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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Check The Rhime | |||
| 2. Bonita Applebum | |||
| 3. Award Tour | |||
| 4. Can I Kick It | |||
| 5. Scenario | |||
| 6. Buggin' Out | |||
| 7. If The Papes Come | |||
| 8. Electric Relaxation | |||
| 9. Jazz | |||
| 10. I Left My Wallet In El Segundo | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Bonita applebum (12" edit) | |||
| 2. I left my wallet in El Segundo (Vampire mix) | |||
| 3. Public enemy (Saturday night virus discomix) | |||
| 4. Can I kick it (Boilerhouse mix) | |||
| 5. Scenario (Young nation mix) | |||
| 6. Bonita applebum (Hootie mix) | |||
| 7. Oh my God (UK flavour radio mix) | |||
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Amazon.co.uk Review
In their decade of existence, A Tribe Called Quest weren't rap's biggest hit makers, but their signature numbers indeed fill this CD with style, eclecticism, and laid-back but deliberate flow. In fact, the group's stature seems to have grown since its 1998 breakup; the continued importance of their music and ideals for many hip-hop fans will only be enhanced by The Anthology's 18 tracks (Q-Tip's hit "Vivrant Thing", from the Violator album, serves as a bonus at No. 19). Those unfamiliar with Tribe's achievement should have their heads and booties set into motion by the fellas' many moods, from the playful "Check the Rhime" and "I Left My Wallet in El Segundo" to trenchant commentaries such as "Description of a Fool" and "Sucka Nigga". And with its inclusion here, the somewhat rare and all-the-way out "If the Papes Come" will doubtless re-establish itself as an underground favourite. --Rickey Wright
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Emerging on the cusp of the '90s, Tribe quickly became thatdecade's hip-hop icons. While Phife, Q-Tip, and Ali displayed unquestionable lyrical skills, they possessed a social consciousness that eschewed thuggish gangsta sensibilities, more concerned with communication than "street" bravado. ANTHOLOGY opens with "Check the Rhime" from Tribe's masterful second album, THE LOW END THEORY. A quintessential Tribe cut, it features the trademark conversational interaction between Phife and Q-Tip, and observations that tell much about the group's philosophy, as Phife declares "I'm far from a bully, and I ain't a punk" and Q-Tip observes that "knowledge is the key".
Of course, Tribe was innovative and impressive straight out of the gate, as shown by its debut's warm love song "Bonita Applebum", which mixes smooth '70s R&B with a sitar sample and the belief that "love never dies". Pioneers of the jazz/hip-hop alliance, Tribe sampled everyone from Dizzy Gillespie to Lonnie Smith, achieving the complex, polyphonic tapestry of Public Enemy without the anger. ANTHOLOGY shows that Tribe was always able to find just the right elements to combine for the backdrop to their fast-moving raps. From the breezy jazz guitar chords of "Electric Relaxation" tothe Average White Band horn section on "Check the Rhime".
Of course, Tribe was innovative and impressive straight out of the gate, as shown by its debut's warm love song "Bonita Applebum", which mixes smooth '70s R&B with a sitar sample and the belief that "love never dies". Pioneers of the jazz/hip-hop alliance, Tribe sampled everyone from Dizzy Gillespie to Lonnie Smith, achieving the complex, polyphonic tapestry of Public Enemy without the anger. ANTHOLOGY shows that Tribe was always able to find just the right elements to combine for the backdrop to their fast-moving raps. From the breezy jazz guitar chords of "Electric Relaxation" tothe Average White Band horn section on "Check the Rhime".
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