Man i love AOTP jedi mind tricks Immortal technique etc, but man you can never forget the hip hop of the 90's ATCQ, Wu-tang, Nas, 2pac, Big L, biggie smalls, Big Pun, Gang Starr, and outkast, unlike most people my age i haven't forgotten these great artists who if not for them half of the losers on the radio people like to flame(and have good reason to) wouldn't even exist.
Ahhh...sophmore year in high school. Had the Magnavox CD/Cassette player and would put this very song here on replay when I went to bed after half assing my homework. Good times.
I am the one who disliked this video. Get out of your mainstream frame of mind and embrace that this song is still amazing, regardless of how much red is in the sexy green bar there.
@IBallLikeMJ23 it not mainstream music because it doesn't follow trends of that era like raps about shooting killing, stealing and getting money,. tribes music was truly abstract,d0_0b its not the main stream cause tribe on there own vibe. they don't swim with the fishes or get washed by the tide, they set out there own course to spread there positive vibe...but if the tribe is ya thing, they give ya joy, they make ya sing, then why does it matter whether or not its mainstream?
@solbaddude989 If you guys really must know, this album killed all the talk about Hip Hop being a fad, and havin' only one dimension. And yes, it was the epitome of Main Stream.
@solbaddude989 mainstream isn't about trends. it's about what's popular in media and how society accepts it into general interest. just because it follows trends doesn't mean it's automatically mainstream. look at tyler the creator. he's different from everyone in the mainstream world and he's... well, mainstream.
It's so funny to see that today is the day the low end theory came out, and I remember back in the day they said that Rapp would never last...and here it is. the youngsters are just fucking it up.
i like how every little kid, me excluded, is like OFWGKTA omg theyre gods! theyre the best! i ask them if theyve heard these guys, mf doom, jurrasic 5, and they ask if thats an indie band -___________-
@hanginplant11 wolf gang isnt bad tho bro earl got sick tight lyrics and tyler too... when he wants to haha. its just a different generation if it stayed the same people would get tired of it.
@eMCeeShyGuy i didnt say i dont like him, i like mellowhype, earl,hodgy, all of them, but like kids my age need to respect what came before it, their inspirations, and how dope it was. but kids are ignorant.
@hanginplant11 Yea I was flabergasted when someone was saying Tyler was better then DOOM. Almost passed out from the ignorance in that statement haha. But I don't like to listen to them alot because what they rap about isn't always real, I can't listen to someone lieing on every track.
wow!! im 15 years old in my grandmoms basement with a lady friend watching this on BET... this is what good music do to you, it takes you back to a time where you were and what you was doing.. CLASSIC TIMELESS MUSIC!!!!
Damn, sumtimes wonder if kids nowadays kno what TRUE HIP HOP is. It hurts hearin Rap/pop shit nowadays. After legends who paved the way like Rakim, Tribe, KRS, Bambaata, Common, De La, Wu, Blackstarr, Biggie, Pac, NWA, DRE, NAS, Gangstarr, The Roots etc to undeground talents like Dialated, J5, Hiero, Jedi Mind, Atmosphere, J-Live, Company Flow, etc list goes on....Now kids correlate hiphop 2 lil wayne n soulja boy nowadays?! Wonder if these kids even know the elements of hiphop
I will never ever ever ever ever stop listening to ATCQ. Simply one of the lyrically and instrumentally best rap groups to ever compose music. TIBE FOR LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!
@Skyknight22 I hear that. No diss to Pac and Big, but I think a lot of people kid themselves when they say those 2 were the best in Rap history. C'mon man, don't fake the funk Q and The Phife are animals on the mic. Maybe if they were tragically gunned down people would appreciate that more. Funny huh? These positive brothers are not regarded as the best, but two self proclaimed thugs are. Why? Shit blows my mind.
Although Pac and Biggie r two of tha greatest, u do make a valid point about dat shit though. deez niggas was on dat real "HIP HOP". i agree wit u on dat shit bruh
this is probably the number 1 song that made me pretty much memorize the lyrics instantly..because it flows flawlessly with the beat...
other artists sometimes have songs that should be so easy to remember, but they just arent memorable or anything special...but this is jaw dropping, so the lyrics get implanted into your memory. its amazing.
50 years from now hiphop will be studied heaviley by scholars in Harvard and Princeton like poetry is.....................ATCQ will be studied and worshiped
nah...it will be known....but the real music studied hundreds of years will be the true American art!....jazz!!....I think it is sad the African American modern culture do not even know that their true heritage when it comes to art in Americas is Jazz.....people like Miles, Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Chcik Corea, Marcus Miller, Jaco Pastorius, etc.....will be the ones studied and revered....way more that rap stars
African Americans like James Brown, Bobby Mcferrin, Miles Davis, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, etc...I could go on and on......I think Tribe is cool and one of the best rap groups ever...but hip-hop as a whole can and should never be in same category with what the world of American Jazz has done to the planet forever!.......know your Art!!!....all the music on this trbe album are great jazz samples...what do you think made all these songs sound so good???....the jazz samples!!.....
