A Tribe Called Quest
8 tracks across 6 playlists
About
Queens' jazz-rap architects. Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Jarobi rebuilt hip-hop on dusty Ron Carter samples, Native Tongues warmth and conscious wit. 'People's Instinctive Travels' opened the door, 'The Low End Theory' kicked it down, and 'Midnight Marauders' (1993) is one of the all-time perfect rap albums — every bar, every break, every micro-detail of crate-dug bass. Phife passed in 2016; the goodbye record 'We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service' (also #1) was a fitting last word. Without Tribe there is no neo-soul, no Soulquarians, no Kendrick, no Madlib, no any of it.
Tracks featured on snoopspecial
4 tracks of theirs made it onto 6 snoopspecial playlists , spanning 2016–2020. Each one was sequenced into a mix by hand — no algorithmic suggestions, no auto-recommendations.
- Bonita Applebum WK: Tribe Pregame Show #1116 (2020) Weekend Kickoff Nov 2016 (2016)
- Electric Relaxation WK: Pop/Dance #1016 (2020) WK: Tribe Pregame Show #1116 (2020) Weekend Kickoff Nov 2016 (2016) Weekend Kickoff Oct 2016 (2016)
- Scenario Bachelorette Party Pregame (2020)
- Scenario (feat. Busta Rhymes, Dinco D & Charlie Brown) - LP Mix Ashlie Bachelorette Party 1 (2017)