Low End Theory

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The 7" collection is housed in a deluxe, fabric-wrapped 45 singles carrying case, with 360-degree original album art and custom inner wrapped ATCQ logo graphics and group photo. However, he left the group during the sessions to study culinary art and his verses did not make the final cut.

After a discussion with fellow member Q-Tip, they agreed to increase his participation on their second album and to "step it up in general as a group.We get it, and we want to help you try new things without forcing a title on you that’s not a good fit.

In the edit page, go to the 'Metadata' tab and add your Juno artist, label or release page for listeners to purchase your release / releases. Musicians from other genres have also cited it as an influence, including rock musician Jack White and electronica musician James Lavelle. The group wanted to begin recording the album shortly after the completion of People's Instinctive Travels, for which they still had to tour and film music videos. So when they followed it up with as close to a perfect album, The Low End Theory, their place in history was assured. International products have separate terms, are sold from abroad and may differ from local products, including fit, age ratings, and language of product, labeling or instructions.Chris Rock - Top 25 Albums Archived 2017-08-25 at the Wayback Machine "It's really hard to top this album. The Low End Theory is ATCQ's jazzy sophomore album, and the VMP Essentials Record of the Month for May 2022. All image and audio content is used by permission of the copyright holders or their agents, and/or according to fair dealing as per the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

However, on February 19, 1992, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), with shipments of 500,000 copies in the United States. Five of the 7-inch records are housed in custom picture sleeves that form the iconic album cover along with 3 replicas of the original 12-inch singles that were released. The album cover is regarded as one of the greatest and most iconic in hip-hop history; on a top 50 list by Complex, it was ranked number one. Two posse cuts were recorded: the third single "Scenario", featuring Leaders of the New School, and "Show Business", featuring Lord Jamar and Sadat X of Brand Nubian and Diamond D of D. Upon its release, the album's commercial potential was doubted by music critics and Jive record executives.

The album is credited with establishing "the musical, cultural, and historical link between hip-hop and jazz", [62] and is regarded as a "successful fusion of opposites: the complex musical textures of jazz and the straightforward boom-bap of rap. Their second album "The Low End Theory" at the time of its release was only pressed as a highly limited edition promo vinyl LP that didn't even have all of the albums' tracks on it. Q-Tip often layered drum sounds on the album, using as many as three snare drums or bass drums to create a single sound.

Second studio album from the trio of Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, and Ali Shaheed Muhammad originally released in 1991 is considered one of the best hip-hop albums of all time.I'm not certain if the reissue LP's were cut using the original analog masters or if digital masters were used. The laid back style of Q-Tip and Phife Dawg over the jazz sampleology of Ali Shaheed Muhammad, along with the daisy age raps of De La Soul, almost single-handedly defined the alternative rap scene, where intelligence and musical nouse replaced guns, hos and bragging. National Recording Registry Inducts Music from Alicia Keys, Ricky Martin, Journey and More in 2022". Moore is VMP’s Hip-Hop Director and a music journalist who’s covered jazz, soul and hip-hop at The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, The Nation, Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Pitchfork and elsewhere. I’m new to collecting vinyl and my gf bought me this record and I’m wondering if anyone could date it based on the outer sleeve writing or anything like that.