Low End Theory
- LP
- Artist: A Tribe Called Quest
- Genre: Rap/Hip Hop
- Release Date: 11/12/1996
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.
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 |