busta Rhymes
  • Consequence
  • J Dilla
  • Rashad Smith
  • Beastie Boys
Website atribecalledquest.com
Past members
  • Q-Tip
  • Phife Dawg
  • Ali Shaheed Muhammad
  • Jarobi White

A Tribe Called Quest was an American hip hop group formed in St. Albans, Queens, New York, in 1985,[4] [5] [2] originally composed of rapper and main producer Q-Tip,[6] rapper Phife Dawg, DJ and co-producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and rapper Jarobi White. Members of the Native Tongues commonage, the group is regarded as a pioneer of culling hip hop.[7]

The group's debut anthology, People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990), was a disquisitional success, earning the first v 'mic' rating in The Source 's history.[viii] [nine] In 1991, the group saw commercial success with its jazz-influenced second anthology, The Low End Theory, which helped shape alternative hip hop in the 1990s.[x] It was followed past the similarly successful and influential Midnight Marauders (1993), and Beats, Rhymes and Life (1996), which topped the Billboard 200. In 1998, the group disbanded shortly earlier releasing its fifth album, The Dearest Movement, just in 2006, the original members reunited and toured the United States. In 2016, the grouping released its sixth and final album, Nosotros Got It from Here... Give thanks You 4 Your Service, which became its 2nd album to top the Billboard 200, and featured posthumous contributions from Phife Dawg, who died 8 months before its release.[11]

A Tribe Called Quest was the most commercially successful deed in the Native Tongues commonage, with all vi of its albums certified either gilt or platinum.[12] John Bush of AllMusic chosen them "the most intelligent, artistic rap grouping during the 1990s."[xiii] In 2005, A Tribe Chosen Quest received the Founders Award at the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards,[xiv] and two years later, the grouping was honored at the fourth VH1 Hip Hop Honors.[xv] In 2017, the group was awarded the Brit Accolade for International Group.

History [edit]

1985–1990: Formation, Native Tongues, and People'southward Instinctive Travels [edit]

Q-Tip (Kamaal Fareed) and Phife Dawg (Malik Taylor) were childhood friends who grew up together in the St. Albans neighborhood of Queens, New York City.[five] [xvi] Initially, Q-Tip performed as a battle rapper, under the name MC Love Child, occasionally teaming upwards with Murry Bergtraum High School classmate Ali Shaheed Muhammad as a rapper and DJ duo.[half-dozen] [17] In 1985, the duo began making demos over Q-Tip's suspension tape beats.[5] Phife Dawg afterwards joined them, though he didn't become a total member until neighborhood friend Jarobi White joined; the group dubbed themselves "Beat out Connection" and later "Quest".[15] [eighteen] The group'south terminal name, A Tribe Chosen Quest, was coined in 1988 past Jungle Brothers, who attended the aforementioned loftier school every bit Q-Tip and Muhammad; that year, Q-Tip fabricated his first recorded appearances on Jungle Brothers' songs "Black Is Blackness" and "The Promo".[5] [13] Shortly after, A Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers, De La Soul, Queen Latifah and Monie Love formed the Native Tongues collective, known for their like-minded Afrocentrism, positivity and eclectic sampling.[19] [20] In 1989, Phife Dawg made his starting time recorded advent on the song "Buddy (Native Tongue Conclusion)", the remix of De La Soul's single "Buddy".[21]

A Tribe Chosen Quest hired Kool DJ Red Warning equally their first director.[22] In early 1989, the grouping signed a demo deal with Geffen Records and produced a 5-vocal demo, which included future single "I Left My Wallet in El Segundo".[23] Geffen decided against offer the group a recording contract, and the grouping was granted permission to store for a deal elsewhere.[23] After receiving lucrative offers for multi-album deals from a diversity of labels, the group opted for a modest deal offered by Jive Records.[23] Jive was then known as an independent rap label that partly owed its success to edifice the careers of artists Boogie Down Productions and Too Brusk. Later that year, the group released their first 12" single, "Description of a Fool".[16]

Their debut album, People'southward Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, released on Apr ten, 1990,[xvi] was marked by a playful lyrical arroyo and calorie-free-hearted content such as safe sex, vegetarianism and youthful experiences.[24] The music was an eclectic mix of jazz, funk, soul and stone samples.[4] The album was met with critical acclaim; The Source rated information technology five mics, condign the first album to receive the magazine's highest rating.[8] NME 'southward review stated that "This is non rap, it's near perfection."[25] The anthology only gained momentum after the release of the singles "Bonita Applebum" and "Tin can I Kick It?", eventually achieving gold certification in 1996.[16] [26]

1991–1993: The Low Terminate Theory, Midnight Marauders, and commercial success [edit]

Phife Dawg's breakout performance on The Low End Theory marked the beginning of the grouping'southward successful run in the 1990s.

