A TRIBE CALLED QUEST "PEOPLE'S INSTINCTIVE..." SEALED

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THIS STILL SEALED L.P. COMES FROM MY OWN PERSONAL COLLECTION. POSSIBLY A THRIFT STORE FIND OR FROM A COLLECTION OF OVER 5,000 RECORDS GIVEN TO ME BY A RADIO EXECUTIVE, WHO WAS TIRED OF HAULING THEM AROUND…. OR FROM THE RADIO NETWORK WHERE I WAS THE MUSIC AND PROMOTIONS DIRECTOR FOR 15+ YEARS AND IN CHARGE OF THE MUSIC LIBRARY…

THE FULL TITLE OF THIS 1990 RELEASE IS "PEOPLE'S INSTINCTIVE TRAVELS AND THE PATHS OF RHYTHM"

THIS LP COMES FROM THE MUSIC LIBRARY OF THE RADIO NETWORK I WORKED AT. THIS IS ZOMBA RECORDS 1313-1-J, THE ORIGINAL! 1990 RELEASE, STILL SEALED IN IT'S ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP. THERE IS A PROMO STICKER ON THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE SHRINK WRAP, ( WHICH TYOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTO), THAT SAYS "JOIN WITH Q-TIP-PHIFE AND JAROBI AS A TRIBE CALLED QUEST RHYTHMICALLY JOURNEY TO #1 WITH "I LEFT MY WALLET IN EL SEGUNDO", "PUSH IT ALONG", "BONITA APPLEBUM" AND "FOOTPRINTS" 1313-1-J"... THERE IS A LARGE NOTCH CUT IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND TOP OF THE SLEEVE, THAT THEIR RECORD LABEL DID WHEN SENDING RECORDS OUT TO RADIO, IT'S ABOUT A GOOD 1",  THE VINYL IS UNAFFECTED, AND IT'S THE ONLY MAR ON THE WHOLE LP. HERE'S MORE ON THE BAND & THIS LP, WHICH I SEE GOING FOR RIDICULOUS AMOUNTS ON AMAZON, ETC.

A Tribe Called Quest is an American hip hop group, formed in 1985. It was composed of rapper/producer Q-Tip (Kamaal Ibn John Fareed, formerly Jonathan Davis), rapper Phife Dawg (Malik Taylor), and DJ/producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad. A fourth member, rapper Jarobi White, left the group after their first album but appears to have rejoined the group since 2006. Along with De La Soul, the group was a central part of the Native Tongues Posse, and enjoyed the most commercial success out of all the groups to emerge from that collective. Their innovative fusing of hip hop and jazz has had a lasting impact on hip hop music, helping to expand the art of hip hop production. Many of their songs, such as "Bonita Applebum", "Can I Kick It?", "I Left My Wallet in El Segundo", "Scenario", "Check the Rhime", "Jazz (We've Got)", "Award Tour" and "Electric Relaxation" are regarded as classics.

They released five albums in eight years (the first one being in 1990 and the last one in 1998), the first three LPs were highly acclaimed, but the group disbanded in 1998. In 2006, the group reunited and toured the U.S., and planned to release an album after some works in the studio. The group is regarded as iconic pioneers of alternative hip hop music, having helped to pave the way for innovative hip-hop artists. Allmusic calls them "the most intelligent, artistic rap group during the 1990s". In 2005, A Tribe Called Quest received a Special Achievement Award at the Billboard R&B Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta. In 2007, the group was formally honored at the 4th VH1 Hip Hop Honors.

In less than a year, and under the management of DJ Red Alert, the group released their first single, "Description of a Fool", to a lukewarm reception, and without a music video in advance of their debut album People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm. Similar to De La Soul's 3 Feet High and Rising, People's Instinctive Travels was marked by a playful lyrical approach (as on the call-and-response inspired "Can I Kick It?"), light-hearted content (safe sex, vegetarianism, youthful experiences), and to a lesser extent, an idiosyncratic sense of humor, free from much of the posturing of both hardcore hip hop, and the more left-wing aspects of conscious hip hop. Also of note, was the album's sample material, largely based around jazzy loops and snippets from artists such as Cannonball Adderley, Roy Ayers, Lou Reed, Rotary Connection, and Les McCann. Through these samples, the group employs the use of horns, Rhodes, bass guitar and vibes.

Although now critically acclaimed, at the time of its inception People's Instinctive Travels was met with mixed enthusiasm. Greg Tate of the Village Voice called the album "upliftingly dope" and "so sweet and lyrical, so user-friendly. You could play it in the background when you're reading Proust." The Source also gave it a positive reception, even awarding it a five-mic rating - the magazine's highest possible rating. It was only the third album ever to receive this rating. However, Chuck Eddy of Rolling Stone wrote that the album "is one of the least danceable rap albums ever" and he went on to say "it's impossible to imagine how people will put this music to use."

The album went largely overlooked by the record buying public, and for the time being the group remained in the shadows of their Native Tongue brethren, Jungle Brothers, and De La Soul. It would gain some momentum only after the release of the singles "Bonita Applebum", "Can I Kick It?", and the group's later commercial success, eventually going gold six years after its release. After the release of the album, Jarobi left the lineup for personal reasons. The group soon changed its management from DJ Red Alert to Chris Lighty.

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm is the debut album by the alternative hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, released April 17, 1990 (see 1990 in music) on Jive Records. Though the album was well-received critically, it had little mainstream appeal. The album did earn the band a devoted following, however, within the alternative hip hop community. People's Instinctive Travels was praised for its lyrical inventiveness and bizarre sense of humor, mixed with socially aware and literate message tracks. The record was given the perfect rating of 5 in The Source in 1990. It is one of three A Tribe Called Quest albums included in The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums. It also was certified gold by the RIAA on January 17, 1996.

