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The tip-off to all of a Tribe Called Quest's considerable talent was the grainy, mischievous curl in rapper Q-Tip's voice: Tribe were abstract imps who always made you chuckle along with their surrealist bonhomie as much as gasp at their skills. This collection of hits and just-misses sensitively plots the flash points of their run, mixing tracks such as "Scenario," the ultimate posse cut, with the previously unreleased "Mr. Incognito," a whimsical, sticky-soled Lugz stomp through a thicket of snares and cartoon whistles. The hits haven't aged: With its ripple of vibes and glimmers of seagull guitar, "Electric Relaxation" is still so sexy and downbeat it could make a Borg melt.

Tribe did more than fuse hip-hop with jazz -- in the way their voices weaved into their beats and around their deeply chilled islands of jeep funk, their hip-hop was itself a kind of jazz. They also kept it hilariously real: On the lesser-known track "Peace, Prosperity and Paper," Q-Tip comes clean about his financial aspirations by declaring that, as to money, "I want the mass amount/That the Sesame Street Dracula can't count."

PAT BLASHILL

(Posted: Jun 24, 2003)

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Track List

Oh My God - (remix, featuring Busta Rhymes)
Award Tour
Can I Kick It?
One, Two, S**t - (featuring Busta Rhymes)
Electric Relaxation
Mr. Incognito
I Left My Wallet In El Segundo
Check The Rhyme (track not available in Rhapsody)
Lyrics To Go - (Tumblin' Dice remix)
Scenario (track not available in Rhapsody)
Same Ol' Thing
Buggin' Out
Bonita Applebum (track not available in Rhapsody)
Jazz (We've Got)
Glamour & Glitz
Clap Your Hands
The Night He Got Caught
Peace, Prosperity & Paper

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