A Tribe Chosen Quest'southward second album, The Low End Theory, was released on September 24, 1991, with "Bank check the Rhime" every bit the lead single; the song largely established the lyrical interplay between Q-Tip and Phife Dawg.[sixteen] [27] Until then, most of the grouping'due south songs had simply featured vocals by Q-Tip, but Q-Tip encouraged Phife Dawg to increase his participation despite his recent diabetes diagnosis.[15] Musically, the album fused hip hop with the laid-back temper of jazz, particularly bebop and difficult bop, combined with a minimalist approach to production that stripped the sound downward to vocals, drums and bass.[v] [28] Mixing engineer Bob Power played a major role on the album, equally he was tasked with removing surface racket and static that is typically heard on hip hop songs sampled from old vinyl records.[29] During the recording sessions, White left the group to pursue a career in culinary arts, and they hired Chris Lighty as their new manager.[18] [30]

Lyrically, the group focused on a range of social problems, from date rape ("The Infamous Appointment Rape") to consumerism ("Skypager"), while also criticizing the hip hop industry on several songs.[xvi] Guests on the album included Leaders of the New School, Brand Nubian, Vinia Mojica and Ron Carter, who played double bass on the song "Verses from the Abstract". Additional singles included "Jazz (We've Got)" and "Scenario"; a alive performance of "Scenario" with Leaders of the New School on The Arsenio Hall Show led to greater popularity.[31] Leaders fellow member Busta Rhymes attracted attention with his verse in the song, which led to him launching a successful solo career.[27]

The Low Terminate Theory received widespread acclaim from critics.[18] The Source gave the group its second sequent v mic rating, praising their "progressive sound" and "streetwise edge", also noting that "Those who questioned Phife'south microphone techniques on the get-go anthology will swallow those doubts as he practically steals the prove on this i."[32] The anthology peaked at #45 on the Billboard 200 and was certified gold on February 19, 1992; it reached platinum status by 1995.[27] In the aftermath of their success, the group contributed the song "Hot Sexual practice" to the soundtrack for the film Boomerang in 1992.[33]

A Tribe Called Quest released their tertiary anthology, Midnight Marauders, on November 9, 1993.[34] The lead single, "Accolade Tour", became the group'southward highest charting single and helped to land the album at #viii on the Billboard 200.[27] The production, still rooted in jazz, was a return to the eclectic sounds found on People'southward Instinctive Travels, with a more than prominent funk influence, including grittier drums.[34] [5] The voice of a "bout guide", on the intro and at the end of several tracks, added further cohesion to the anthology.[27]

Midnight Marauders saw improved lyrical interplay betwixt Phife Dawg and Q-Tip,[34] as evidenced on the singles "Electric Relaxation" and "Oh My God"; the popularity of "Electric Relaxation" led to it becoming the opening theme song for the sitcom The Wayans Bros., from 1995 to 1996.[35] Topics on the album include constabulary harassment ("Midnight"), religious organized religion ("God Lives Through"), hip hop ("We Tin can Get Down") and use of the word nigga ("Sucka Nigga").[34] Guests on the album include Large Professor, Busta Rhymes and Raphael Saadiq (credited equally Raphael Wiggins).

