Will Ron Carter be on it?
― Deneb on Ice (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 August 2016 21:52 (seven years ago) link
Pleasantly surprised to find this was not recorded after Phife passed
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Saturday, 20 August 2016 05:21 (seven years ago) link
new album out 11/11/16
― Οὖτις, Friday, 28 October 2016 15:35 (seven years ago) link
Maybe I'm just a cynical arsehole, but I can't imagine anything about a new Tribe Called Quest album in 2016 being anything other than an absolute train wreck.
― Austin, Saturday, 29 October 2016 06:10 (seven years ago) link
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― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Sunday, 30 October 2016 00:22 (seven years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/06/arts/music/a-tribe-called-quest-new-album-interview.html
― schwantz, Wednesday, 2 November 2016 15:50 (seven years ago) link
Right now my expectations for this are about on par with De La Soul's latest album.
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 2 November 2016 16:24 (seven years ago) link
I think coming to these types of albums with zero expectations sometimes results in a pleasant listen
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Wednesday, 2 November 2016 17:51 (seven years ago) link
^
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Wednesday, 2 November 2016 17:55 (seven years ago) link
The guest spots from Jack White and Elton John are certainly promising.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 2 November 2016 18:07 (seven years ago) link
This is definitely going to be better than Low End Theory
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Wednesday, 2 November 2016 19:12 (seven years ago) link
xp i'm going to pretend that i think you're kidding and not google that
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Wednesday, 2 November 2016 19:19 (seven years ago) link
even if that's serious, the Jack White song on Beyonce's album is fantastic so I'm not overly concerned about it
― ¶ (DJP), Wednesday, 2 November 2016 19:58 (seven years ago) link
honestly it was the elton john note that gave me pausehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY2p7oE7Bpw
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Wednesday, 2 November 2016 20:13 (seven years ago) link
they're on SNL next weekend (11/12) with Dave Chappelle, so this is your alert to tape it
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Saturday, 5 November 2016 10:11 (seven years ago) link
I might reserve judgement on this till I've actually heard it. I think I'm okay with being behind the trend on declaring it awful. And it's not impossible that it might be good.
― Is that my hand, manatee? (stevie), Saturday, 5 November 2016 12:21 (seven years ago) link
Hey, this new album sounds great!
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 10 November 2016 17:31 (seven years ago) link
are you listening 2 it???
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 10 November 2016 17:58 (seven years ago) link
also s/o to ali shaheed for the luke cage soundtrack great stuff
Yes, I am listening to it now. I rarely download albums illegally anymore but I made an exception for this one. It sounds like a proper atcq album with a dash of psychedelia thrown in, a good deal of phife and some appropriate guest spots. Tip and Dre should form a duo.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 10 November 2016 18:13 (seven years ago) link
i thought there were a few good things but overall it's meh
― ANU (sisilafami), Thursday, 10 November 2016 18:15 (seven years ago) link
so is it out or did it leak or what exactly? Is there a streaming exclusive?
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Thursday, 10 November 2016 21:15 (seven years ago) link
There's a leak. It will be out on the streaming services tomorrow.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 10 November 2016 21:17 (seven years ago) link
cool, thanks!
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Thursday, 10 November 2016 21:48 (seven years ago) link
This is all better than I expected.
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Thursday, 10 November 2016 22:00 (seven years ago) link
I've only listened to the first two songs so far. Based on them, my first reaction is that this is the best album of the year.
― ¶ (DJP), Friday, 11 November 2016 14:26 (seven years ago) link
it's kind of exactly what i need to hear right about now
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 11 November 2016 14:41 (seven years ago) link
wow this is great
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Friday, 11 November 2016 15:59 (seven years ago) link
damn, sweet CAN sample running under "Lost Somebody"
― city worker, Friday, 11 November 2016 16:00 (seven years ago) link
first track hits the ground running
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Friday, 11 November 2016 16:54 (seven years ago) link
first three tracks alone justify the hype
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Friday, 11 November 2016 17:21 (seven years ago) link
pleasantly surprised at how great this is! it's very much a tribe album without feeling like a retread of past albums.
i tweeted this but i'll repeat, this feels like it should have been the commercially unsuccessful but underated messy and darker followup to Midnight Marauders, basically like their version of De La's Buhloone Mindstate or Jungle Brother's J. Beez With the Remedy.
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 11 November 2016 18:33 (seven years ago) link
it feels so familiar yet new. like i bought a new version of a comfy old sweater i used to have. It really is just what i needed this week.
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 11 November 2016 18:41 (seven years ago) link
yeah this is really good on one listen
― Spottie, Friday, 11 November 2016 18:42 (seven years ago) link
tip and andre 3000 should do an album together
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 11 November 2016 18:43 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, good description.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 11 November 2016 18:45 (seven years ago) link
The buhloone/j beez comparison, that is.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 11 November 2016 18:46 (seven years ago) link
It feels alive where brl and lm sounded a bit sterile
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 11 November 2016 18:48 (seven years ago) link
^^^^ absolutely
― ¶ (DJP), Friday, 11 November 2016 18:52 (seven years ago) link
buhloone is secretly my second favorite de la album so yeah i'm feeling that comparison
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Friday, 11 November 2016 19:07 (seven years ago) link
"better than BRL and The Love Movement" are all the persuasion I need.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 11 November 2016 19:14 (seven years ago) link
dis generation feels like a classic
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Friday, 11 November 2016 19:23 (seven years ago) link
This album is really good, after that disappointing ass de la soul album I was pleasantly surprised
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 11 November 2016 19:30 (seven years ago) link
I actually bought a physical copy of the De La cuz I was so excited and I sold it on Amazon within the week; even got most of my money back b/c it was like new.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 11 November 2016 19:34 (seven years ago) link
just got to track 6 melatonin and it totally knocked me out. wow.
― kurt schwitterz, Friday, 11 November 2016 19:46 (seven years ago) link
one of you fuckers needs to dropbox this to me or something plz plz
― Οὖτις, Friday, 11 November 2016 20:00 (seven years ago) link
Does Jarobi rap on this?
― JRN, Friday, 11 November 2016 20:03 (seven years ago) link
I think so!
― ¶ (DJP), Friday, 11 November 2016 20:04 (seven years ago) link
the Elton interpolation is well done btw
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 11 November 2016 20:05 (seven years ago) link
xp Yeah, Jarobi's all over these tracks. And he sounds incredible. His voice really complements Phife and Tip's, and he's got some good lines
― Evan R, Friday, 11 November 2016 20:06 (seven years ago) link