![]() ![]() Reid, on Elliot Wilson‘s Rap Radar podcast, the full roster, including Jarobi White, had indeed hit the studio together before the tragic passing of Phife in late March. According to a recent interview with Epic Records CEO, L.A. ![]() Their last album The Love Movement was released in 1998. In fairness to the group, having just lost their brother-in-arms, the very idea of recording and release dates must have been the last thing on their collective mind.īut now there is reason to believe that the dream may not be so impossible, after all. Almost 16 years ago, A Tribe Called Quest released its fifth album, The Love Movement.A Top 3 debut, the album arrived to the public following word from the group that it would be their last. A Tribe Called Quest released three critically acclaimed albums in the early 1990s including The Low End Theory and the universally praised Midnight Marauders. The group and their label Sony both disavowed the statement. The statement turned out to be a comment from former ATCQ security Muhammad Islam, not Ali Shaheed Muhammad. It was a tantalizing suggestion that dared us to dream the impossible dream and ask…after all the history this group has made or gone through…are we getting a new Tribe LP? Upon closer inspection the dream, like all dreams, seemed to dissolve into red, black & green pixie dust before our very eyes. Dedicated Okayplayer readers may recall that we almost lost our damn minds when word reached us that ATCQ had been in the studio and working on new material before Phife Dawg passed away so tragically and unexpectedly. A new A Tribe Called Quest LP may be arriving in the very near future.
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