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  Type Album
  Artist A Tribe Called Quest
  Cover ATCQPeople'sInstinctTravelsjpg
  Background Orange
  Released April 17 , 1990
  Recorded 1989
  Genre Alternative Hip Hop
  Length 64:17
  Label Jive Records
  Producer A Tribe Called Quest
  This Album ''People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm''<br />(1990)
  Next Album '' The Low End Theory ''<br />(1991)


''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 Track s.

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.


TRACK LISTING

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


CHART POSITIONS



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 White - Performer

  • Phife Dawg - Vocals

  • Ari Marcopoulos - Photography

  • Lucien - Background Vocals



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