I consider Tribe to be the Beatles of hiphop. They didn’t make my favourite rap record (illmatic / 36 chambers) but the quality of records they have are top notch. Once you “get” them, it’s like hanging out with a couple of friends.

Tribe are a duo, Q-tip (the wise cool intellectual with the laid back high voice and silky smooth flow) and then Phife Dawg, (the short and feisty guy with a raspy voice). Such a perfect dichotomy.

The albums I’d focus on are:

Midnight marauders The low end theory Beats rhymes and life The love movement.

Anything before and after are ok but not them at their best IMO. ps I was a hardcore rock guy, HATED rap music before I found tribe, they completely changed my life in that regard because it was a gateway into the world of hiphop.