Can't decide which is better - "Jazz" or "Check the Rhime"?
nickjohnsonsmustache 4 days ago
I cannot get enough of Tribe.
CannabinoydReceptor 6 days ago
competition it come from sideway, competition it come straightway
cheepasskid 1 week ago
man...
miscbws 2 weeks ago
Loving this joint !!! :D
airvucen 3 weeks ago
PETE ROCK
gangstarr38 4 weeks ago
cool
AcapellaCader 1 month ago
Im 3 and im listening to this ...
emogoth1666 1 month ago 6
@emogoth1666
good for you
DICKLIGHTSKATECREW 3 weeks ago
@emogoth1666 DAMN 3
GreatkingAlexander 1 week ago
God I miss this kind of music.
BornFuture 1 month ago
@BornFuture But not really...I can hear this whenever.
BornFuture 1 month ago
who gives a shit queer
SunnySubbles 1 month ago
i'm 12 and i'm listening to this
sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit 1 month ago
Chill.
wallisliku986 1 month ago
I Love TairyHesticles
CodysFavorites 1 month ago 9
Man i love AOTP jedi mind tricks Immortal technique etc, but man you can never forget the hip hop of the 90's ATCQ, Wu-tang, Nas, 2pac, Big L, biggie smalls, Big Pun, Gang Starr, and outkast, unlike most people my age i haven't forgotten these great artists who if not for them half of the losers on the radio people like to flame(and have good reason to) wouldn't even exist.
SilentButDeadlyGamin 1 month ago
Does he say ,,Elder Scrolls" in the ending? Ahahaha
MaggiZkater 1 month ago
So wee meet again Tairyhesticles...
CalRyanProductions 2 months ago
So smooth, so smooth
crankyyoldman 2 months ago
Classic doesn't even begin to describe this.
TheEnchantingWizard1 2 months ago
Ahhh...sophmore year in high school. Had the Magnavox CD/Cassette player and would put this very song here on replay when I went to bed after half assing my homework. Good times.
2Phaktor 2 months ago
@2Phaktor O_0 Damn...me too dude.sophmore,magnavox, an all.Even smoking ciggarettes cruising.Unlike now its too expensive to cruise lol
1porcupinetree 1 month ago 2
Pete Rock was there....
Superrapin 2 months ago
i used to rock this album hard back in 11th grade
XCisor 2 months ago
why do you have an add on here? you don't even own this music.
bigfoot799 2 months ago
If this was Hip-Hop elevator music, then you sure as hell wouldn't wanna leave the fucking elevator.
ThePancakeProdigy 2 months ago 5
this is like hip hop elevator music...
Paraphraze615 2 months ago
@Paraphraze615 it would be so dope if this played in an elevator
XxChubbyPenguinxX 1 week ago
Hypnotic hip hop.
mikkyochimp 2 months ago
0 dislikes.nice
wasted42db 2 months ago
we got the what..c mon spell it out
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87stevenortiz 2 months ago
I am the one who disliked this video. Get out of your mainstream frame of mind and embrace that this song is still amazing, regardless of how much red is in the sexy green bar there.
lancebramsay 3 months ago
they are so legendary they've got a movie out. PRAY TO ATCQ
morge23mfec 3 months ago
One of the first videos Ive seen w/ 0 dislikes!!
vicawoomar09 3 months ago
damn no dislikes
drummerboy92019 3 months ago 2
best tribe song.
cortezcruzserrato 3 months ago
holy shit its been 3 1/2 years and not one dislike...(((((THIS IS RAP)))))
imaballer315 3 months ago
@imaballer315 "this is rap"......I couldn't agree any more ;]
shellshoc6789 2 months ago
I mainly like Rock n Roll, Punk, Garage Rock, Progressive Metal, Indie Rock.
BUT, how can you deny a group like ATCQ?? Low End theory is absolutely fantastic!
aaronJORDON 3 months ago
Someone will want to ruin this, of course, but, while I still have time, let me just say: 0 dislikes for a reason!
hiphopliveswithiinme 3 months ago
these guys flow smoother than water around rocks
alexfranklin 3 months ago 4
cute
mrclickclickdirt 3 months ago
@IBallLikeMJ23 it not mainstream music because it doesn't follow trends of that era like raps about shooting killing, stealing and getting money,. tribes music was truly abstract,d0_0b its not the main stream cause tribe on there own vibe. they don't swim with the fishes or get washed by the tide, they set out there own course to spread there positive vibe...but if the tribe is ya thing, they give ya joy, they make ya sing, then why does it matter whether or not its mainstream?
solbaddude989 4 months ago 31
@solbaddude989 If you guys really must know, this album killed all the talk about Hip Hop being a fad, and havin' only one dimension. And yes, it was the epitome of Main Stream.
