Riffiter’s review of the albumWe Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
A Tribe Called Quest · 2016
A goodbye record that mostly refuses to sound like one. The beats are restless, Q-Tip and Phife pass lines back and forth like no time has gone by, and Jarobi gets more room than he ever had. Phife is sharp all over it, especially on Dis Generation. Knowing he died months before anyone outside the circle knew this album existed makes the second half heavier, but it never turns into a eulogy. It's a working band with things to say about the country. Lost Somebody stopping in the middle of the chorus is the moment I keep coming back to. A couple of the guest-heavy tracks run long. Still the strongest last album I know from a rap group.
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It's incredibly well done especially considering Phife died while it was being made
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