A Tribe Called Quest discography
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{{Infobox artist discography
| Artist = A Tribe Called Quest
| Image = TribeCalledQuest2008(close).jpg
| Caption =
| Studio = 6
| Compilation = 5
| EP = 2
| Singles = 16
| Option = 4
| Option name = Features singles
}}
A Tribe Called Quest was an American hip hop group, formed in 1985.[http://atribecalledquest.com/html/biography/ A Tribe Called Quest official site: Group biography] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120708191618/http://atribecalledquest.com/html/biography/ |date=2012-07-08 }} They released six studio albums, five compilations, sixteen singles and two extended plays. The group was made up of rapper/main producer Q-Tip (Kamaal Ibn John Fareed, formerly Jonathan Davis), the late rapper Phife Dawg (Malik Taylor) and DJ/co-producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad. Phife Dawg was only persuaded to join when a fourth member, rapper Jarobi White, joined the group. In 1989 they signed a demo deal with Geffen Records, but not given a full-fledged recording contract. After receiving many offers, they opted for the Jive Records label, an independent rap label. In under a year, they managed to produce People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm to critical acclaim, but lukewarm sales, reaching #91 on the Billboard 200, though it did eventually achieve gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Their next album, The Low End Theory, helped shape alternative hip-hop in the 1990s.Chinen, Nate (October 17, 2007). "[http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/17/q-tip-at-cmj CMJ Music Marathon: Q-Tip Catches the Fever]". The New York Times. Accessed December 29, 2008.Daley, Dan (November 2007). "[http://www.eqmag.com/article/new-york-grooves/nov-07/32817 New York Grooves] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210040912/http://www.eqmag.com/article/new-york-grooves/nov-07/32817 |date=December 10, 2008 }}". EQ. Accessed December 28, 2008. It established a link between their hip hop based music and the jazz genre. It was a large success, and, on February 1, 1995, the RIAA certified the album platinum."[https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=The%20Low%20End%20Theory&perPage=25 Searchable Database - "The Low End Theory"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017050741/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=The%20Low%20End%20Theory&perPage=25 |date=October 17, 2015 }}". Recording Industry Association of America. Accessed October 6, 2009. Their following album, Midnight Marauders, released in 1993, also earned the platinum award. Beats, Rhymes and Life, their subsequent album which was released three years after Midnight Marauders, was considered their darkest work. It lacked the positive and joyful vibe present in their previous albums. Their fifth studio album followed, The Love Movement. It was regarded by critics as returning to the group's positive vibe.{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}} It was awarded gold by the RIAA on November 1, 1998.[https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=The%20Love%20Movement&perPage=25 Search Results - "The Love Movement"]. Recording Industry Association of America. Accessed December 11, 2008. Their sixth and final album, We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service, was released on November 11, 2016, with posthumous contributions from Phife Dawg. On May 22, 2017, the album was certified gold by the RIAA.
Albums
=Studio albums=
=Live albums=
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scope="row" | Live in Chicago '98
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=Remix albums=
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|+ List of remix albums ! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:11em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:16em;" | Album details |
scope="row" | Revised Quest for the Seasoned Traveller
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=Compilations albums=
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|+ List of albums, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:13em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;" | Album details ! scope="col" colspan="5" | Peak chart positions |
scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | US ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | US ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | CAN ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | UK R&B ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | UK Ind. |
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scope="row" | The Anthology
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| 81 || 28 || 2 || 22 || 26 |
scope="row" | Hits, Rarities & Remixes
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| 190 || 51 || — || — || — |
scope="row" | The Lost Tribes
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| — || — || — || — || — |
scope="row" | The Best of A Tribe Called Quest
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| — || — || — || — || — |
colspan="7" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart. |
= Promotional albums =
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|+ List of promotional EPs ! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:11em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:16em;" | Album details |
scope="row" | Classics (compilation EP) |
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EPs
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|+ List of extended plays with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:23em;" | EP details ! scope="col" colspan="3" | Peak chart positions |
scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| UK ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| UK Dance ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| UK |
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scope="row" | People's Instinctive Remixes
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scope="row" | A Tribe Called Quest EP (compilation EP) |
|— |22 |28 |
scope="row" | The Jam EP (compilation EP) |
|61 |1 |12 |
colspan="5" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart. |
= Promotional EPs =
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|+ List of promotional EPs ! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:11em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:16em;" | Album details |
scope="row" | Classics (compilation EP) |
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Singles
=As lead artist=
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|+ List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" |Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Album |
scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US {{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/275205/tribe-called-quest/chart?f=379 |title=A Tribe Called Quest - US Hot 100 |work=billboard.com |access-date=9 December 2015}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US Dance ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US R&B ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US Rap ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | CAN ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | NED ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | NZ ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | SCO ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | UK ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| UK
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scope="row"| "Description of a Fool"
| 1989 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || rowspan="14" {{n/a|*}} | | rowspan="4"| People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm |
scope="row"| "I Left My Wallet in El Segundo"
| rowspan="2"|1990 | — || — || — || 9 || — || — || — || — || — | |
scope="row"| "Bonita Applebum"
| — || — || 56 || 4 || — || — || — || — || 47 | |
scope="row"| "Can I Kick It?"
