Nov 12, 2016 I was actually about to edit in a caveat that I'm actually a pretty big fan of Beats -- on a good day it might be my second favorite Tribe album. Top five Tribe song for me:
Nov 12, 2016 Please make this the next selection for your "RATE THIS ALBUM" series; I love this album even though many think it's inferior Tribe.
Nov 12, 2016 Beats is criminally underrated. My rankings are People's > TLET > MM > Beats > WGIFHTY4YS > TLM
Nov 12, 2016 Full album credits: 1. “Space Program” Written by Kamaal Fareed, Malik Izaak Taylor and Jarobi White Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / Jazz Merchant Music (ASCAP)/Universal Music- ZTunes, LLC / Alaric Publishing House (ASCAP) Vocals by Q-Tip, Phife and Jarobi Keyboards by Q-Tip and Masayuki “BIGYUKI” Hirano Drums by Q-Tip Bass by Louis Cato Guitar by Chris Sholar 2. “We the People” Written by Kamaal Fareed, Malik Izaak Taylor, Terrance Butler, Anthony Frank Iommi, John Osbourne and William Ward Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / Jazz Merchant Music (ASCAP)/Universal Music- ZTunes, LLC / Essex Music International, Inc. (ASCAP/PRS) Vocals by Q-Tip and Phife Bass by Q-Tip Keyboards by Q-Tip and Casey Benjamin Drum Programming by Q-Tip Contains a sample of Black Sabbath’s “Behind The Wall Of Sleep” 3. “Whateva Will Be” Written by Kamaal Fareed, Malik Izaak Taylor, Jarobi White, Dexter Mills and Winston Jones Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / Jazz Merchant Music (ASCAP)/Universal Music- ZTunes, LLC / Alaric Publishing House (ASCAP) / Songs by Cons Publishing (BMI) / Winston Jones Publishing Vocals by Q-Tip, Phife, Jarobi and Consequence Drums by Q-Tip Consequence appears courtesy of Company of Greatness Contains samples of Nairobi Sisters’ “Promised Land” 4. “Solid Wall of Sound” Written by Kamaal Fareed, Malik Izaak Taylor, Trevor Smith and Jack White Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / Jazz Merchant Music (ASCAP)/Universal Music- ZTunes, LLC / Tziah Music/Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing (BMI) / Peppermint Stripe Music (BMI) Vocals by Q-Tip, Phife, Busta Rhymes, Jack White and Elton John Drums by Q-Tip Bass by Q-Tip Keyboards by Masayuki “BIGYUKI” Hirano Piano by Elton John Acoustic Guitar by Jack White Jack White appears courtesy of Third Man Records Elton John appears courtesy of Mercury Records Limited 5. “Dis Generation” Written by Kamaal Fareed, Malik Izaak Taylor, Jarobi White, Trevor Smith, Headley Bennett, Huford Brown, Lloyd Ferguson, Robert Lyn, Jackie Mittoo, Leroy Sibblis, Fitzroy Simpson, Holgar Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit, Irmin Schmidt and Damo Suzuki Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / Jazz Merchant Music (ASCAP)/Universal Music- ZTunes, LLC / Alaric Publishing House (ASCAP) / Tziah Music/Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing (BMI) / Edward Kassner Associated Publishers Ltd./Downtown Music Publishing (ASCAP) / Music Sales Corporation (ASCAP) / Spoon Music (GEMA) Vocals by Q-Tip, Phife, Jarobi and Busta Rhymes Additional Phife Vocals Recorded by Michael Starita at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA Assistant Engineers at Fantasy Studios: Laura Gonzalez and Robert Kirby Keyboards by Q-Tip Drum Programming by Q-Tip Contains samples of Musical Youth’s “Pass the Dutchie” and Can’s “Halleluhwah” 6. “Kids...” Written by Kamaal Fareed and André Lauren Benjamin Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / BMG Monarch (ASCAP)/Gnat Booty Music (ASCAP) Vocals by Q-Tip and André 3000 Drums by Q-Tip Bass by Q-Tip Keyboards by Casey Benjamin and Masayuki “BIGYUKI” Hirano 7. “Melatonin” Written by Kamaal Fareed, Marsha Ambrosius, Hirano Masayuki and Louis Cato Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / BMG Chrysalis Music (BMI) / Hirano Masayuki (ASCAP) / Louis Cato (ASCAP) Vocals by Q-Tip, Marsha Ambrosius and Abbey Smith Drums by Q-Tip Additional Drums by Mark Colenburg Bass by Thaddaeus Tribbett Additional Bass by Louis Cato Fender Rhodes by Casey Benjamin Synthesizer by Masayuki “BIGYUKI” Hirano Drum Programming by Q-Tip Guitar by Chris Sholar 8. “Enough!!” Written by Kamaal Fareed Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP Vocals by Q-Tip Bass by Q-Tip Keyboards by Masayuki “BIGYUKI” Hirano Scratches by George “DJ Scratch” Spivey 9. “Mobius” Written by Kamaal Fareed, Trevor Smith, Dexter Mills, Kerry Minnear, Derek Shulman, Philip Shulman and Raymond Shulman Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / Tziah Music/Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing (BMI) / Songs by Cons Publishing (BMI) / BMG Blue (PRS)/BMG Rights Management US LLC (BMI) Vocals by Q-Tip, Busta Rhymes and Consequence Bass by Q-Tip Piano by Masayuki “BIGYUKI” Hirano Organ by Casey Benjamin Guitar by Blair Wells Acoustic Guitar by Chris Sholar Consequence appears courtesy of Company of