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** "Jazz (We've Got)" took a jab at the NewJackSwing sub-genre. New Jack rap group Wreckx-N-Effect, who also had a song titled after the sub-genre, took the diss personally and jumped Q-Tip outside of a New York nightclub, giving him a nasty eye injury in the process.[[note]] Though it should be noted that it was ''Phife Dawg'', not Q-Tip, who wrote and performed the line dissing New Jack Swing.[[/note]] Tip had to resort to wearing a gimp mask during the filming of the "Hot Sex" music video to cover the bruising.

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** "Jazz (We've Got)" took a jab at the NewJackSwing sub-genre. New Jack rap group Wreckx-N-Effect, who also had a song titled after the sub-genre, SubGenre, took the diss personally and jumped Q-Tip outside of a New York nightclub, giving him a nasty eye injury in the process.[[note]] Though it should be noted that it was ''Phife Dawg'', not Q-Tip, who wrote and performed the line dissing New Jack Swing.[[/note]] Tip had to resort to wearing a gimp mask during the filming of the "Hot Sex" music video to cover the bruising.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[SophomoreSlump 'Sophomore jinx?']] [[AvertedTrope What the fuck is that?]] I'm going to make ''[[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic The Low End Theory]]''."''\\

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''The Low End Theory'' is the second album by Music/ATribeCalledQuest, released in 1991. Critically acclaimed upon release, it went on to become a groundbreaking release in the then-burgeoning styles of JazzRap and AlternativeHipHop.

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''The Low End Theory'' is the second album by Music/ATribeCalledQuest, released in 1991. Critically acclaimed upon release, it went on to become be considered a groundbreaking release in the then-burgeoning styles of JazzRap and AlternativeHipHop.

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[[caption-width-right:350:"[[SophomoreSlump 'Sophomore jinx?']] [[AvertedTrope What the fuck is that?]] I'm going to make ''[[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic The Low End Theory]]''."\\

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''The Low End Theory'' is the second album by Music/ATribeCalledQuest, released in 1991 and going on to become a groundbreaking release in the then-burgeoning style of JazzRap. Producers Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad employed a minimalist style to their beats, mixing laid-back {{jazz}} samples with crisp bass and drum breaks, leaving plenty of room for Q-Tip and fellow MC Phife Dawg to lyrically trade nuggets of wisdom, humor, and social commentary track after track.

The singles "Check the Rhime", "Jazz (We've Got)" and "Scenario" are some of the Tribe’s most well-known songs. in 1992, several tracks from the album were remixed, and compiled into the RemixAlbum ''Revised Quest For The Seasoned Traveler'', which also featured the remixes from their 1991 [[NoExportForYou Europe and Asia-exclusive]] remix EP ''People's Instictive Remixes'', and a couple B-sides.

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''The Low End Theory'' is the second album by Music/ATribeCalledQuest, released in 1991 and going 1991. Critically acclaimed upon release, it went on to become a groundbreaking release in the then-burgeoning style styles of JazzRap. JazzRap and AlternativeHipHop.

Producers Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad employed a minimalist style to their beats, beats on the album, mixing laid-back {{jazz}} samples with crisp bass and drum breaks, leaving plenty of room for Q-Tip and fellow MC Phife Dawg to lyrically trade nuggets of wisdom, humor, and social commentary track after track.

The singles "Check the Rhime", "Jazz (We've Got)" and "Scenario" are some of the Tribe’s most well-known songs. in songs.

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1992, several tracks from the album were remixed, and compiled into the RemixAlbum ''Revised Quest For The Seasoned Traveler'', which also featured the remixes from their 1991 [[NoExportForYou Europe and Asia-exclusive]] remix EP ''People's Instictive Remixes'', and a couple B-sides.
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-> ''"[[ToughActToFollow It's really hard to top this album]]. They made other good records, but they never got to this level again. It is from beginning to end a masterpiece. Phife has got a weird midget-DMC energy. And as much as I love Q-Tip, nobody's bigger than the group. He and Phife together are just incredible."''

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-> ''"[[ToughActToFollow It's ''"It's really hard to top this album]].album. They made other good records, but they never got to this level again. It is from beginning to end a masterpiece. Phife has got a weird midget-DMC energy. And as much as I love Q-Tip, nobody's bigger than the group. He and Phife together are just incredible."''
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** "Check the Rhime" references baseball player Lou Brock and provides a TakeThat to Music/MCHammer, who had a Pepsi Commercial where he used the word "proper" in 1991.

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** "Check the Rhime" references baseball player Lou Brock and provides a TakeThat reference to Music/MCHammer, who had a Pepsi Commercial where he used the word "proper" in 1991.1991. Though Q-Tip insisted the line wasn't a diss, Hammer took it personally, and later recorded several disses towards the Tribe.



