Sunday, November 18, 2007

People's Instinctive Low End Marauders

This will not be a deep posting on Story To Tell. No, instead this is just a report of a discussion I have in my head on many occasions and which I just felt an urge to share. I reckon you will have had this internal dialogue also you see. The root of this inner conundrum is this. Just which, of the first three classic albums, is A Tribe Called Quest's best? Because quite frankly I am damned if I can ever decide.

Each time I think I have got it nailed, along comes a timely reminder of the inspired nature of each of the other contenders.Thinks Scenario can't be topped? Well how about Electric Relaxation? Oh no, hang on, along comes Luck of Lucien? But surely Check The Rhyme tops them all? Well maybe until Oh My God came along, but then there is always Description Of A Fool to sit astride them all!! And on it goes, ad infinitum. But I am hopeful, in externalising this ongoing debate, that I may finally put it to bed and pick a favourite and stick to it. Honestly, I think it has to be Midnight Marauders, but that might just be the cover that I love or because I caught the tour of the album in London and it gave me one of my best nights of live music ever. Besides, I used to think it would always be Low End Theory. Damn, here it goes again...