The album received widespread acclaim from critics.[18] Amusement Weekly called the album "as fresh as their commencement",[36] while Tune Maker stated "A Tribe Called Quest have expanded their vision with a lyrical gravitas and a musical lightness of touch that has hitherto eluded them across a whole album".[36] The album was ranked #21 by The Village Vocalism in that year's Pazz & Jop critics' poll.[36] Midnight Marauders became A Tribe Called Quest's fastest-selling album; it was certified platinum on January 11, 1995, simply 14 months after its release.[27]

1994–1995: Intermission and the Ummah [edit]

In 1994, at The Source Awards, Tupac Shakur performed his vocal "Out on Bail", interrupting A Tribe Called Quest as they accustomed the award for Group of the Year; it was later found that this apparent act of disrespect was accidental.[xx] [37] That summertime, the group performed as one of a handful of hip hop acts on the Lollapalooza bout, amongst acts such equally The Smashing Pumpkins, Stereolab and The Verve.[38] While on tour, keyboardist Amp Fiddler introduced Q-Tip to a young producer from Detroit named Jay Dee.[5] At the suggestion of Q-Tip, Jay Dee later joined him and Muhammad, forming a production unit of measurement known as The Ummah (Arabic for "the [worldwide] Muslim community"), in which each member produced songs individually and received a songwriting credit for their piece of work.[6] The Ummah handled the production of A Tribe Called Quest's next two albums.

During this period, group members contributed to several notable exterior projects with production and guest verses. Phife Dawg, who rapped on "Oh My God" that he owned "more condoms than TLC", fabricated an appearance on the vocal "Intro-lude" from that group's album, CrazySexyCool, in 1994.[39] That year, Q-Tip produced the single "One Honey" from Nas' debut album Illmatic and appeared on the vocal "Go Information technology Together" by Beastie Boys, from their album Sick Advice.[5] In 1995, Muhammad co-produced the single "Brown Carbohydrate" from D'Angelo's debut album of the same proper noun, and Q-Tip produced iii songs for Mobb Deep while serving as a mixing engineer for their anthology The Infamous.[40] The group contributed "Glamour and Glitz" to The Testify: The Soundtrack that twelvemonth, before returning the following year with their side by side album.

1996–1998: Beats, Rhymes and Life, The Love Move, and breakdown [edit]

Beats, Rhymes and Life, the group's 4th anthology, was released on July thirty, 1996, supported by the singles "1nce Again" and "Stressed Out". It was recorded during the turbulent East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry, with the tracks "Get a Hold", "Keeping It Moving" and "Baby Phife'southward Return" referring to it.[41] The Ummah'southward production style, a minimalist R&B and jazz-infused sound, was a departure from the group's previous albums.[42] Jay Dee, a big fan of A Tribe Called Quest, contributed five beats to the album, including both singles.[five] Lyrically, the album featured a less playful, more philosophical arroyo by the group.[20] Effect, Q-Tip'southward cousin, and an aspiring rapper, was present on half dozen songs.[42] Phife Dawg later stated that this period was when he began to lose interest in the grouping:

I really felt similar with Midnight Marauders I came into my own. By the time when Beats, Rhymes and Life came out I started feelin' like I didn't fit in whatsoever more. Q-Tip and Ali had converted to Islam and I didn't. Music felt like a job; similar I was just doin' it to pay bills. I never want my music to experience similar merely a job. They would schedule studio fourth dimension at the terminal minute. I'd catch a plane from Atlanta to be in New York and when I got to the studio, no one would be there. They would have canceled the session without telling me. Seemed like the direction was concerned with other folks not me. Only I never lost my confidence.[43]

The anthology debuted at #i on the Billboard 200 and went gold earlier the finish of the year; it was certified platinum in 1998.[44] Disquisitional reception was divided, but mostly positive; Rolling Rock called the anthology "near-flawless",[45] while The Source awarded information technology four mics.[46] Melody Maker felt that it provided "both their all-time and worst thus far."[45] It was nominated for Best Rap Album and "1nce Again" was nominated for Best Rap Operation by a Duo or Group at the 1997 Grammy Awards.[13]

In 1997, the group was featured on the Fugees unmarried "Rumble in the Jungle", aslope Busta Rhymes and John Forté, from the When We Were Kings soundtrack.[47] They too appeared on the soundtrack Men in Blackness: The Album, with the song "Aforementioned Ol' Thing". In Europe, they released The Jam EP, which included the aforementioned song, "Mardi Gras at Midnight" (featuring Rah Digga) and two songs from Beats, Rhymes and Life, "Go a Concord" and "Jam".[48] That yr besides saw the kickoff reunion of the three Native Tongues groups since 1989, when Jungle Brothers invited A Tribe Chosen Quest and De La Soul to guest on "How Ya Desire Information technology We Got It", a song from their anthology Raw Deluxe.[15]

