The Love Movement
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The Love Movement is a 1998 album by hip hop
group A Tribe Called Quest
. It was the group's fifth and final album of original material. Musically, it followed in the same vein as Beats, Rhymes and Life
, featuring the smooth, jazzy beats of The Ummah
. Critical reaction was mostly positive, for the album was a return to the original positive sound of their first three albums. The lead single, "Find a Way" secured major airplay on mainstream radio stations, even in the UK and was a particularly good example of the relaxed vibe which defined this farewell album. Although "Like It like That" was issued on 12" as the second single, the album had no proper second video. However, many songs like "Steppin' It Up" were played on various radio stations. The Recording Industry Association of America
(RIAA) certified the album gold
on November 1, 1998.
Ben Ratliff of The New York Times
wrote that the album's music was one "a fan could grow up with a bit rather than discarding after adolescence; it was sexual, wry and funny, coming with a range of expression that could include anger, satire, constructive preaching, and sentimentality; it was conscious of black entertainment's past."
[*] limited edition bonus tracks
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
group A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest is an American hip hop group, formed in 1985, and is composed of rapper/producer Q-Tip , rapper Phife Dawg , and DJ/producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad. A fourth member, rapper Jarobi White, left the group after their first album but rejoined in 2006...
. It was the group's fifth and final album of original material. Musically, it followed in the same vein as Beats, Rhymes and Life
Beats, Rhymes and Life
Beats, Rhymes and Life is the fourth album of the hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest. Released in 1996, it followed three years after the highly regarded and successful Midnight Marauders. This album is a departure from the joyful, positive vibe of the earlier albums and is regarded as the group's...
, featuring the smooth, jazzy beats of The Ummah
The Ummah
The Ummah was a music production collective, composed of members Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest, and the late Jay Dee of the Detroit-based group Slum Village. Occasional members included Raphael Saadiq, and D'Angelo...
. Critical reaction was mostly positive, for the album was a return to the original positive sound of their first three albums. The lead single, "Find a Way" secured major airplay on mainstream radio stations, even in the UK and was a particularly good example of the relaxed vibe which defined this farewell album. Although "Like It like That" was issued on 12" as the second single, the album had no proper second video. However, many songs like "Steppin' It Up" were played on various radio stations. The Recording Industry Association of America
Recording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...
(RIAA) certified the album gold
RIAA certification
In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of albums and singles sold through retail and other ancillary markets. Other countries have similar awards...
on November 1, 1998.
Ben Ratliff of The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
wrote that the album's music was one "a fan could grow up with a bit rather than discarding after adolescence; it was sexual, wry and funny, coming with a range of expression that could include anger, satire, constructive preaching, and sentimentality; it was conscious of black entertainment's past."
Track listing
| The Ummah | Q-Tip Q-Tip (rapper) Kamaal Ibn John Fareed , better known by his stage name Q-Tip, is an American hip hop artist, producer, singer, and actor from St. Albans, Queens, New York, part of the critically acclaimed group A Tribe Called Quest... |
3:18 | ||
| 2 | "Find a Way" | The Ummah | Q-Tip, Phife Dawg Phife Dawg Malik Isaac Taylor , better known by his stage name Phife Dawg, is an American rapper of Trinidadian descent, and a member of the acclaimed group A Tribe Called Quest with high school classmates Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad... |
3:23 |
| 3 | "Da Booty" | The Ummah | Q-Tip, Phife Dawg | 3:20 |
| 4 | "Steppin' It Up" | The Ummah | Busta Rhymes Busta Rhymes Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr., better known by his stage name Busta Rhymes ,Smith is an American rapper, producer and actor. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the alias Busta Rhymes after NFL wide receiver George "Buster" Rhymes... , Phife Dawg, Q-Tip, Redman |
