- hip hop, jazz rap, east coast hip hop, conscious
- 48 min
- 14 tracks
- BMG
The Low End Theory is the second studio album by American hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest, released on September 24, 1991, by Jive Records. Recording sessions for the album were held mostly at Battery Studios in New York City, from 1990 to 1991.
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Character-led, spare, grave and classical in form.
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
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- NME8/10
- Orlando Sentinel2/3 ★
- The Philadelphia Inquirer3.5/4 ★
- Select4/5
- The Source5/5 ★
- AllMusic5/5 ★
- And It Don't StopA
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- MusicHound R&B5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide5/5 ★
- Spin5/5 ★
- Spin Alternative Record Guide10/10
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Tracks
- 1Excursions3:54
- 2Buggin’ Out3:38
- 3Rap Promoter2:13
- 4Butter3:39
- 5Verses From the Abstract3:59
- 6Show Business3:53
- 7Vibes and Stuff4:19
- 8The Infamous Date Rape2:54
- 9Check the Rhime3:37
- 10Everything Is Fair2:58
- 11Jazz (We’ve Got)4:10
- 12Skypager2:13
- 13What?2:29
- 14Scenario4:11
14 tracks, 48 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- A Tribe Called Quest
- Label
- BMG
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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