| rowspan="4"|1991 | — || — || — || 8 || — || 13 || — || — || 15 | |
scope="row"| "I Left My Wallet in El Segundo (Vampire Mix)"
| — || — || — || — || — || 23 || — || — || 86 | | People's Instinctive Remixes |
scope="row"| "Check the Rhime"
| — || — || 59 || 1 || — || — || — || — || — | | rowspan="3"|The Low End Theory |
scope="row"| "Jazz (We've Got)"
| — || — || — || 19 || — || — || — || — || — | |
scope="row"| "Scenario" (featuring Leaders of the New School) | rowspan="4"| 1992 | 57 || — || 42 || 6 || — || — || — || — || — | |
scope="row"| "Luck of Lucien (Tom and Jerry Remix)"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | rowspan="2"|Revised Quest for the Seasoned Traveller |
scope="row"| "Can I Kick It? (Boilerhouse Remix)"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
scope="row"| "Hot Sex"
| — || — || 99 || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
scope="row"| "Award Tour" (featuring Trugoy the Dove) | 1993 | 47 || 27 || 27 || 7 || — || — || — || — || — | | rowspan="3"|Midnight Marauders |
scope="row"| "Electric Relaxation"
| rowspan="2"|1994 | 65 || — || 38 || 13 || — || — || — || — || — | |
scope="row"| "Oh My God" (featuring Busta Rhymes) | —{{efn-ua|"Oh My God" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 2 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/epmd/chart-history/hbu/ |title=Bubbling Under Hot 100 |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=5 November 2020}}}}|| — || 69 || 15 || — || — || — || — || 81 | |
scope="row"| "1nce Again" (featuring Tammy Lucas) | rowspan="2"|1996 | — || — || 38 || — || — || — || 36 || 70 || 34 || 5 | | rowspan="2"| Beats, Rhymes and Life |
scope="row"| "Stressed Out" (featuring Faith Evans) | —{{efn-ua|"Stressed Out" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 8 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/epmd/chart-history/hbu/ |title=Bubbling Under Hot 100 |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=5 November 2020}}}}|| — || 56 || 15 || — || — || — || 81 || 33 || 2 | |
scope="row"| "Find a Way"
| 1998 | 71 || — || 29 || 18 || — || — || 48 || 75 || 41 || 12 | | The Love Movement |
scope="row"| "We the People...."
| 2016 | 77 || — || 31 || 23 || 77 || — || — || — || — || — | | We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service |
colspan="16" align="center" style="font-size:8pt" | "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. "*" indicates a chart that did not exist at the time. |
=As featured artist=
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!rowspan="2"|Year !rowspan="2"|Single !colspan="4"|Peak chart positions !rowspan="2"|Album |
align="center" width="40"|US
!align="center" width="40"|US Rap !align="center" width="40"|NLD !align="center" width="40"|UK |
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1989
| "Buddy" (De La Soul feat. A Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers, Monie Love & Queen Latifah) |align="center"|— |align="center"|2 |align="center"|— |align="center"|7 |
1990
| "Doin' Our Own Dang" (Jungle Brothers feat. A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Monie Love & Queen Latifah) |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|40 |align="center"|33 |
1997
| "Rumble in the Jungle" A (Fugees feat. A Tribe Called Quest, Busta Rhymes & John Forté) |align="center"|71 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|— |align="center"|3 | When We Were Kings soundtrack |
2003
| "I C U (Doin' It)" (Violator feat. A Tribe Called Quest & Erykah Badu) |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— | {{n/a|non-album single}} |
A Did not chart on the Hot 100 or Hot R&B/Hip-Hop charts (Billboard rules at the time prevented album cuts from charting). Chart peak listed here represents Hot 100 Airplay and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay charts data.
= Promotional singles =
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scope="row"|"Like It Like That"
| rowspan="2"| 1998 | rowspan="2"| The Love Movement |
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scope="row"| "Rock Rock Ya'll" (featuring Punchline, Jane Doe, Wordsworth & Mos Def){{cite AV media notes | date=1998 | title=Rock Rock Ya'll/busta's lament | type=track listing | publisher=Jive | id=ATCQ1}} |
Other charted songs
Guest appearances
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scope="row"| "What Yo Life Can Truly Be"
| 1991 | De La Soul, Dres |
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scope="row"| "Sh.Fe.Mc's"
| rowspan="2"| 1994 | De La Soul |
scope="row"| "If the Papes Come"
| {{n/a}} |
scope="row"| "Glamour and Glitz"
| 1995 | {{n/a}} |
scope="row" | "Peace, Prosperity & Paper"
| rowspan="2" |1996 | {{N/a}} |
scope="row" | "The Remedy"
| Common | Get on the Bus: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture |
scope="row"| "Wild Hot"
| rowspan="2"|1997 |
scope="row"| "Same Ol' Thing"
| {{n/a}} |
scope="row"| "That Shit"
| 1998 | Jay Dee |
Notes
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References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20091008062805/http://atribecalledquest.com/html/ A Tribe Called Quest]
- [{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p50081|pure_url=yes}} A Tribe Called Quest on Allmusic]
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