A calendar month earlier The Beloved Movement was released on September 29, 1998, the grouping appear that information technology would be their final album.[thirteen] [18] The group cited their frustration with Jive as a significant factor in the breakdown.[15] The album, which was centered on the theme of love, was promoted past the single "Detect a Mode", a song that "innocently wonders most the betoken at which friendship spills over into sex activity."[49] Musically, the anthology saw the render of The Ummah's stripped-down production style from Beats, Rhymes and Life.[50] Invitee appearances by Busta Rhymes, Redman and Noreaga helped to rest the subdued tone of the album.[51]

The Love Movement was certified golden on November 1, 1998, just over a calendar month subsequently its release.[26] Critical reception was mostly positive; Rolling Rock remarked that "the mature, accomplished niceness of The Love Movement proves that the Tribe nonetheless have the skills – they're just short on thrills."[51] The anthology was nominated for Best Rap Anthology at the 1999 Grammy Awards.[52]

1999–2005: Solo projects and brief return to recording [edit]

Under the management of Violator, Q-Tip launched a successful solo career, which saw two Billboard Hot 100 hits, "Vivrant Thing" and "Exhale and Terminate", and the release of the gold-certified album Amplified in late 1999.[fifteen] The album featured production by Q-Tip, Jay Dee and DJ Scratch. Despite receiving mostly positive reviews, the album was criticized by the hip hop customs for its mainstream audio.[5] The most notable of Q-Tip's critics was Phife Dawg, who took his former partner to task on his solo album Ventilation: Da LP, released in 2000.[15] The Hi-Tek-produced pb single, "Flawless", contained the lines "Become 'head, play yourself with them ho-like hooks / sing ballads if information technology's all about the Maxwell look".[xv] Ventilation included production by Jay Dee and Pete Rock.

Teaming up with 2 other artists from old groups, Raphael Saadiq of Tony! Toni! Toné! and Dawn Robinson of En Faddy, Muhammad's next project was Lucy Pearl.[15] The group scored two hit singles with "Dance Tonight" and "Don't Mess with My Man", from their self-titled anthology, which was certified gold a few months after its release in 2000. Post-obit a dispute between Saadiq and Robinson, the latter left the grouping and was replaced by Joi; withal, this new incarnation would only last for the remainder of touring.[15]

In 2001, Q-Tip changed directions and recorded Kamaal the Abstract, an anthology which saw him in the part of vocaliser and bandleader.[5] Unlike his work with A Tribe Chosen Quest, or his previous solo work, Kamaal was synthetic around live music and abstract song concepts. Arista Records refused to release the album, doubting its commercial potential, resulting in Q-Tip leaving the characterization.[53] The following year, he recorded the song "What Lies Below" for the Soundbombing 3 compilation, in which he responded to Phife Dawg'south comments on "Flawless".

In 2003, Q-Tip and Phife Dawg put aside their differences and A Tribe Called Quest briefly returned to the studio, recording the song "I C U (Doin' It)", featuring Erykah Badu.[fifteen] It was intended to be the first single from the Violator compilation, V3: The Proficient, The Bad & The Ugly, however, the anthology was not released.[54] Undeterred by the shelving of Kamaal the Abstract, Q-Tip recorded Open up in late 2003, planning to release it the next year.[53] [55] It featured contributions from André 3000, Common and D'Angelo.[15] However, his label, DreamWorks Records, got bought out by Universal Music Grouping, which somewhen led to Open also getting shelved.[53]

On August 27, 2004, A Tribe Called Quest headlined the Street Scene music festival in San Diego.[xv] Muhammad focused on developing a stable of artists, near of whom were showcased on his debut solo album, Shaheedullah and Stereotypes, released afterward that twelvemonth. In 2005, the grouping received the Founders Award at the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta.[14]

2006–2013: Reunion and touring [edit]

In 2006, the grouping reunited as a touring ring, in part, to help Phife Dawg with his mounting medical expenses.[xviii] They co-headlined that year's Bumbershoot festival in Seattle and performed several sold-out concerts in the U.Due south., Canada and Nihon. The group also appeared on the 2K Sports Bounce Tour, promoting the NBA 2K7 video game, with a Dan the Automator remix of their vocal "Lyrics to Go" appearing on the game'southward soundtrack.[fifteen] According to Phife Dawg at the time, A Tribe Called Quest planned to release an album, as they owed Jive 1 more than in their six-album contract.[18] Speaking virtually the possibility of a new album showing upwards that year, Phife Dawg said:

