DE AFARĂ: A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory (1991)

The Low End Theory este cel de-al 2-lea album al trupei A Tribe Called Quest și a fost lansat în data de 24 septembrie 1991, prin Jive Records.

Track listing

All songs produced by A Tribe Called Quest, except "Show Business" and "Everything Is Fair", produced by Skeff Anselm and co-produced by A Tribe Called Quest.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Excursions"	Jonathan Davis	3:53
2.	"Buggin' Out"	Davis, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Malik Taylor	3:38
3.	"Rap Promoter"	Davis, Muhammad	2:13
4.	"Butter"	Davis, Muhammad, Taylor	3:39
5.	"Verses from the Abstract" (featuring Vinia Mojica and Ron Carter on double bass)	Davis	3:59
6.	"Show Business" (featuring Diamond D, Lord Jamar and Sadat X)	Skeff Anselm, Davis, Lorenzo Dechalus, Joseph Kirkland, Muhammad, Derrick Murphy, Taylor	3:53
7.	"Vibes and Stuff"	Davis, Taylor	4:18
8.	"The Infamous Date Rape"	Davis, Muhammad, Taylor	2:54
9.	"Check the Rhime"	Davis, Muhammad, Taylor	3:36
10.	"Everything Is Fair"	Anselm, Davis, Muhammad, Taylor	2:58
11.	"Jazz (We've Got)"	Davis, Muhammad, Taylor	4:09
12.	"Skypager"	Davis, Muhammad, Taylor	2:13
13.	"What?"	Davis	2:29
14.	"Scenario" (featuring Busta Rhymes, Charlie Brown and Dinco D of Leaders of the New School)	Davis, Bryan Higgins, James Jackson, Muhammad, Trevor Smith, Taylor	4:10

A track by the name "Georgie Porgie" was originally on the album, but was rejected by Jive Records for being "too homophobic". The track was rewritten as "Show Business", which was added to the album.^[30]

Samples

"Excursions" "Time" by The Last Poets "Tribute to Obabi" by The Last Poets "The Soil I Tilled for You" by Shades of Brown "A Chant For Bu" by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers "Buggin' Out" "Minya's the Mooch" by Jack DeJohnette "Spinning Wheel" by Lonnie Liston Smith "Ekim" by Michał Urbaniak "Rap Promoter" "Long Way Down" by Eric Mercury "Keep on Doin It" by New Birth "Stand" by Sly & the Family Stone "Butter" "Turned on to You" by Eighties Ladies "I Like Everything About You" by Chuck Jackson "Gentle Smiles" by Gary Bartz "Young and Fine" by Weather Report "Verses from the Abstract" "Star of the Story" by Heatwave "Upon This Rock" by Joe Farrell "Show Business" "Funky President" by James Brown "Wicky-Wacky" by Fatback Band "Midnight Cowboy" by Martin Denny "Midnight Cowboy" by Ferrante & Teicher "Mandamentos Black " by Gerson King Combo "Rock Steady" by Aretha Franklin "Vibes and Stuff" "Down Here on the Ground" by Grant Green "The Infamous Date Rape" "Is It Him or Me?" by Jackie Jackson "The Steam Drill" by Cannonball Adderley "North Carolina" by Les McCann

"Check the Rhime" "Love Your Life" by Average White Band "Baby, This Love I Have" by Minnie Riperton "Hydra" by Grover Washington, Jr. "Fly Like an Eagle" by Steve Miller Band "Nobody Beats the Biz" by Biz Markie "I'm Just a Rock 'N' Roller" by Dalton and Dubarri "Hihache" by Lafayette Afro Rock Band "Everything Is Fair" "Hot Pants (I'm Coming, I'm Coming, I'm Coming)" by Bobby Byrd "Let's Take It to the People" by Funkadelic "Ain't No Sunshine" by Harlem Underground Band "Ain't No Sunshine" by Willis Jackson "Jazz (We've Got)"(Remix) "Don't Change Your Love" by Five Stairsteps "Sing a Simple Song" by Sly & the Family Stone "Red Clay" by Freddie Hubbard "Green Dolphin' Street" by Lucky Thompson "Long Red" by Mountain "Skypager" "17 West" by Eric Dolphy "Advice" by Sly & the Family Stone "What?" "Uncle Willie's Dream" by Paul Humphrey & the Cool Aid Chemists "Scenario" "So What" by Miles Davis "Blind Alley" by Emotions "Give It Up" by Kool & the Gang "Funky Granny" by Kool & the Gang "Soul Vibrations" by Kool & the Gang "Ecstasy" by Ohio Players "Oblighetto" by Jack McDuff "Little Miss Lover" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience