People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm
by A Tribe Called Quest
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People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm is ranked 4th best out of 13 albums by A Tribe Called Quest on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by A Tribe Called Quest is The Low End Theory which is ranked number 134 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 9,767.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 3 days ago | spinout | 3,464 | 81/100 |
| ! | 07/30/2026 01:11 | xhitmanx | 1,519 | 77/100 |
| ! | 07/26/2026 18:05 | markl73 | 625 | 78/100 |
| ! | 05/29/2026 13:50 | Mafedere | 679 | 75/100 |
| ! | 05/14/2026 18:45 | marcoserra1966 | 862 | 59/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.2/100, a mean average of 78.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.
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These guys stole some nice music, err, I mean sampled. I enjoyed most of the mellow hip-hop on this album. They get more jazzy and edgy on "Youthful Expression", could have used more of that.
Ok rap album, nothing mind-blowing, I have to appreciate sampling tough, because some beats are amazing, but I think some cringy moments like Ham N Eggs hold this album back from being better.
Jboy56 02/25/2022 09:32 | #281899
A good sounding and fun rap album for a change. Very good.
teague 09/05/2021 16:40 | #273341
Plays more like a Q-Tip solo album, but the production is classic and Q-Tip sounds really great.
East coast hip-hop. Alternative rap like The Fugees, and jazz-rap like De La Soul. Inventive debut with some ear-catching and amusing tracks, such as the hit "Can I Kick It" with it's clever dancing around the bass line from Walk On The Wild Side, and the very playful and cheeky "Public Enemy".
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There's plenty of good stuff here, but it's definitely not the more developed and nuanced mastery they would produce on the next two releases.
This record provides stretches that end up featuring a noticeable lack of Phife and ends up being a bit one sided in sound. Not inherently bad by any means as Q-Tip obviously carries a lot of weight without issue, but my favorite ATCQ material has a bit more interplay between the two incredible MC's playing off each other in a fashion that had to be inspiring in the writing and recording process.
Ultimately, this debut is VERY solid. Great bars and production for how early this came along, but it's an undercooked version of what was to come. The first four songs, Ham N Eggs, and Can I Kick It? are highlights.
this album sounds like 2019
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A bit samey but still a nice chill out rap album. Good.
I bought People's Instictive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm by A Tribe Called Quest on 28/12/1997 from Record & Tape Exchange on CD for £8.00 The version I have is on the record label Jive catalogue number 1331-2-J It entered the UK charts on 19/05/1990 and got to number 54 spending a total of 2 weeks on the chart.
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