The Low End Theory (VMP Essentials)

~ Release by A Tribe Called Quest (see all versions of this release, 19 available)

Annotation

Vinyl Me, Please. Essentials
- Record of the Month for May 2022
- First 2x45 release of Tribe's jazzy sophomore album
- Lacquers cut by Ryan Smith, Sterling Sound
- Plated at Welcome to 1979
- Pressed on exclusive 2LP Green + Red Vinyl
- Listening notes booklet by Marcus J. Moore
- Art print by Joe Grant

Annotation last modified on 2024-01-30 02:03 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼12" Vinyl
#TitleRatingLength
A1Excursions3.853:53
A2Buggin’ Out3.553:38
A3Rap Promoter
recording engineer and mixer:
Bob Power and A Tribe Called Quest
producer:
A Tribe Called Quest
additional vocals:
Phife Dawg
vocals:
Q‐Tip (American rapper)
samples:
Keep on Doin' It by The New Birth (US funk and R&B group), Long Way Down by Eric Mercury, Stand! by Sly & the Family Stone and Voodoo Chile by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
recording of:
Rap Promoter
writer:
Jonathan Davis (American rapper), Malik Izaak Taylor and Ali Shaheed Muhammad
publisher:
Universal Music–Z Tunes LLC
32:13
A4Butter3.63:39
B1Verses From the Abstract
recording engineer and mixer:
Bob Power and A Tribe Called Quest
producer:
A Tribe Called Quest
guest bass:
Ron Carter (US jazz double-bassist)
guest vocals:
Ms. Vinia
vocals:
Q‐Tip (American rapper)
samples:
Upon This Rock by Joe Farrell
recording of:
Verses From the Abstract
writer:
Jonathan Davis (American rapper)
publisher:
Jazz Merchant Music (Publishing company related to Q-Tip) and Universal Music–Z Tunes LLC
3.23:59
B2Show Business
recording engineer and mixer:
Bob Power and A Tribe Called Quest
co-producer:
A Tribe Called Quest
producer:
Skeff Anselm
vocals:
Diamond D (US hip-hop producer and MC), Lord Jamar, Phife Dawg, Q‐Tip (American rapper) and Sadat X
samples:
Funky President (People It’s Bad) by James Brown (The Godfather of Soul), Midnight Cowboy by Martin Denny, Midnight Cowboy by Ferrante and Teicher (piano duo) and Wicky Wacky by The Fatback Band (previously Fatback Band)
recording of:
Show Business
writer:
Skeff Anselm, Lorenzo DeChalus, Derrick Murphy, Jonathan Davis (American rapper), Joseph Kirkland (US hip-hop producer and MC), Malik Isaac Taylor and Ali Shaheed Muhammad
publisher:
BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! see annotation), Dusty Fingers Music (BMI), EMPIRE SF, Jazz Merchant Music (Publishing company related to Q-Tip) and Universal Music–Z Tunes LLC
3.453:53
B3Vibes and Stuff
recording engineer and mixer:
Bob Power and A Tribe Called Quest
producer:
A Tribe Called Quest
vocals:
Phife Dawg and Q‐Tip (American rapper)
samples:
Down Here on the Ground (live, 1970-08-15: Cliché Lounge, Newark, NJ, USA) by Grant Green (jazz guitarist)
recording of:
Vibes and Stuff
writer:
Jonathan Davis (American rapper) and Malik Isaac Taylor
publisher:
Universal Music–Z Tunes LLC
3.354:18
2▶12" Vinyl

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