A Tribe Called Quest "The Love Movement"

Posted on 09.29.1998

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A Tribe Called Quest
Album : The Love Movement
Release Date : September 29, 1998
Label : Jive

review :
Tribe’s fourth album, Beats, Rhymes, and Life, should be the awkward one, the album on which the group, growing up, falters a little as it figures out what it’s going to do next. It isn’t. Marked by a number of changes, both internally (this is the album on which the Ummah production crew takes over, and it also marks Q-Tip’s new religious faith) and externally (by 1996 Quest’s jazzy approach to hip-hop had fallen out of popular favor), Beats finds Tribe taking it as it comes and handling all of the challenges with flair.

It’s a slower, steadier album than either People’s Instinctive Travels or The Low End Theory, but that’s a description, not a complaint ; rather, it gives you plenty of time to enjoy jams like "1nce Again." It doesn’t hurt that Q-Tip and Phife Dog are feeling the flow here ; an inspired pairing with distinctive voices and different strengths, they trade verses with fluid grace. (Randy Silver)

Tracklisting :
1. Start It Up
2. Find a Way
3. Booty
4. Steppin’ It Up - Redman
5. Like It Like That
6. Common Ground (Get It Goin’ On)
7. Moms - Spanky
8. His Name Is Mutty Ranks
9. Give Me - Noreaga
10. Pad & Pen
11. Busta’s Lament
12. Hot 4 U
13. Against the World
14. Love
15. Rock Rock Y’all - Mos Def
16. Scenario (Remix)
17. Money Maker
18. Hot Sex
19. Oh My God (Remix)
20. Jazz (We’ve Got)
21. One Two S**t - Busta Rhymes

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