Omegadaofficial 2 months ago
@solbaddude989 mainstream isn't about trends. it's about what's popular in media and how society accepts it into general interest. just because it follows trends doesn't mean it's automatically mainstream. look at tyler the creator. he's different from everyone in the mainstream world and he's... well, mainstream.
TheWiseTruth90 2 months ago
mainstream? Back it up, easy back it up.
qw7139 4 months ago
Good example of what Hip Hop used to be Fun, Positive, Funky. Even my Mom hates Hip Hop and she likes this type of stuff Tribe represent!
russskates26 4 months ago
BACK IN THE DAY THIS SONG SOLD ME ON BUYING THIS ALBUM AND I WAS'NT DISAPPOINTED...ONE OF THE BEST RAP ALBUMS OF OUR TIME!!!
tminus543 4 months ago
@tminus543 maybe one of the greatest albums of any genre period. def one of the most important albums of the 90's. This and probably Nevermind. IMO
macewindu67 4 months ago
WE GOT THE JAZZ!
punkchipmonk 4 months ago
I'm 40 in a month and this song.. Hell this LP and the live for it still brings me tears of joy.
rayygun 4 months ago
It's so funny to see that today is the day the low end theory came out, and I remember back in the day they said that Rapp would never last...and here it is. the youngsters are just fucking it up.
tamikoqgns 4 months ago
20 years
arouska 5 months ago
gad.... daaaaaayum
kidreep 5 months ago
top 5 hip-hop album of all time... classic shit!
titimike305 5 months ago
Ahhhhh, so good.
TairyHesticles 5 months ago 43
@TairyHesticles you're really cool
MonsieurRondu 3 months ago
Dam Tairy you got this one too hahaha no doubt!
bretthere4music 5 months ago
What a kick ass bumpin tune this is! Only wish we still had this kinda groove today! This is the shit! :)
califgirl101 5 months ago in playlist Best Of 80s 90s & Now califgirl101 WYTB
First video Ive ever seen with no dislikes. That says something.
OxygenMcgee 6 months ago
fuckin real
copdawg771 6 months ago
i like how every little kid, me excluded, is like OFWGKTA omg theyre gods! theyre the best! i ask them if theyve heard these guys, mf doom, jurrasic 5, and they ask if thats an indie band -___________-
hanginplant11 6 months ago
@hanginplant11 wolf gang isnt bad tho bro earl got sick tight lyrics and tyler too... when he wants to haha. its just a different generation if it stayed the same people would get tired of it.
eMCeeShyGuy 5 months ago
@eMCeeShyGuy i didnt say i dont like him, i like mellowhype, earl,hodgy, all of them, but like kids my age need to respect what came before it, their inspirations, and how dope it was. but kids are ignorant.
hanginplant11 5 months ago
@hanginplant11 Yea I was flabergasted when someone was saying Tyler was better then DOOM. Almost passed out from the ignorance in that statement haha. But I don't like to listen to them alot because what they rap about isn't always real, I can't listen to someone lieing on every track.
DownTehRabbitHole 5 months ago
We got the Jazz We got the Jazz
Tribecalledquest15 6 months ago 2
their agent must be a moron cuz this whole record was sick, and where'd they go, huh?
ebutuoy0b 6 months ago
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2enchant 7 months ago
@2enchant whos sod money
IMAGO0N 7 months ago
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2enchant 7 months ago
@2enchant then why would u say that
IMAGO0N 7 months ago
@2enchant in what way pls dont insult this music with suggestions like that
Danarsenal25 6 months ago
wow!! im 15 years old in my grandmoms basement with a lady friend watching this on BET... this is what good music do to you, it takes you back to a time where you were and what you was doing.. CLASSIC TIMELESS MUSIC!!!!
Scoob1109 7 months ago
CLASSIC!!!
Kttspoiled09 8 months ago
0 dislikes. How it should be for every song of these guys
worthlessburger7 8 months ago in playlist A Tribe Called Quest
Mainstream makes ATCQ seem like a gift from the most high God.
Wait a minute... they are a gift from God.
lilhavin 8 months ago
Looks like there are 88 really cool people in the world? :O There really is hope for humanity.. <3
BobCatCorner29 9 months ago
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Damn, sumtimes wonder if kids nowadays kno what TRUE HIP HOP is. It hurts hearin Rap/pop shit nowadays. After legends who paved the way like Rakim, Tribe, KRS, Bambaata, Common, De La, Wu, Blackstarr, Biggie, Pac, NWA, DRE, NAS, Gangstarr, The Roots etc to undeground talents like Dialated, J5, Hiero, Jedi Mind, Atmosphere, J-Live, Company Flow, etc list goes on....Now kids correlate hiphop 2 lil wayne n soulja boy nowadays?! Wonder if these kids even know the elements of hiphop
nickandbeninc 9 months ago
im 13 years old and dont really like main stream but i jus got all tribes songs since theyre the best artists ive ever heard :)
Sazendora1337 9 months ago
I will never ever ever ever ever stop listening to ATCQ. Simply one of the lyrically and instrumentally best rap groups to ever compose music. TIBE FOR LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!
