A Tribe Called Quest The Love Movement (3xLP)

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• The Love Movement is often treated as a minor A Tribe Called Quest album, but it has a quiet charm that comes through more clearly with time. Released in 1998 as the final album of the groups original run, it does not have the instant glow of The Low End Theory or Midnight Marauders, and it is much more subdued than those records. But that restraint is also what gives it its identity. The production is sleek, minimal and late-night in feel, with the group sounding less interested in youthful bounce and more interested in ease, chemistry and mood. In hindsight, even critics who were cool on it at the time have acknowledged that some of its ideas aged better than its initial reputation suggested.

  What makes The Love Movement rewarding is that it captures Tribe in a more reflective, grown-in form. The album is smoother, more co