Word: tip
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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However, lyrically, the album is a step down from the previous two. The first two tracks, "Steve Biko (Stir It Up)" (which has nothing to do with South Africa) and "Award Tour," seem to promise more of the same lyrical skill and complexity Q-Tip and Phife have shown in the past...
Phife starts out the album declaring "Linden Boulevard represent, represent/Tribe Called Quest represent, represent/When the mike is in my hand, I'm never hesitant/ Back in the day my favorite jam was `Eric B. Is President."' On "Award Tour," Q-Tip claims, "I learned how to build mikes in my workshop class...
...things quickly go downhill. Phife doesn't have the depth to pull off the downbeat "8 Million Stories." And for someone who calls himself "The Abstract Poet," Q-Tip is awfully descriptive and boring on tracks like "Sucka Nigga" and "Midnight...
Usually one of hip-hop's most creative lyricists, you'd think Q-Tip could come up with a better line for the chorus of "Sucka Nigga" than "My style is kind of fat, reminiscent of a whale...
...Tip follows with, "Check it out because my conception is immaculate/I'm a bachelor lookin' for a bachelorette...