A Tribe Called Quest - Excursions

[oldsoulnewmusic]

The bass in this song was the inspiration for the first song off my EP. Whenever I tell people that they have no idea what I'm talking about. Sad.

Check it out on my channel (it's called "For the Record") and let me know what you think :D

[4lexalove]

shit man...just shit..im blown away!

[Artokaas]

normally not the biggest hiphop fan, but this gives me the shivers

[pmoney6898]

like if you bumpin this in 2012

[jcwunerz]

'daddy dont you know that things go in cycles'

man i wish this was going in a cycle

[rhombusskullvsteal]

Here what we have is a tribe called quest, you might argue their rhymes are the best, spending hours throwing out opinions like change, to a homeless man who's straight up deranged. Change from your pocket where your music player lives but you walk into the ocean and it doesn't forgives. you'll say "this is a plate of rotten del Parma" but for dissing quest it is straight up karma.

[sambo257]

now edger allen poe don't stop!

[sambo257]

we got to b a winner all the time can't fall prey to a hip-hop crime!! dam i luv this album.

[EarthlyEclipse]

20 years later and i'm so glad i found this album. i agree that this is one of the best album intros on a hip hop album. "if you got the money, quest if for the booking"

[ryanesson]

love this song!

[rateb08]

is it me or does the sound tune out at the beginning of each line?

[raiderz1973]

@rateb08 Not just you dude

[Mon3ymike90]

all the way to Africa, AKA the motherland

stick out the left, then I'll ask for the other hand.... i love those lines

[mjn76]

Maybe the best rap album of the 1990s.

[420jayo]

C L A S S I C. . . .T I M E L E S S . . .

[niiiiiiiiiiickk]

gahh i miss 90's hip hop

[ParisNitez16]

I had this song in my music library. I wonder what happened to it?

[matthewjamal]

dude nobody makes a bounce like q-tip and his flow is on point

[LONGLIVELAYNESTALEY]

you have a funny username!

[pong224]

Is it just me but does this track get louder and softer at times?

[MalcolmXTupacShakur]

@pong224 It feels like that for me too

[staphinfection]

This song is even better LIVE!! Qtip goes fucking apeshit, it sound so sick!

[Jayco34]

"Beats that a hard, beats that are funky, make you get a hook, like a crack head junky"!! Bars blew my mind then, and it still does today!!

[caldridge204]

When the drums kick in at 00:29 - AMAZING

[westside159]

you need levarage to sever lmao  wtf

[kill9945]

you could put every Lil' Wayne song out there together and it still wouldnt come close to the badassery of this song

[OctaneMembrane]

the use of simple yet amazing beat makes you focus more on the lyrics which are god like

[gotmash]

the best song on the album

[tasan215]

tribe classic

[Tigerlily21]

what a way to open an album.

[msanna1287]

this record changed my life - seriously. everyone says that, but it did. 6th grade, sucked me into hip hop.

[MrHoldis]

nice

[MrHoldis]

actually the album went multiplatinum and can still be found at most record stores

[tminus543]

ALOT OF PEOPLE SLEPT ON THIS ALBUM...BUT THATS OK BECAUSE THOSE OF US THAT WAS MEANT TO HEAR IT DID...RAP AND JAZZ CAME TOGETHER AND MADE AN INCREDIBLE SOUND!!!

[GroovyHarem]

@tminus543 There just aren't a lot of us. Seems right after the war in Vietnam, not any people were having babies. We may be few and we may speak softly, but we are the realest generation to have come in a long time.

[drummerman558]

This is one of the Tribe's best songs; why isn't it more popular?

[Kevsgirl234]

@drummerman558 I agree I love evrything by Tribe though.

[EazyTim]

still one of the best hip-hop songs ever

[n66178]

Ron Carter!

[dwasserman19]

@n66178 This isnt Carter. Its a sample of art blakey and the jazz messengers. The bassist is Jymie Merritt

[n66178]

@dwasserman19 That is pretty shocking - I have been listening to that cd for years thinking it was Ron Carter. Thanks for the info. It is a great bass line nonetheless.

