A Tribe Called Quest - The Love Movement

Tribe's last album--they announced their breakup just prior to its release--has all of the problems of Midnight Marauders and Beats, Rhymes, and Life: they're just not People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm or The Low End Theory, Tribe's first two releases. That said, so what? Late-era Tribe is still a force to be reckoned with, even if it's not as much fun or doesn't have all the possibilities of Phife Dog, Q-Tip, and Ali Shaheed Muhammad's early work. The Love Movement's backing tracks recall previous releases but tend to be subtler--and therefore less than memorable--and a few of the tracks here are almost indistinguishable from one another. Q-Tip and Phife Dog bust out with few catch phrases (the exception is "Give Me," on which they rhyme "Boyz II Men, ABC, BBD--naw, we ain't none of them"); overall, they sound more mature than ever before. Are they really? At times, yes, and it seems that maturity is one of hip-hop's few unforgivable sins. --Randy Silver Amazon.com

Not Bad, Not Their Best

There's some good beats and rhymes here, but it is not Tribe at the top of their game like on "Low End" for example. This is very laid back and jazzy, sounds alot like early Roots.

The problem I have is that the album tends to sound repetitive a bit towards the end, but the first half of the album will definetely have you groovin. March 27, 2008

A Tribe Called Quest - Old-School Even In 1998!

Wow! I just sampled their albums, and they just can't let go of that old-school swing, even when most other rappers were going new-school! Impressive! I think the other rappers should learn from A Tribe Called Quest! March 16, 2007

Not Tribe's best, but worth a listen.

There is no doubt that this is not Tribe's best album. You have to listen to this album quite a few times through in order to like it. After extensive listening, quite a few tracks caught my ear, although there are others that I am indifferent to. "Like It Like That", "Give Me", "Pad & Pen", and "The Love" are the catchiest tracks, and incoincidentally they are also the most melodic. The Love Movement goes wrong in having Busta Rhymes guest on this album, it just does not match their style. Tracks that feature Q-Tip exclusively are the best and give the album the proper environment that they should have been aiming for. July 17, 2006

Sad ending to a great career.........

Back in "98", I was skeptical of how ATCQ would stack up next to Hard Knock Life, Aquemini, Miseducation of L. Hill. I ended up being disappointed because my favorite rap group sounded dated and misplaced. Their are only 2 or 3 songs on here that sounds like the ATCQ that everybody loved. I wish they could have stopped recording after Midnight Marauders, then they would have gone out like Jordan. June 25, 2006

A Tribe Called Quest - The Love Movement

A Tribe Called Quests (Q-Tip, Phife, Ali Shaheed Muhammad) fifth and final album was "The Love Movement" (1998). The albums first standout cut for me is "Find A Way", the Tribe rhyme well over some nice production. The Tribe bring Busta Rhymes and Redman in for "Stepping It Up" a cut that ends up being lackluster. Feeling the production on the laidback "4 Moms". Not feeling next two tracks, then Q-Tip and D-Life collab for the solid "Pad & Pen", which is followed up by the decent "Busta's Lament". My favourite track on this one is "The Love", ATCQ break down what they love on an outstanding track; the lyrics and production on this make this one a head nodder. "Money Maker" is another stellar cut, and the Remixes to classic cuts like "Scenario", "Oh My God", Jazz (We've Got) are all good. Tribe is not at their best on a lot of this album, which is at times monotonous. They do have their moments on cuts like "Find A Way", "Pad & Pen" and "The Love". 3.5. A Tribe Called Quest 1988-1998. April 4, 2006

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