Xhale11 9 months ago
I love this group, they helped get me back into rap again, I couldn't help but grinning the first time I heard them! =)
FutileExistence 10 months ago
"Funk is as deep as an elephant's trunk" 4:08
DocSkribblez 10 months ago
@Skyknight22 no doubt!
fvenegas9ine 11 months ago
@Skyknight22 I definitely feel what you're saying.
fvenegas9ine 11 months ago
@Skyknight22 I hear that. No diss to Pac and Big, but I think a lot of people kid themselves when they say those 2 were the best in Rap history. C'mon man, don't fake the funk Q and The Phife are animals on the mic. Maybe if they were tragically gunned down people would appreciate that more. Funny huh? These positive brothers are not regarded as the best, but two self proclaimed thugs are. Why? Shit blows my mind.
fvenegas9ine 11 months ago
@fvenegas9ine , I agree 100%
sfknns 10 months ago
Although Pac and Biggie r two of tha greatest, u do make a valid point about dat shit though. deez niggas was on dat real "HIP HOP". i agree wit u on dat shit bruh
boomboi1990 9 months ago
this is probably the number 1 song that made me pretty much memorize the lyrics instantly..because it flows flawlessly with the beat...
other artists sometimes have songs that should be so easy to remember, but they just arent memorable or anything special...but this is jaw dropping, so the lyrics get implanted into your memory. its amazing.
one of my favorite songs by them.
mhaze210 1 year ago 2
that snare is still hard as shit, 20 years later.
protomanhasballs 1 year ago
pete rock for the beat and you dont stop.........cuz that real hip-hop it wont stop !
cafeones 1 year ago
fuck tuPac Q-tip shreds the mic
pooplifez 1 year ago
@pooplifez fuck you 2pac is better than biggie and big is better than q tip but no offense q tip is dope.
swampfox213 1 year ago
@swampfox213 who's better is a matter of opinion. altho i liked Pac better @ the time, i feel that Biggie was a better lyricist. Tip was dope tho.
jimy0803 10 months ago
@swampfox213 both q-tip and biggie is better than 2 pac.
kambridge967 6 months ago
50 years from now hiphop will be studied heaviley by scholars in Harvard and Princeton like poetry is.....................ATCQ will be studied and worshiped
lbushquizeanic1 2 years ago 110
@lbushquizeanic1 I think you're right!
BlackBeardDelight187 6 months ago
@lbushquizeanic1
nah...it will be known....but the real music studied hundreds of years will be the true American art!....jazz!!....I think it is sad the African American modern culture do not even know that their true heritage when it comes to art in Americas is Jazz.....people like Miles, Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Chcik Corea, Marcus Miller, Jaco Pastorius, etc.....will be the ones studied and revered....way more that rap stars
!!....sorry to say, brah!
mojopin11 6 months ago
@mojopin11
African Americans like James Brown, Bobby Mcferrin, Miles Davis, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, etc...I could go on and on......I think Tribe is cool and one of the best rap groups ever...but hip-hop as a whole can and should never be in same category with what the world of American Jazz has done to the planet forever!.......know your Art!!!....all the music on this trbe album are great jazz samples...what do you think made all these songs sound so good???....the jazz samples!!.....
mojopin11 6 months ago
@mojopin11
Jazz is already being studied as a true american art
but hip hop will soon will be studied and A tribe Called Quest will be one of them
apjandro 5 months ago 2
@apjandro Word!!!
TairyHesticles 5 months ago 2
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JosephJosefJozef 3 months ago
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JosephJosefJozef 3 months ago
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haha, uh, dude...there are courses in colleges all over the country right now that are acknowledging ATCQ? (you're a bit behind brooooooooooo?...)
JosephJosefJozef 3 months ago
Couldnt agree more, the art of hip hop at its finest. Tribe Called Quest got the jazz.
ultrablue25 2 years ago
need an updated comment...... this is the true hip hop... not that repetative bullshit
WR3cklez 2 years ago 2
simply Amazing this is what real music is not that Ugly ass mainstream..
xxroniie2o9xx 3 years ago 61
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ybrik222 8 months ago
@xxroniie2o9xx
Isn't this mainstream?
ybrik222 8 months ago
@xxroniie2o9xx amen.
huntbug1 5 months ago