People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

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People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm is the debut alternative hip hop album by A Tribe Called Quest, released on April 17, 1990 (see 1990 in music). A prime example is that there is a song "Ham 'n' Eggs" is completely devoted to eating healthy meanwhile in "Youthful Expression" Q-Tip claims "Dance to this, your girl you kiss, I like fried foods, especially fish". Though the album was well-received critically, it had little mainstream appeal. It did earn the band a devoted following however, within the alternative hip hop community. People's Instinctive Travels and Paths of Rhythm was praised for its lyrical inventiveness and bizarre sense of humor, mixed with socially aware and literate message tracks.

The album was recorded at Calliope Studios, Battery Studios and Dumb D.J. Towha's DewDrop Inn, New York.

Critical praise was generally positive, but many felt that the group's effort was immature and unfocused. John Bush of allmusic writes "Tribe perhaps experimented too much on their debut, but they succeeded at much of it, certainly enough to show much promise as a new decade dawned". Rolling Stone magazine's Chuck Eddy found the album "one of the least danceable albums" in hip hop, and said that the performers sounded boring.

Contents

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Track listing

  1. "Push It Along" (Tribe Called Quest) - 7:42
  2. "Luck of Lucien" (Tribe Called Quest) - 4:32
  3. "After Hours" (Tribe Called Quest) - 4:39
  4. "Footprints" (Tribe Called Quest) - 4:00
  5. "I Left My Wallet in El Segundo" (Tribe Called Quest) - 4:06
  6. "Pubic Enemy" (Tribe Called Quest) - 3:45
  7. "Bonita Applebum" (Tribe Called Quest) - 3:50 (The back cover of the CD mistakenly claims 4:11)
  8. "Can I Kick It?" (Tribe Called Quest) - 4:11 (The back cover of the CD mistakenly claims 4:52)
  9. "Youthful Expression" (Tribe Called Quest) - 4:52 (The back cover of the CD mistakenly claims 4:01)
  10. "Rhythm (Devoted to the Art of Moving Butts)" (Tribe Called Quest) - 4:01 (The back cover of the CD mistakenly claims 3:33)
  11. "Mr. Muhammad" (Tribe Called Quest) - 3:33 (The back cover of the CD mistakenly claims 5:27)
  12. "Ham 'n' Eggs" (Tribe Called Quest) - 5:27 (The back cover of the CD mistakenly claims 3:54)
  13. "Go Ahead in the Rain" (Tribe Called Quest) - 3:54
  14. "Description of a Fool" (Tribe Called Quest) - 5:41
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Chart positions

Billboard Music Charts - album
1990 The Billboard 200 No. 91
1990 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums No. 23
1991 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums No. 23
Billboard Music Charts - singles
1990 "Bonita Applebum" Hot Rap Singles No. 4
1990 "I Left My Wallet In El Segundo" Hot Rap Singles No. 9
1990 "Bonita Applebum" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks No. 56
1990 "I Left My Wallet In El Segundo" Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales No. 49
1991 "Can I Kick It" Hot Rap Singles No. 8
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Personnel

  • A Tribe Called Quest - Producer, Mixing
  • Tim Latham - Engineer
  • Ali Shaheed Muhammad - DJ
  • Bob Power - Engineer
  • Q-Tip - Vocals
  • Anthony Saunders - Engineer
  • Dr. Shane Faber - Engineer
  • Jarobi - Performer
  • Phife Dawg - Vocals
  • Ari Marcopoulos - Photography
  • Lucien - Background Vocals
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External links

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