A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service (Discussion Thread)

[Mike the Executioner]

They had the audacity to start the album off with "The Space Program" and set the bar high.

This was a fantastic album. That second disc flew by like it was nothing. The production sounds like nothing I've ever heard from the Tribe before, and it has a classic vibe to it but this was undoubtedly made for 2016. It's amazing how these guys came back after almost 20 years, just shrugged and said they were going to do this, and left their hearts on every track. This is what hip hop is. I can't think of one bad song, just stuff that will grow on me. This is really going to get better on repeated listens.

I'm really grateful that they came out with this, and it was a perfect sendoff for Phife who went out with bars like it was still 1991. Since this is it, I'm glad they ended their run with one last great project. I don't know if it's the best thing they've ever done (still Midnight Marauders) but they definitely proved they haven't lost a single step.

 

[Millz]

faaaaar from an atcq fan but that performance on SNL

looking like some furious five extras.

 

[Pinyapplesuckas]

kids is still my least favorite song. i hated it at first but it's grown on me. i just dont like the beat very much.

 

[Peak]

Don't know who mastered this album but its killing my vibe something terrible right now

 

[daze23]

Don't know who mastered this album but its killing my vibe something terrible right now

you got the official release? the leak was kind of 'flat'. itunes version sounds much better

 

[((ReFleXioN)) EteRNaL]

...

that's insane. was not expecting them to sell that much. the 90s babies came out to support. I'm waiting for Friday to cop the physical.

 

[tuckgod]

This album sounds more like Low End Theory than Midnight Marauders.

I feel you breh

But IMO, no album sounds like The Low End Theory

The reason i've never place Midnight Marauders above it is because I wanted more of that feel for their next album, and Midnight Marauders was a complete departure from that sound and feel

I haven't experienced that same feeling from any other hip hop album since

It's a masterpiece in every sense of the word

 

[Deltron]

TO CELEBRATE THE RELEASE OF ATCQ'S NEW ALBUM "WE GOT IT FROM HERE ..... THANK YOU 4 YOUR SERVICE" BACKSPIN AND DA BEATMINERZ [DJ EVIL DEE & MR. WALT] PUT TOGETHER
AN HOUR LONG MIX w/ NOTHING BUT THE CLASSICS THAT WAS PLAYED THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND OF THE RELEASE.

 

[Urbanmiracle]

Probably album of the year. This album is almost flawless. No skippable tracks. Production is stellar. Lyrics and flows on point. These guys being over 40 and still destroying beats mercilessly. Phife suffering from his illness and still bringing the heat. The send off to him made me shed a tear. I'm glad we got this last ode to artistry in rap. This last testament to creativity in rap. The love of rap. Heart and soul. Tribe is great man

 

[mbz]

"Conrad Tokyo, Saporro , pistachio"

I KNOW I've heard that in another song before, shyt's been killing me. Anyone wanna help a brotha out ?

 

[mson]

Wonder why they didn't do the morning radio promo tour?

 

[The_Hillsta]

The feeling you get....that hip hop feelin that's been embedded in your soul since you were little when you heard "That" cut....at a loss for words, shyt been on repeat the past two days.



The back n forth trade show on this muthafukka maaaaaaaaan, the epitome of why we absolutely LOVE this hip hop shyt and why some of us take it so seriously.

 

[jaguar paw]

Finally got around to this and I'm loving it!!!

They looked as fukk on SNL. But this is well crafted art.

 

[jaguar paw]

kids is still my least favorite song. i hated it at first but it's grown on me. i just dont like the beat very much.

My least favorite beat but Tip and Dre going back and forth

 

[chiefdogg]

Jarobi's verse on "The Killing Season"
Louder than a three pound, voices screaming mad to boot
It must be killing season, on the menu strangefruit
Whose juices fill the progress of this here very nation
Whose states has grown bitter through justice expiration
These fruitful trees are rooted in bloody soil and torment
Things haven’t really changed
Or they're dormant for the moment
Marks and scars, we own it, only made for tougher skin
Helps us actualize the actual greatness held within
Been on the wrong team so much, can’t recognize a win
Seems like my only crime is having melanin
Connection to the sun so strong the relationship is lusted for
Causes men to suffocate, I can’t breathe no more
Settle the score sadly, need an abacus to tally
Through all the peaks and valleys, yo, I recognize it sadly
Black soul bold enough, inner city cold enough
Watch me get all my goons, watch us get soldiered up