Human being, nosotros was merely 18–19 when we offset got started. [When] nosotros broke upwards we were still like 28. Now we are 35–36. It'd exist existent different being in the studio. Information technology would be real interesting to run across where Q-Tip is. Information technology would all be on a much higher level. But we are all into such different stuff from fashion back then. We'd need at least a solid month to work on something. Trying to get all of us together for that much time … I don't come across that happening.[43]

In 2007, A Tribe Called Quest was honored at the fourth VH1 Hip Hop Honors, with a tribute performance by Busta Rhymes, Common, Lupe Fiasco and Pharrell Williams.[56] The group was named the headlining deed for the 2008 Stone the Bells tour.[57] That year, Phife Dawg received a kidney transplant from his married woman.[xviii] In tardily 2008, Q-Tip released his long-awaited 2nd anthology, The Renaissance, on Universal Motown Records.[58] Later being shelved for seven years, Kamaal the Abstract was finally released in 2009, on Battery Records.[6]

The grouping co-headlined the 2010 Stone the Bells bout. Phife Dawg planned to release his follow-upwards album, Songs in the Primal of Phife: Volume one (Cheryl's Large Son), that yr; withal, his wellness bug delayed the release of the album.[59] [18] The group was the subject of the 2011 documentary, Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Chosen Quest, directed by Michael Rapaport.[60] In 2012, Q-Tip signed to Kanye West's Practiced Music characterization and prepared the release of his new album, The Concluding Zulu, which later became heavily delayed.[five] [61]

In 2013, the group performed at a handful of select festivals throughout the summer, including Yahoo! Wireless in London,[62] Splash! in Germany,[63] OpenAir Frauenfeld in Switzerland,[64] and H2O Music Festival in Los Angeles.[65] In November 2013, ii of the four New York shows for West's Yeezus Tour featured A Tribe Called Quest equally supporting acts.[66] According to statements made past Q-Tip at the time, these were intended to be A Tribe Chosen Quest's final performances.[67]

2015–2017: We Got It from Here, death of Phife Dawg, and terminal tour [edit]

Members of A Tribe Called Quest performing on their terminal bout in 2017

On November xiii, 2015, A Tribe Called Quest reunited to perform on The Tonight Bear witness Starring Jimmy Fallon.[13] That day, the grouping reissued People'south Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, in commemoration of its 25th anniversary.[13] The reissue included remixes by Pharrell Williams, J. Cole and CeeLo Green.[68] In addition, they participated in an AMA on Reddit, where users asked the grouping questions.[69] On the night of their This evening Evidence appearance, the same dark of the terrorist attacks in Paris, the group felt "charged" and put aside their differences, deciding to record a new album, We Got It from Hither... Thanks 4 Your Service, in secrecy.[11] Muhammad was unable to attend recording sessions for the album, as he was producing the Luke Cage soundtrack with Adrian Younge at the time.[70]

Phife Dawg died on March 22, 2016, due to complications relating to diabetes.[71] [72] The anthology was incomplete when Phife Dawg died, but the surviving members continued to work on it following his death.[xi] That August, Epic Records CEO L.A. Reid revealed that the label would exist releasing a new A Tribe Called Quest album in the virtually future.[73] Nosotros Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service was subsequently announced in October, with a release date of November 11, 2016; information technology became the grouping's second anthology to debut at #ane on the Billboard 200.[74] [75] The mean solar day after its release, the group appeared on Saturday Night Alive and performed in front of a landscape of Phife Dawg.[76]

Nosotros Got It from Here featured invitee appearances by André 3000, Kendrick Lamar, Jack White, Elton John, Kanye Westward, Anderson Paak, Talib Kweli, Outcome and Busta Rhymes.[77] Promoted by the striking single "We the People....", which opposed Donald Trump's presidential campaign, the album received widespread acclamation from critics.[78] Lyrically, Rolling Stone believed that the group "maintain the attitude of the Bohemian everydude funkonauts" that inspired many prominent hip hop artists.[79] AllMusic praised the album's "visionary and pleasingly weird product", which drew from several unlike genres and sample sources.[seventy] Speaking with Billboard, Q-Tip revealed plans for the group to do a last world tour, to promote the album and honour Phife Dawg, before permanently disbanding.[80] It was likewise announced that a new Phife Dawg solo album, Forever, mostly completed before his death, would be released in the near future; the album was released in 2022.[81] [82]

