
A Tribe Called Quest - Anthology
A Tribe Called Quest: Phife, Q-Tip, Ali Shaheed Muhammed, Jarobi.Additional personnel: Faith Evans (vocals); Trugoy, Leaders Of The New School, Charlie Brown, Dinco D., Busta Rhymes (rap vocals).Producers: A Tribe Called Quest, Hoods, Q-Tip, The Ummah.Includes liner notes by Selwyn Seyfu Hinds.Digitally remastered by Tom Coyne (1999, Sterling Sound).Audio Remasterer: Tom Coyne.Liner Note Author: Selwyn Seyfu Hinds.Photographer: Carol Weinberg.Emerging on the cusp of the '90s, Tribe quickly became that decade's hip-hop icons. While Phife, Q-Tip, and Ali displayed unquestionable lyrical skills, they possessed a social consciousness that eschewed thuggish gangsta sensibilities, more concerned with communication than "street" bravado. ANTHOLOGY opens with "Check the Rhime" from Tribe's masterful second album, THE LOW END THEORY. A quintessential Tribe cut, it features the trademark conversational interaction between Phife and Q-Tip, and observations that tell much about the group's philoso