![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() For the first time in their career, the entire group appears to be at their peak, exuding a well-earned effortlessness. The album’s first number, “The Space Program,” is quintessential Tribe-it has that sooty bottom heavy warmness, the uncluttered arrangements and bright instrumentation, and it sounds like a piece of 2016 instead of a fragment of 1994. And, against many odds, it’s an album that reinvigorates the group’s enviable discography without resting on the nostalgia of past accomplishment. Yet, We got it from Here exists, their sixth (and final) album, and it’s full of unblemished offerings that were recorded at Q-Tip’s home studio following their performance on Jimmy Fallon’s The Tonight Show one year ago. Moreover, the death of member Malik “Phife Dawg” Taylor earlier this year, seemed to ensure that any future efforts would be full of excavated throwaways and repurposed vocals from other projects made fresh via studio magic. The group had splintered fabulously, as documented in Michael Rapaport’s unflinching 2011 documentary Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest. Despite the assurances of legendary music executives, fans could not be blamed for being cynical. Alluded to constantly via rumors and unfounded hopes, a forthcoming Tribe album seemed like wishful thinking for years.
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