On February 12, 2017, A Tribe Called Quest performed alongside Anderson Paak, Busta Rhymes and Consequence at the 59th Almanac Grammy Awards.[81] Later that month, the grouping won the laurels for all-time International Group at the 2017 Brit Awards.[83] On May 22, 2017, We Got It from Here accomplished gilded certification, making all six of the group's albums RIAA-certified.[12] The group performed at a number of festivals throughout the summer; they performed their final concert on September nine, 2017 at Bestival in Dorset, England.[84] After disbanding, a short pic for the album's opening track, "The Space Plan", was released on March 29, 2018 and billed as the group's final video.[85]

Legacy [edit]

A Tribe Chosen Quest logo

AllMusic critic John Bush chosen A Tribe Called Quest "without question the most intelligent, artistic rap grouping during the 1990s", further stating that the group "jump-started and perfected the hip-hop alternative to hardcore and gangsta rap."[13] At a fourth dimension when James Brownish drum breaks and P-Funk basslines dominated hip hop production,[86] the group successfully bridged the gap between jazz and hip hop, incorporating bebop and difficult bop samples and recording with double bassist Ron Carter.[28] [87] The grouping'southward product influenced their contemporaries, thus changing the sound of hip hop; Dr. Dre produced his highly regarded debut The Chronic afterwards being inspired by The Low Cease Theory,[88] and Pete Rock stated, "There were times when I would walk into a record store and meet Tip sitting on the floor with his glasses on, going through albums, looking for beats  ... I was like, 'This guy is serious.' Being around [the group] made me stride upwards and become even more than serious than I was."[86]

Lyrically, A Tribe Called Quest has been regarded for addressing many social issues through Q-Tip's philosophical viewpoints and Phife Dawg's everyman perspectives.[13] [86] People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm influenced several hip hop artists; Scarface asserted that it "really fabricated me desire to rap", and Pharrell Williams expressed that information technology was "the turning point [which] made me see that music was art."[89] [90] Kierna Mayo, one-time editor-in-chief of Ebony, said that The Depression Finish Theory and Midnight Marauders "gave birth to neo-everything. ... That entire form of D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, Maxwell, and Lauryn Hill—and moving on to André 3000, Kanye West, and Talib Kweli—everything that is left of everything begins with Tribe."[86] The group has too been credited for helping launch the solo careers of Busta Rhymes, J Dilla and Consequence.[91] [42]

Members [edit]

  • Q-Tip – vocals, production (1985–1998, 2006–2013, 2015–2017)
  • Phife Dawg – vocals (1985–1998, 2006–2013, 2015–2016; died 2016)
  • Ali Shaheed Muhammad – turntables, co-production (1985–1998, 2006–2013, 2015–2017)
  • Jarobi White – vocals (1985–1991, 2006–2013, 2015–2017)

Discography [edit]

Studio albums

  • People'southward Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990)
  • The Low End Theory (1991)
  • Midnight Marauders (1993)
  • Beats, Rhymes and Life (1996)
  • The Love Movement (1998)
  • We Got It from Hither... Thank You iv Your Service (2016)

Awards and nominations [edit]

Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards [edit]

Brit Awards [edit]

Grammy Awards [edit]

The Source Awards [edit]

Filmography [edit]

  • Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Chosen Quest (2011)

Apparel collaborations [edit]

  • In celebration of People's Instinctive Travels ' 25th anniversary in 2015, Stussy worked with A Tribe Called Quest to create a line featuring hats, sweaters and t-shirts of classic photos, lyrics and their iconic logo.[92]
  • Teaming up with longtime collaborator Pharrell Williams, the group partnered with Billionaire Boys Society to make "The Space Plan" capsule in 2018.[93]
  • Paying tribute to the rap grouping, Vans fabricated a line of footwear in 2018, in honour of their album artwork and lyrics.[94]

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