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A Tribe Called Quest Shallow Dive #4- “Beats, Rhymes & Life”

This is easily Tribe at their most uninspiring and worst yet. Following the legendary back to back of “The Low End Theory” and “Midnight Marauders” A Tribe Called Quest would release their fourth album and it didn’t really feel like a new Tribe album. I’m going to structure this review in a little bit of a fun way, let’s go by the title. Starting with the beats, this is easily ... read more

Causal Review:

It’s no “Crumbling” but it’s a great psychedelic folk album that laid the groundwork for that perfect follow-up. This is definitely less adventurous than “Crumbling” but it’s still definitely out there and weird at times, there’s still that mix of traditional and acoustic folk elements and watery and psychedelic electronic elements that made “Crumbling” the masterpiece it is, it’s just on here it’s less ... read more

A Tribe Called Quest Shallow Dive #3- “Midnight Marauders”

The perfect continuation of “The Low End Theory”. Following their excellent sophomore album A Tribe Called Quest continued to expand on what they did so well on that album with follow-up two years later, the same jazzy style of production, the same socially conscious and brilliant lyricism, and the same absurdly high level of consistent quality. Let’s start with production, it’s phenomenal on here. ... read more

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