January 17, 2021

A Tribe Called Quest’s 3-Album Run with Rob Pursey | Ep. 83

1 hour 23 minutes

We return to our series discussing who had the best three-album run in ‘90s hip hop, and this week we speak on A Tribe Called Quest’s People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, Low End Theory and Midnight Marauders 😱🔥 Bringing the argument for these incredible records, we have DJ, promoter and writer from Southern Hospitality, Rob Pursey in the hot seat! 🙌

Prepare for deep dives into our most rewindable joints and hidden gems, as well stories about seeing Tribe perform in Newcastle in front of 80 people and why ATCQ’s music is good for people below average height 😂

The rest of the series includes…

Ice Cube with Shawn Setaro (https://bit.ly/3kaYfOq)

Tupac with Andrew Barber (https://bit.ly/2HGr3QT)

De La Soul with Andrew Emery (https://bit.ly/324LJJn)

Gang Starr with Dart Adams (https://apple.co/2Vlx9t1)

Show Notes

Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (02:18)
Opening argument (03:09)
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (05:50)
How Tribe sampled Sgt. Pepper on this album and aiming for greatness (12:15)
Why ‘Can I Kick It’ is a banger (21:40)
Low End Theory (30:14)
Why this is good music for average height people (36:00)
Seeing Tribe perform Low End Theory in front of 80 people in Newcastle (52:13)
Midnight Marauders (56:28)
What happened to ATCQ after this run? (1:10:15)

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