The Love Movement - 9708

Amazon.com Tribe's last album--they announced their breakup just prior to its release--has all of the problems of Midnight Marauders and Beats, Rhymes, and Life: they're just not People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm or The Low End Theory, Tribe's first two releases. That said, so what? Late-era Tribe is still a force to be reckoned with, even if it's not as much fun or doesn't have all the possibilities of Phife Dog, Q-Tip, and Ali Shaheed Muhammad's early work. The Love Movement's backing tracks recall previous releases but tend to be subtler--and therefore less than memorable--and a few of the tracks here are almost indistinguishable from one another. Q-Tip and Phife Dog bust out with few catch phrases (the exception is "Give Me," on which they rhyme "Boyz II Men, ABC, BBD--naw, we ain't none of them"); overall, they sound more mature than ever before. Are they really? At times, yes, and it seems that maturity is one of hip-hop's few unforgivable sins. --Randy Silver Product description A Tribe Called Quest ~ Love Movement Review The Love Movement? Don't call it a comeback. The simple, stripped-down Ummah production from Beats, Rhymes continues, at times rendering tracks indistinguishable from each other--same tempo, same drums. While the "love" concept gets respect, the execution falls short. -- URB
ASIN: B000009S3D
VSKU: GGV.B000009S3D.LN
Condition: Like New
Author/Artist:A Tribe Called Quest
Binding: Audio CD