3:21 |
| 5 | "Like It like That" | The Ummah | Q-Tip | 2:46 |
| 6 | "Common Ground (Get It Goin' On)" | The Ummah | Q-Tip, Phife Dawg | 2:49 |
| 7 | "4 Moms" | The Ummah | Spanky Chalmers Alford Chalmers Edward "Spanky" Alford was an American three time Grammy winning jazz guitarist. Alford was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. He was well known for his playing style and use of arpeggiations... |
1:49 |
| 8 | "His Name Is Mutty Ranks" | The Ummah | Phife Dawg | 1:56 |
| 9 | "Give Me" | The Ummah | N.O.R.E. N.O.R.E. Victor Santiago, Jr., best known by his stage name N.O.R.E. or Noreaga , is an American rapper of Puerto Rican descent... , Q-Tip, Phife Dawg |
3:27 |
| 10 | "Pad & Pen" | The Ummah | Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, D-Life | 3:23 |
| 11 | "Busta's Lament" | The Ummah, Bay-Lloyd | Q-Tip, Phife Dawg | 2:38 |
| 12 | "Hot 4 U" | The Ummah | Q-Tip, Phife Dawg | 3:15 |
| 13 | "Against the World" | The Ummah | Q-Tip, Phife Dawg | 3:58 |
| 14 | "The Love" | The Ummah | Q-Tip | 4:02 |
| 15 | "Rock Rock Y'all" | The Ummah | Punchline, Jane Doe, Wordsworth Wordsworth (rapper) Wordsworth is an underground hip hop MC from Brooklyn, best known for his freestyle rap.Wordsworth grew up in Brooklyn. A graduate of the State University of New York College at Old Westbury, Wordsworth recorded with his partner Punchline on A Tribe Called Quest's The Love Movement and on Mos Def... , Q-Tip, Mos Def Mos Def Dante Terrell Smith is an American actor and Emcee known by the stage names Mos Def and Yasiin Bey. He started his hip hop career in a group called Urban Thermo Dynamics, after which he appeared on albums by Da Bush Babees and De La Soul. With Talib Kweli, he formed the duo Black Star, which... |
4:17 |
| 16 | "Scenario" [Remix] [*] | A Tribe Called Quest | Kid Hood, Phife Dawg, Cut Monitor Milo, Charlie Brown, Dinco D, Q-Tip, Busta Rhymes | 5:18 |
| 17 | "Money Maker" [*] | The Ummah | Q-Tip | 4:22 |
| 18 | "Hot Sex Hot Sex "Hot Sex" is a single by hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest. It was released in 1992 on the soundtrack for the film Boomerang and was later featured on the bonus disc of the group's fifth album The Love Movement in 1998.... " [*] |
A Tribe Called Quest | Phife Dawg, Q-Tip | 2:46 |
| 19 | "Oh My God" [Remix] [*] | A Tribe Called Quest | Q-Tip, Phife Dawg | 4:02 |
| 20 | "Jazz (We've Got)" (Re-recording) [*] | A Tribe Called Quest | Phife Dawg, Q-Tip | 4:18 |
| 21 | "One Two Shit" [*] | A Tribe Called Quest | Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Busta Rhymes | 4:32 |
[*] limited edition bonus tracks
Samples
| Track | Samples |
|---|---|
| "Find a Way" |
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| "The Love" |
Freddie Hubbard Frederick Dewayne "Freddie" Hubbard was an American jazz trumpeter. He was known primarily for playing in the bebop, hard bop and post bop styles from the early 1960s and on... |
| "Busta's Lament" |
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| "Steppin' It Up" |
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| "Rock Rock Y'all" |
Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band is a pioneering American soul and funk band. Formed in the early 1960s, they had the most visibility from 1967 to 1973 when the band had 9 singles reach Billboard's pop and/or rhythm and blues Hot 100 lists, such as "Do Your Thing" , "Till You Get... |
| "Pad & Pen" |
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| "Start It Up" |
The Singers Unlimited The Singers Unlimited were a four part jazz vocal group formed in 1971 by Gene Puerling. Members of the group included Len Dresslar , Bonnie Herman, Don Shelton and Puerling himself.... |
Charts
| Charts (1998) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian Albums Chart Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS... |
2 |
| UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
38 |
| U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
3 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
3 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | Hot Rap Singles | Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | ||
| 1992 | "Hot Sex Hot Sex "Hot Sex" is a single by hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest. It was released in 1992 on the soundtrack for the film Boomerang and was later featured on the bonus disc of the group's fifth album The Love Movement in 1998.... " |
— | 99 | — | 27 |
| 1998 | "Find a Way" | 71 | 29 | 18 | — |
| "Like It like That" | — | — | — | — | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.