The period 1986-1992 is known as the Golden Age of Hip-hop. New Yorkers like , and all created their own niche of hip-hop brimming with musicality and ideas before the west coast gangsta rap took over. In the tail end of the Golden Age, A Tribe Called Quest released its first three much-acclaimed albums. The niche of the Queens foursome were jazzy beats, under the college traps of (the laid
… back) and (the fiery one). As evidenced by this sixth and very last group album, which is released 18 years after its predecessor The Love Movement, that formula is still standing upright. Guest contributions from and (in addition to usual suspects like and ) already make it clear that this is not yet another standard hip-hop picture in 2016. Creativity and fun splash off for an hour, although the recordings were overshadowed by the death of Phife (45) from the effects of diabetes. He came up with the album title and although his bandmates didn't understand it, they honored it. (RME)more
