People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

by A Tribe Called Quest

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 17 April 1990
  • Label: Jive
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:27:56
  • Community rating: 4.07/5 from 16 ratings

Artists on this release: Malik Taylor, Jonathan Davis, Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A Tribe Called Quest's debut album introduced a remarkably playful, highly intellectual alternative to the era's aggressive gangsta rap. 'People's Instinctive Travels...' relies heavily on mellow jazz loops and rhythmic, poetic lyricism to craft a deeply conscious and uniquely spiritual urban hip-hop experience.

Genres

Descriptors: conscious, male-vocalist, narrative, party, punchy, rhythmic, sampling, socialism, rap, funky, classic, groundbreaking

Tracklist

  1. Push It Along (7:32)
  2. Luck of Lucien (4:42)
  3. After Hours (4:38)
  4. Footprints (4:00)
  5. I Left My Wallet in El Segundo (4:06)
  6. Pubic Enemy (3:45)
  7. Bonita Applebum (3:49)
  8. Can I Kick It? (4:11)
  9. Youthful Expression (4:52)
  10. Rhythm (Devoted to the Art of Moving Butts) (4:02)
  11. Mr. Muhammad (3:33)
  12. Ham 'N' Eggs (5:27)
  13. Go Ahead In the Rain (3:54)
  14. Description of a Fool (5:41)
  15. Footprints (feat. CeeLo Green) - Remix (5:08)
  16. Bonita Applebum - Pharrell Williams Remix (3:53)
  17. Can I Kick It? - J. Cole Remix (2:49)
  18. Footprints (feat. CeeLo Green) - Remix Instrumental (5:08)
  19. Bonita Applebum - Pharrell Williams Remix Instrumental (3:52)
  20. Can I Kick It? - J. Cole Remix Instrumental (2:45)

Credits

  • A Tribe Called Quest - primary artist, supervised by [spearheaded by], producer, mixed by, written-by
  • ZombArt - design
  • Justin Herz - design [image manipulation]
  • Anthony Saunders - engineer
  • Bob Power - engineer
  • Shane Faber - engineer
  • Tim Latham - engineer
  • Red Alert - executive-producer [executive in charge of rhythmic heads nods]
  • Jarobi - featuring
  • The Rhythm Kids - featuring
  • Bryant Peters - illustration
  • Paije Hunyady - illustration
  • Tom Coyne - lacquer cut by [runout etching 垄], mastered by
  • Red Alert Productions, Int. - management
  • Ari Marcopoulos - photography by
  • Jungle Brothers - supervised by [grown and nurtured with]
  • Qualiall - supervised by [guided by]
  • Ali Shaheed Muhammad - written-by
  • Jonathan Davis - written-by
  • Malik Taylor - written-by

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