[trooper40below]

@n66178 Ron Carter is on the album. He plays bass on Vereses From The Abstract, but he's not on this particular song.

[n66178]

@trooper40below Ah, thanks for the info. 

[Lerstalad02]

00:00 to about 00:40 = One of the most orgasmic moments of perfection in music history. The bass-loop, Q-Tip's voice, flow & lyrics, and then the drums kickin' in. Perhaps the coolest way any album has ever started!

[17wantan]

@Lerstalad02 i think 00:00 to about 3:55 is the best start to a hip hop album

[skoplik1]

@Lerstalad02 you could not have put it better

[TheDennisFrogman]

Fucking TairyHesticles has the jams haha

[GamerLegend505]

^ This beat is crazy !!!!!

[ANIMATEDskater109]

Murder

[mtthwcss]

when asked what's the best A Tribe song.. the logical answer should be Ham N' Eggs cuz it's high in cholesterol!

[jwuanmurphy]

I remember the first time I listened to this album, I listened to it from front to back, fully digested it, and then kept coming come back for seconds.

[SpideySting]

Love this album! But i just feel in love with song!

[swift23]

no dislikes and there never should be

[PreFusah]

This album will never get old, period.

[zakzero123]

God this is fucking good.

[j4mes570]

im asking for support people.....plz jus click one of my vids.....check my channel i promise u won't b disappointed

[kpachinger]

that's science liek E=mc^2 *double liek* Oops I poosted agern *IRL*

[kpachinger]

that's science liek E=mc^2

[xbluemystx8686]

simply amazing.

[j4mes570]

@xbluemystx8686 tushay

[PlaxicoDurress]

This is literally their best song.

[etk1995]

@PlaxicoDurress I can't even pick a song to call their best. All of their songs are great!

[6207865]

"Edgar Allen Poe.." Damn. Not only are they dope rhymers, but literate as well! 

[theblackplanet20]

@6207865 That's why they were dope. They were smart guys.

[BackpackPoetry]

what good is an ear if a Q-Tip isn't in it?

[itsdrooo]

@BackpackPoetry punny

[matthewjamal]

@BackpackPoetry such a good top comment.

[matthewjamal]

@BackpackPoetry lol

[carterateababy]

Good effing song. Its so cool that i found this as just the song.

This is in "Rusty Bucketed Mixtape Vol. 4" by Heppy J as dubstep. so good.

[ttone96]

Excellent. The tribe comes out out swinging on the first track.

[broccolihart1]

Beats that are hard, beats that are funky..they can get you hooked like a crack-head junkie...the low end theory album changed the game..believe that !!

[Horaciow14]

Q-Tip has the slickest flow and voice in hip hop history.

[broccolihart1]

@Horaciow14 Yep, and Masta ace is a close second !!

[JJPHILLYLG]

I constantly go back and forth on whether The Roots or ATCQ are my favorite rap group. I also love Midnight Marauders.

[MrJohnnyYang]

DOPE break beat

[SERPIENTEjack]

bigger than the beattles

[beatle608]

@SERPIENTEjack never heard of the beattles, though there was a band called the beatles, greatest band to hit the planet.

[SERPIENTEjack]

@beatle608 yes of course,there never will be a band bigger than the beatles,but for us who lived this golden era of music tribe was the beattles of hip hop music.By the way i love the beattles ,revolver in particular...they were really innovative but there were others as great that people does not really care about like red krayola,13 th floor,Presidents united states,LOVE,........but the beattles are great they influenced other great producers like phil spector,brian wilson,stevie ,stephney

[dan32321]

Damn. I remember listening to this in my dorm room 20 YEARS AGO. Still some of the best hip-hop I've ever heard, even with the pager lyric.

[TheLuc59]

Abstract is one of my favorite mc's. ATCQ is one of my favorite rap groups. What am i'm saying!? ITS MY FAVORITE! (excuse me for bad english)

[Idrastikk]

Lyricism at it's best. First time I heard this track it blew me away.