*** "Check the Rhime" is used as the bumper music for Radio/TheJimRomeShow and Radio/TheScottVanPeltShow.

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*** ** "Check the Rhime" is used as the bumper music for Radio/TheJimRomeShow and Radio/TheScottVanPeltShow.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"'[[SophomoreSlump Sophomore jinx?]]' [[AvertedTrope What the fuck is that]], I'm going to make ''[[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic The Low End Theory]]''"\\
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-- Q-Tip.]]

-> ''[[ToughActToFollow It's really hard to top this album]]. They made other good records, but they never got to this level again. It is from beginning to end a masterpiece. Phife has got a weird midget-DMC energy. And as much as I love Q-Tip, nobody's bigger than the group. He and Phife together are just incredible.''

--> '''Creator/ChrisRock''', who placed "The Low End Theory" on nr. 9 in his personal list of the best 25 HipHop albums, published by Magazine/RollingStone in 2004.

''The Low End Theory'' is the second album by Music/ATribeCalledQuest, released in 1991. The album was groundbreaking in the then-burgeoning style of JazzRap. Producers Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad employed a minimalist style to their beats, mixing laid-back {{jazz}} samples with crisp bass and drum breaks, leaving plenty of room for Q-Tip and fellow MC Phife Dawg to lyrically trade nuggets of wisdom, humor, and social commentary track after track.

The singles "Check the Rhime", "Jazz (We've Got)" and "Scenario" are some of the Tribe’s most well-known songs, as well as some of the most legendary rap songs in general. in 1992, several tracks from the album were remixed, and compiled into the RemixAlbum ''Revised Quest For The Seasoned Traveler'', which also featured the remixes from their 1991 [[NoExportForYou Europe and Asia-exclusive]] remix EP ''People's Instictive Remixes'', and a couple B-sides.

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-- Q-Tip.]]

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-> ''[[ToughActToFollow ''"[[ToughActToFollow It's really hard to top this album]]. They made other good records, but they never got to this level again. It is from beginning to end a masterpiece. Phife has got a weird midget-DMC energy. And as much as I love Q-Tip, nobody's bigger than the group. He and Phife together are just incredible.''

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'''Creator/ChrisRock''', who placed "The ''The Low End Theory" Theory'' on nr. 9 in his personal list of the best 25 HipHop albums, published by Magazine/RollingStone ''Magazine/RollingStone'' in 2004.

''The Low End Theory'' is the second album by Music/ATribeCalledQuest, released in 1991. The album was 1991 and going on to become a groundbreaking release in the then-burgeoning style of JazzRap. Producers Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad employed a minimalist style to their beats, mixing laid-back {{jazz}} samples with crisp bass and drum breaks, leaving plenty of room for Q-Tip and fellow MC Phife Dawg to lyrically trade nuggets of wisdom, humor, and social commentary track after track.

The singles "Check the Rhime", "Jazz (We've Got)" and "Scenario" are some of the Tribe’s most well-known songs, as well as some of the most legendary rap songs in general.songs. in 1992, several tracks from the album were remixed, and compiled into the RemixAlbum ''Revised Quest For The Seasoned Traveler'', which also featured the remixes from their 1991 [[NoExportForYou Europe and Asia-exclusive]] remix EP ''People's Instictive Remixes'', and a couple B-sides.
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* AccidentalMisnaming: Discussed in "Butter", where the narrator, named Malik is called Phife.
--> ''I remember when girls were goodie two-shoes, but now they turning freaks''
--> ''All of a sudden ("We love you, Phife")
--> ''Ease off, ho', my name's Malik''



* MyNameIsNotDurwood: "Butter"
--> ''I remember when girls were goodie two-shoes, but now they turning freaks''
--> ''All of a sudden ("We love you, Phife")
--> ''Ease off, ho', my name's Malik''

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** ''Yo, I'm out like Buster Douglas [[note]] A boxer, beaten out by Evander Holyfield'' [[/note]] I say "Peace to MC Trouble" [[note]] MC Trouble, LaTasha Sheron Rogers, was a female emcee who died at the age of 20 from a brain tumor in June 1991 (same time this album was being recorded). Later in the song another dedication to MC Trouble is made, along with Trouble T Roy, Scott La Rock and Cowboy (Music/GrandmasterFlashAndTheFuriousFive) who had all died recently back then. [[/note]]

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** ''Yo, I'm out like Buster Douglas [[note]] A boxer, boxer who managed to dethrone Creator/MikeTyson for the Heavyweight Championship, only to be beaten out by Evander Holyfield'' Holyfield on his very next bout'' [[/note]] I say "Peace to MC Trouble" [[note]] MC Trouble, LaTasha Sheron Rogers, was a female emcee who died at the age of 20 from a brain tumor in June 1991 (same time this album was being recorded). Later in the song another dedication to MC Trouble is made, along with Trouble T Roy, Scott La Rock and Cowboy (Music/GrandmasterFlashAndTheFuriousFive) who had all died recently back then. [[/note]]

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