Greatness Contains a portion of the composition “Prologue,” written by Kerry Minnear, Derek Shulman, Philip Shulman and Raymond Shulman 10. Black Spasmodic Written by Kamaal Fareed and Malik Izaak Taylor Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / Jazz Merchant Music (ASCAP)/Universal Music- ZTunes, LLC Vocals by Q-Tip and Phife Bass by Q-Tip 11. The Killing Season Written by Kamaal Fareed, Jarobi White, Dexter Mills and Talib Kweli Greene Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / Alaric Publishing House (ASCAP) / Songs by Cons Publishing (BMI) / Pen Skills Music/Songs Of Windswept Pacific (BMI) Vocals by Q-Tip, Jarobi, Consequence, Talib Kweli and Kanye West Bass by Q-Tip Keyboards by Masayuki “BIGYUKI” Hirano and Q-Tip Guitar by Louis Cato Consequence appears courtesy of Company of Greatness Kanye West appears courtesy of Getting Out Our Dreams, Inc./Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. 12. “Lost Somebody” Written by Kamaal Fareed, Jarobi White, Holgar Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit, Irmin Schmidt and Damo Suzuki Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / Alaric Publishing House (ASCAP) / Spoon Music (GEMA) Vocals by Q-Tip, Jarobi and Katia Cadet Bass by Q-Tip Piano by Chris Bower Guitar by Chris Sholar Guitar by Chris Parks Contains a sample of Can’s “Halleluhwah” 13. “Movin’ Backwards” Written by Kamaal Fareed and Brandon Paak Anderson Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / Watch and Learn Publishing (BMI) Vocals by Q-Tip and Anderson .Paak Drums by Q-Tip Bass by Q-Tip Keyboards by Casey Benjamin Guitar by Chris Sholar Anderson .Paak appears courtesy of Aftermath Records 14. “Conrad Tokyo” Written by Kamaal Fareed, Malik Izaak Taylor and Kendrick Lamar Duckworth Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / Jazz Merchant Music (ASCAP)/Universal Music- ZTunes, LLC / WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)/Hard Working Black Folks Inc. (ASCAP) and Top Dawg Music (ASCAP) all rights o/b/o itself, Hard Working Black Folks Inc. and Top Dawg Music admin. by WB Music Corp. Vocals by Phife and Kendrick Lamar Drum Programming by Q-Tip 15. “Ego” Written by Kamaal Fareed and Jack White Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / Peppermint Stripe Music (BMI) Vocals by Q-Tip Bass by Q-Tip and Louis Cato Guitar by Jack White and Chris Sholar Piano by Casey Benjamin Scratches by George “DJ Scratch” Spivey 16. “The Donald” Written by Kamaal Fareed Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP Vocals by Q-Tip, Phife and Busta Rhymes and Katia Cadet Bass by Q-Tip Guitar by Jack White and Louis Cato Keyboards by Masayuki “BIGYUKI” Hirano Scratches by George “DJ Scratch” Spivey Executive Produced by ATCQ Produced by Q-Tip Co-Produced by Blair Wells Recorded by Blair Wells and Q-Tip at the AbLab, NJ Assistant Engineering: Gloria Kaba Mixed by Q-Tip and Blair Wells at the AbLab, NJ except “The Space Program”, “We The People….”, “Solid Wall of Sound”, “Kids…”, “Melatonin”, “Enough!!” and “Lost Somebody” Mixed by Q-Tip, Dave Kennedy and Blair Wells at the AbLab, NJ Mastered by Vlado Meller at Vlado Meller Mastering Mastering Assistant: Jeremy Lubsey A&R: Michael Ostin and Kim Lumpkin Project Consultation: Tracey Waples A&R Admin: Bekah Connolly Business Affairs: Stephanie Yu, Shane St. Hill and Robert Faulstich Product Manager: Thom Skarzynski Album Cover Designed by: Richard Prince Epic Creative Director: Anita Boriboon Management: Michael Ostin, Dion Liverpool, Monica Talavera, Kim Lumpkin ATCQ Legal Representation: Julian K. Petty and Carron J. Mitchell for Nixon Peabody LLP ATCQ Business Management: Kyle Tessiero for NKSFB, LLC.
Nov 13, 2016 I chose not to go. Merch is cool but the only thing that would have made me put up with that line would be physical copies of the album. Hopefully it drops as scheduled on Friday.
Nov 14, 2016 This album reminded me of the Renaissance by Q-Tip so I went ahead and am listening to it now, and it hit me. If @coca really did leave this world, then he would've missed out on this historic Tribe album as well. I'm sure he would've loved all of Tip's fingerprints all over this album. A sombre thought.
Nov 14, 2016 After being interrupted from my first listen I finally got around finishing off the album. I liked it a lot, man some of them these guys have still got it. Would like to give it a proper listen, got a little bit of that nostalgic vibe.
Nov 14, 2016 UGHH sold out on vinyl pre-orders. EDIT: Okayplayer is doing preorders (they ship in mid December) https://shop.okayplayer.com/collections/music/products/a-tribe-called-quest-new-album-lp-vinyl ATCQ official site is also doing preorders (ship around December 12) http://atribecalledquest.shop.musictoday.com/product/Y4TQ02COMBO/vinyl-download?cp=null
Nov 15, 2016 This Saturday in Queens at Nu-Clear Cleaners where the mural is. Hopefully, I can make it.
