DE AFARĂ: A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service (2016)

We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service este cel de-al 6-lea și ultimul album al trupei A Tribe Called Quest și a fost lansat în data de 11 noiembrie 2016, prin Epic & SME.

Track listing

All tracks were produced by Q-Tip and co-produced by Blair Wells.

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Space Program"	Kamaal Fareed Malik Izaak Taylor Jarobi White	5:40
2.	"We the People...."	Fareed Taylor Terrance Butler Anthony Frank Iommi John Osbourne William Ward	2:52
3.	"Whateva Will Be"	Fareed Taylor White Dexter Mills Winston Jones	2:52
4.	"Solid Wall of Sound"	Fareed Taylor Trevor Smith Jack White	3:43
5.	"Dis Generation"	Fareed Taylor Jarobi White Smith Headley Bennett Huford Brown Lloyd Ferguson Robert Lyn Jackie Mittoo Leroy Sibbles Fitzroy Simpson Holger Czukay Michael Karoli Jaki Liebezeit Irmin Schmidt Damo Suzuki	3:33
6.	"Kids..."	Fareed André Lauren Benjamin	3:48
7.	"Melatonin"	Fareed Marsha Ambrosius Hirano Masayuki Louis Cato	4:44
8.	"Enough!!"	Fareed	3:20

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
9.	"Mobius"	Fareed Smith Mills Kerry Minnear Derek Shulman Phillip Shulman Raymond Shulman	2:51
10.	"Black Spasmodic"	Fareed Taylor	3:03
11.	"The Killing Season"	Fareed Jarobi White Mills Talib Kweli Greene	2:43
12.	"Lost Somebody"	Fareed Jarobi White Czukay Karoli Liebezeit Schmidt Suzuki	4:18
13.	"Movin Backwards"	Fareed Brandon Paak Anderson	4:41
14.	"Conrad Tokyo"	Fareed Taylor Kendrick Lamar Duckworth	3:31
15.	"Ego"	Fareed Jack White	3:17
16.	"The Donald"	Fareed	5:22

Notes

• "Whateva Will Be" features vocals by Consequence
• "Solid Wall of Sound" features vocals by Busta Rhymes, Jack White and Elton John
• "Dis Generation" features vocals by Busta Rhymes
• "Kids" features vocals by André 3000
• "Melatonin" features vocals by Marsha Ambrosius and Abbey Smith
• "Mobius" features vocals by Busta Rhymes and Consequence
• "Black Spasmodic" features vocals by Consequence
• "The Killing Season" features vocals by Consequence, Talib Kweli and Kanye West
• "Lost Somebody" features vocals by Katia Cadet
• "Movin' Backwards" features vocals by Anderson .Paak
• "Conrad Tokyo" features vocals by Kendrick Lamar
• "The Donald" features vocals by Busta Rhymes and Katia Cadet

Sample credits^[1]

• "We the People...." contains a sample of "Behind the Wall of Sleep" by Black Sabbath.
• "Whateva Will Be" contains samples of "Promised Land" by Nairobi Sisters.
• "Dis Generation" contains samples of "Pass the Dutchie" by Musical Youth, "Halleluhwah" by Can and "Ruido de magia" by Invisible.
• "Mobius" contains a portion of the composition "Prologue" by Gentle Giant, written by Kerry Minnear, Derek Shulman, Phillip Shulman and Raymond Shulman.
• "Lost Somebody" contains a sample of "Halleluhwah" by Can.

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.^[31]
A Tribe Called Quest

• Q-Tip – vocals (tracks 1–13, 15, 16), bass (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8–13, 15, 16), drums (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 13), keyboards (tracks 2, 5, 11), drum programming (tracks 2, 5, 7, 14)
• Phife – vocals (tracks 1–5, 10, 14, 16)
• Jarobi White – vocals (tracks 1, 3, 5, 8, 11–13)

Additional musicians

• Marsha Ambrosius – vocals (track 7)
• André 3000 – vocals (track 6)
• Casey Benjamin – keyboards (tracks 2, 6, 13), Fender Rhodes (tracks 7), organ (track 9), piano (track 15)
• Chris Bower – piano (track 12)
• Busta Rhymes – vocals (tracks 4, 5, 9, 16)
• Katia Cadet – vocals (tracks 12, 16)
• Louis Cato – bass (tracks 1, 15), guitar (tracks 11, 16), additional bass (track 7)
• Mark Colenburg – additional drums (track 7)
• Consequence – vocals (track 3, 9, 10, 11)
• Masayuki "BIGYUKI" Hirano – keyboards (tracks 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 16), synthesizer (track 7)
• Elton John – vocals (track 4), piano (track 4)
• Talib Kweli – vocals (track 11)
• Kendrick Lamar – vocals (track 14)
• Anderson Paak – vocals (track 13)
• Chris Parks – guitar (track 12)
• Chris Sholar – guitar (tracks 1, 7, 12, 13, 15), acoustic guitar (track 9)
• Abbey Smith – vocals (track 7)
• George "DJ Scratch" Spivey – scratches (tracks 8, 15, 16)
• Thaddaeus Tribbett – bass (track 7)
• Blair Wells – guitar (track 9)
• Kanye West – vocals (track 11)
• Jack White – guitar (tracks 15, 16), vocals (track 4), acoustic guitar (track 4)

Production

• A Tribe Called Quest – executive production
• Q-Tip – production, recording, mixing
• Blair Wells – co-production, recording, mixing
• Gloria Kaba – assistant engineer
• Dave Kennedy – mixing (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6–8, 12)
• Vlado Meller – mastering
• Jeremy Lubsey – mastering assistant
• Michael Starita – additional vocal recording (track 5)
• Laura Gonzalez – assistant engineer (track 5)
• Robert Kirby – assistant engineer (track 5)

Release

• Michael Ostin – A&R, management
• Kim Lumpkin – A&R, management
• Tracey Waples – production consultation
• Bekah Connolly – A&R admin
• Stephanie Yu – business affairs
• Shane St. Hill – business affairs
• Robert Faulstich – business affairs
• Thom Skarzynski – product manager
• Richard Prince – album cover design
• Anita Marisa Boriboon – creative director, album packaging art direction, design
• Dion Liverpool – management
• Monica Talavera – management
• Julian K. Petty – legal representation
• Carron J. Mitchell – legal representation
• Kyle Tessiero – business management