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Low End Theory
LP 
Price: $35.79

Product Notes

de la Soul are remembered as the premier Native Tongues posse, those rappers who got low-key, self-consciously thoughtful, and jazzy in the face of gangsta's hardcore threats. But A Tribe Called Quest may have been even stronger, especially on their excellent second album, the bass-thumping, heavily jazz-sampled the Low End Theory. According to the opening "Excursions," rapper Q-Tip's old man says the disc's jazz-rap "reminded him of bebop," and Q calls himself "prominent like Shakespeare." But if Charlie Parker had ever written poetic couplets and backed them with funky-drummer and Ron Carter-on-bass grooves this irresistible, he might have been as big as the Bard and Brother James combined. - David Cantwell.

Details

Title: Low End Theory
Genre: Rap/Hip Hop
Artist(s): A Tribe Called Quest
Label: Jive
Number of Discs: 2
Release Date: 11/12/1996
Product Type: LP
UPC: 012414141811
Item #: SON414181

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