[lyricsfromsweden]

@Idrastikk you don't get a better ATCQ song than this

[1993MercuryCougarXR7]

Memories of 4 years ago i was in 9th grade and this is all i played on my cd player back then was this album

[DAROCKNESSMONSTAH]

@1993MercuryCougarXR7 Shit 9th grade was when I got into Tribe too hahaha. This was the jam that did it too. Q-tip is just too ill sometimes.

[Laxgggirls]

everything flows!!!!

[LoneshotHero]

Anyone see the new documentary? It's pretty good, though it sorta makes Q Tip come off like a dick.

[cKunke2]

@LoneshotHero I thought it didn't come out til July something?

[LoneshotHero]

@cKunke2  It's leaked

[broccolihart1]

@LoneshotHero Im glad you posted this comment...I think he's always been who he is and some people cant stand that about him...I thought he was a little arrogant but honestly- he single -handedly brought something to hip hop that wont replicate itself, ever again! I mean, this guy is an INNOVATOR plain and simple! I have never heard anyone this unique and in tune with what sounds good to the ears...Even his rap name Q-tip says it all! when u put a Q in your ear..well it feels good right?

[broccolihart1]

@LoneshotHero And Phife knows his place..he compliments Q-tip.i think Phife was a lil jealous of the attention Q got but, he cant deny J. Davis's talent. Who do you know that has been on as many different artists albums than Tip? i mean De La, Will.I.Am, Norah Jones, Busta, Etc..I have heard a lot of different rappers, lyricists, whatever..and i find myself coming back to Tribe or Q because of his genuine showmanship with wordplay and rhythms combined. Next is a close De La Soul talent wise...

[TheReasonJ]

God this is classic. ATCQ is not given their due man, and im not talking about just Q tip.

[martinmor93]

"Get in the zone of Positivity, not Negativity, cause we gotta strive for Longevity"

The life motto

[unholyfarter]

HOLY FUCK THIS IS SICK. like wow i am blown away.

[deemedlock]

Come on, Make moves, never ever fake moves!!!

[VacantMindsMusic]

A Tribe Called Quest's "Excursions" mashed up with the Red Hot Chili Peppers over on our profile page

[TheXCGryphon]

sick bass

[TiminSE]

@TheXCGryphon I agree, great jazz loop! (Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - A Chant For Bu)

[JarrodCook93]

I first heard this song becase Hilltop hoods sampled it in the song clown prince.

[AvtomatPruneJuice]

the bass line really reminds me of white rabbit by jefferson airplane

[gearheadtc]

anybody mind summing up his message in the first few lines, ending at the bebop part

[hanumanpan]

Q tip rapping over Ron Carter's bass-connecting him to miles and so back to Charlie Parker:

"listen to hip hop-pappa said it reminded him of bebop"

[jgod65]

seams to me that all the tribes songs are chill and laid back.....i love it thanks for posting

[NEWRNBDAILY1]

This song is real chill

[Jurassicprince]

love this song. tribe forever.

[P2K725]

Nice samplllle.

[ZwienerZ]

I saw Q-tip a few months ago and he fucking wrecked it! He put on a Great Performance!

[idrussia25]

this is a masterpice aint it?!

[pussywran]

my name is Dj Tanner and i LOVE this song. also i collect broken ear rings. sometimes i buy ear rings and break them for my collection. LOLZ!!!!!!! im so ditzy!!!!!!

[TairyHesticles]

That, sir, is the funniest comment I've had all week. Nice.

[tkwk1433]

@TairyHesticles Your reply was also the funniest one too.. Thx.

[hexmedi]

@pussywran wtf hahahhahaha 

[rhcp4565]

@pussywran what r u?

[ekofritz]

@pussywran HJASHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[TopHatIndustries]

@pussywran that needs to be on a plaque somewhere

[apjandro]

@pussywran pics of your collection please or gtfo

[kolaiid]

dam never gets old

[arts777]

this is the shit.......... tribe is the best

[idrussia25]

no doubt

[finazbuzzin2k8]

incredible