Critical reviews were generally positive, but many felt that the group's effort was immature and unfocused. John Bush of allmusic writes "Tribe perhaps experimented too much on their debut, but they succeeded at much of it, certainly enough to show much promise as a new decade dawned".

[edit] Track listing

• First, third & fourth verses: Q-Tip
• Second verse: Phife Dawg
• Fifth verse (group introduction): Jarobi White

• "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More, Babe" by Jimmy Smith (from the 1973 album "Black Smith")
• "Loran's Dance" by Grover Washington, Jr. (from the 1979 album "Reed Seed")
• "Thank You (Falletinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" by Junior Mance (from the 1970 album "With a Lotta Help from My Friends")
• "Gonna Love You (Skit)" by J. Smith
• "Jagger the Dagger" by Gene McDaniels (from the 1971 album "Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse")

• All verses: Q-Tip
• Background: Lucien Revolucien

• "Forty Days" by Billy Brooks (from the 1974 album "Windows of the Mind")
• "All You Need Is Love" by The Beatles (from the 1967 album Magical Mystery Tour) (the sampled portion is La Marseillaise, the national anthem of France, which The Beatles sampled themselves)

• All verses: Q-Tip

• "Remember Who You Are" by Sly Stone (from the 1979 album "Back on the Right Track")
• "Crap Game" by Richard Pryor (from the 1976 album "Richard Pryor Meets Richard & Willie and the SLA")
• "North Carolina" by Les McCann (from the 1972 album "Talk to the People")

• All verses: Q-Tip

• "Sir Duke" by Stevie Wonder (from the 1976 album Songs in the Key of Life)
• "Think Twice" by Donald Byrd (from the 1975 album "Stepping into Tomorrow")
• "Walk Tall" by Cannonball Adderley (from the 1969 album "Country Preacher")

• All verses: Q-Tip
• Background: Phife Dawg

• "Funky" by Chambers Brothers (from the 1971 album New Generation)
• "Sueno" by The Young Rascals (from the 1967 album Groovin')

• First, second & third verses: Q-Tip
• Fourth verse & background: DJ Red Alert

• "Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll" by Vaughan Mason & Crew (from the 1981 album "Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll")
• "Pity for the Lonely" by Luther Ingram (from the 1972 album "I've Been Here All the Time")
• "Communications Is Where It's At" by Billy Baron
• "Do the Funky Penguin" by Rufus Thomas

• All verses: Q-Tip
• Outro: Jarobi White

• "Daylight" by RAMP (from the 1977 album "Come into My Knowledge")
• "Slave to the Rhythm" by Grace Jones (from the 1985 album "Slave to the Rhythm")
• "Soul Virgo" by Cannonball Adderley (from the 1971 album "The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free")
• "No Deposit, No Return" by Roy Ayers and Wayne Henderson (from the 1978 album "Step in to Our Life")
• "Memory Band" by Rotary Connection (from the 1967 album "Rotary Connection")
• "Fool Yourself" by Little Feat (from the 1973 album "Dixie Chicken")

• First verse: Q-Tip
• Second verse: Phife Dawg

• "Walk on the Wild Side" by Lou Reed (from the 1972 album "Transformer")
• "Hard Times" by Baby Huey (from the 1971 album "The Living Legend")
• "Sun Shower" by Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band (from the 1976 album "Dr. Buzzards' Original Savannah Band") aka Kid Creole
• "You Sexy Thing" by Hot Chocolate (from the 1975 album Hot Chocolate)
• "The Way You Do the Things You Do" by David Porter (from the 1970 album "Gritty, Groovy, & Gettin' It")
• "Soul Con-certo" and "Fried Okra" by Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (from the 1967 album "Hot Heat and Sweat Groove")
• "What A Waste" by Ian Dury and the Blockheads
• "Spinning Wheel" by Lonnie Smith (from the 1970 album "Drives")

• All verses: Q-Tip
• Outro: Ali Shaheed Muhammad

• "Inner City Blues" by Reuben Wilson

• Intro: Ali Shaheed Muhammad
• All verses: Q-Tip
• Background: The Rhythm Kids

• "Get Off Your Ass and Jam" by Funkadelic (from the 1975 album "Let's Take it to the Stage")
• "Slave to the Rhythm" by Grace Jones
• "Soul Makossa" by Manu Dibango

• First, second & third verses: Q-Tip
• Fourth verse & background: Phife Dawg

• "Brazilian Rhyme" by Earth, Wind & Fire (from the 1977 album "All N All")
• "Electric Frog (Part 1)" by Kool & The Gang (from the 1971 album "Music is the Message")
• "Vertical Invader" by Weather Report (from the 1972 album "I Sing the Body Electric")

• Chorus: Phife Dawg, Q-Tip, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Jarobi White & The Rhythm Kids
• First verse: Q-Tip & Phife Dawg
• Second verse: Phife Dawg
• Third verse: Q-Tip
• Outro: Jarobi White

• "Nappy Dugout" by Funkadelic (from the 1973 album "Cosmic Slop")
• "We've Gotta Find a Way Back to Love" by Frieda Payne (from the 1973 album "Reaching Out")

• All verses: Q-Tip

• "Rainy Day, Dream Away" by Jimi Hendrix (from the 1968 album "Electric Ladyland")
• "Slide" by Slave (from the 1977 album "Slave")
• "Joy and Pain" by Maze (from the 1980 album "Joy and Pain")
• "Classic Funke" by Brother Jack McDuff (1971)

• All verses: Q-Tip

• "Running Away" by Sly & the Family Stone (from the 1971 album "There's A Riot Goin' On")
• "Running Away" by Roy Ayers (from the 1977 album "Lifeline")
• "Still Good-Still Like It" by B. T. Express (from the 1976 album "Non Stop")

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