Today in Hip-Hop History: A Tribe Called Quest Dropped Their Sophomore LP ‘Low End Theory’ 31 Years Ago

On this date in 1991, Queens emcees Q-Tip, and the late Phife Dawg, in addition to their DJ Ali Shaheed Muhammad, officially called A Tribe Called Quest, launched the group’s 2nd full-length studio album Low End Theory.

The sophomore jinx did not enter into have fun with this job from Tribe, with both Tip and Phife’s rhyme quality much better than anything spoken with them in the past. With the Abstract quarterbacking the majority of the production on the job, with the co-production help from Mr. Muhammad and Skeff Amslem, the outcome is an innovative work of art. It need to likewise be discussed that the real-life problems were impacting the group. Phife revealed he had diabetes, to shooting the World Famous DJ Red Alert as the group’s supervisor showed that the Tribe was all set for the next level of their profession.

As for the album’s highlights, Low End Theory is among the category’s conceptual albums that cannot be comprehended unless listened to in its whole. From the album’s starting on “Excursions,” which would trigger the average Tribe fan to expect the noise of a People’s Instinctive Travels Part 2 till you hear the bass line come in for “Buggin’ Out,” which was potentially the very best lyrical proving by Phife on all of ATCQ’s albums. While tunes like “Rap Promoter” and “Show Business” discuss the unpredictability of the Hip-Hop market, tracks like “The Infamous Date Rape” and “Everything Is Fair” discuss social problems that pester city neighborhoods.




Supreme salute to the Tribe, rest in peace to Phife and the Jive Records team for assisting to bring individuals such an important piece of Hip-Hop history 31 years earlier.

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