{"product_id":"a-tribe-called-quest-the-anthology","title":"A Tribe Called Quest - The Anthology","description":"\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eJive put \u003cem\u003eThe Anthology\u003c\/em\u003e out in 1999, a few months after the group announced they were done, and it remains the most sensible single-purchase entry point into one of the deepest catalogs in hip-hop. Nineteen tracks pulled from the first five albums, sequenced for flow rather than chronology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhat it does well is show the arc without narrating it: the loose, sample-hungry curiosity of \u003cem\u003ePeople's Instinctive Travels\u003c\/em\u003e in \"Bonita Applebum\" and \"I Left My Wallet In El Segundo,\" the jazz-bass gravity of \u003cem\u003eThe Low End Theory\u003c\/em\u003e in \"Check The Rhime\" and \"Scenario,\" and the effortless mid-period confidence of \"Electric Relaxation\" and \"Award Tour.\" Q-Tip and Phife trading verses across a decade, with Ali Shaheed Muhammad's production holding the whole thing at the same unhurried temperature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIt also includes \"Vivrant Thing,\" Q-Tip's solo single, which in 1999 read as a full stop and now reads as a hinge. For anyone who owns none of the albums, this is the record to start with; for anyone who owns all of them, it is still the best party sequence available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"AMS","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl","offer_id":47638171975842,"sku":null,"price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0633\/5024\/3490\/files\/286079.jpg?v=1788985365","url":"https:\/\/staticatx.com\/products\/a-tribe-called-quest-the-anthology","provider":"Static ATX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}