The Space Program - Music
The Space Program by A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest
Artist Biography For A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest Was An American Hip-Hop Group Formed In St. Albans Queens New York In 1985 Originally Composed Of Rapper And Main Producer Q-Tip Rapper Phife Dawg DJ And Co-Producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad And Rapper Jarobi White. The Group Is Regarded As A Pioneer Of Alternative Hip Hop Music. In 1991 The Group Released Its Jazz-Influenced Second Album The Low End Theory Regarded For Helping Shape Alternative Hip Hop In The 1990s. In 1998 The Group Broke Up Shortly Before Releasing Its Fifth Album The Love Movement But In 2006 The Group's Original Members Reunited And Toured The United States. In 2016 The Group Released Its Sixth And Final Album We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service Which Was Still Incomplete When Phife Dawg Died Suddenly In March 2016 And Was Completed By The Other Members After His Death. A Tribe Called Quest Was The Most Commercially Successful Act In The Native Tongues Collective With All Six Of Its Albums Certified Either Gold Or Platinum. John Bush Of AllMusic Called Them "the Most Intelligent Artistic Rap Group During The 1990s." The Source Gave The Group's Debut Album People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm 1990 A Perfect Rating Of Five 'mics ' Marking The First Time That The Magazine Awarded The Rating. In 2005 A Tribe Called Quest Received The Founders Award At The Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards And Two Years Later The Group Was Honored At The 4th VH1 Hip Hop Honors. In 2017 The Group Was Awarded The Brit Award For International Group. AllMusic Critic John Bush Called A Tribe Called Quest "without Question The Most Intelligent Artistic Rap Group During The 1990s" Further Stating That The Group "jump-Started And Perfected The Hip-Hop Alternative To Hardcore And Gangsta Rap." At A Time When James Brown Drum Breaks And P-Funk Basslines Dominated Hip Hop Production The Group Successfully Bridged The Gap Between Jazz And Hip Hop Incorporating Bebop And Hard Bop Samples And Recording With Double Bassist Ron Carter. The Group's Production Influenced Their Contemporaries Thus Changing The Sound Of Hip Hop Dr. Dre Produced His Highly Regarded Debut The Chronic After Being Inspired By The Low End Theory And Pete Rock Stated "There Were Times When I Would Walk Into A Record Store And See Tip Sitting On The Floor With His Glasses On Going Through Albums Looking For Beats ... I Was Like 'This Guy Is Serious.' Being Around The Group Made Me Step Up And Become Even More Serious Than I Was". Lyrically A Tribe Called Quest Has Been Regarded For Addressing Many Social Issues Through Q-Tip's Philosophical Viewpoints And Phife Dawg's Everyman Perspectives. People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm Influenced Several Hip Hop Artists Scarface Asserted That It "really Made Me Want To Rap" And Pharrell Williams Expressed That It Was "the Turning Point Which Made Me See That Music Was Art." Kierna Mayo Former Editor-In-Chief Of Ebony Said That The Low End Theory And Midnight Marauders "gave Birth To Neo-Everything. ... That Entire Class Of D'Angelo Erykah Badu Maxwell And Lauryn Hill—and Moving On To André 3000 Kanye West And Talib Kweli—everything That Is Left Of Everything Begins With Tribe." The Group Has Also Been Credited For Helping Launch The Solo Careers Of Busta Rhymes J Dilla And Consequence. The Group Was The Subject Of The Acclaimed 2011 Documentary Film Beats Rhymes & Life The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest Directed By Michael Rapaport. Studio Albums
People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm 1990 The Low End Theory 1991 Midnight Marauders 1993 Beats Rhymes And Life 1996 The Love Movement 1998 We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service 2016
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: The Space Program
A-Tribe-Called-Quest - We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
"The Space Program" Is A Song By American Hip-Hop Group A Tribe Called Quest From Their Sixth And Final Album We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service. Produced By Q-Tip And Co-Produced By Blair Wells It Is The Opening Track On The Album And Includes Posthumous Vocals By Group Member Phife Dawg Who Recorded The Song With The Group Before His Death In March 2016. Praised As The "triumphant Return Of The Tribe" It Is A Political Hip-Hop Song That Addresses Gentrification And Racism In The United States. Described As "a Treatise On Black Unity" The Song Is A Metaphor For Gentrification. It Begins With Q-Tip And Phife Dawg Stating "It's Time To Go Left And Not Right" Indicating The Side Of The Political Spectrum That The Group Supports. Next Q-Tip And Phife Dawg Start Chanting The Chorus In Unison Encouraging The Listener To "make Something Happen." After A Short Verse By Q-Tip Jarobi White Delivers A Verse Followed By Another Short Verse By Q-Tip. A Longer Verse Is Then Delivered By Q-Tip Before Phife Dawg Repeats The Chorus For Two Minutes Followed By The Outro. The Song Also Contains Vocal Samples From The Musical Fantasy Film Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory And The Blaxploitation Film Willie Dynamite. Rob Sheffield Of Rolling Stone Hailed The Song As "The Triumphant Return Of The Tribe" And Interpreted That The Lyrics Were "about The End Of The World." Writing For Pitchfork Kris Ex Called The Song "quintessential Tribe" Also Praising Its "sooty Bottom Heavy Warmness The Uncluttered Arrangements And Bright Instrumentation." At The End Of 2016 Rolling Stone Ranked It The 30th Best Song Of The Year And In The Village Voice's Annual Pazz & Jop Critics Poll It Was Tied For 66th Best Song Of The Year. A Short Film For "The Space Program" Directed By Warren Fu Debuted On Apple Music On March 29 2018. Billed As A Tribe Called Quest's Final Video It Features Cameo Appearances By Erykah Badu Black Thought Vince Staples Pharrell Williams Common Talib Kweli Questlove Anderson Paak Alicia Keys Rosario Dawson Ta-Nehisi Coates Kelly Rowland Doug E. Fresh Consequence Janelle Monáe And Ladybug Mecca. Rodney Carmichael Of NPR Stated That The Video "propels Present-Day Phenomena — From The Racially-Charged Displacement Of Inner-City Gentrification To The Police Killings Of Unarmed African-Americans — Into A Grim Afrofuturist Reality."
50 Similar Tracks:
A Tribe Called Quest - Ego A Tribe Called Quest - Rap Promoter Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Part 5 Common - Be Intro Mos Def - Hip Hop Danny Brown - XXX Danny Brown - DNA Kendrick Lamar - Rigamortus Mobb Deep - Shook Ones, Pt. II OutKast - West Savannah Little Simz - I Love You, I Hate You OutKast - Jazzy Belle Joey Bada$$ - Waves Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Harold’s Gang Starr - Work Jay-Z - The Story Of O.J. Little Simz - Introvert Common - Chi-City Black Star - Children's Story Black Star - Brown Skin Lady Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Real MF DOOM - One Beer Jid - Sistanem MF DOOM - Kon Queso Jay-Z - Kill Jay Z Saba - Life The Pharcyde - Oh Shit Gang Starr - Above The Clouds A$AP Rocky - Goldie Mos Def - Habitat Billy Woods - Wharves Mach-Hommy - No Blood No Sweat Earl Sweatshirt - Chum Earl Sweatshirt - Loosie Joey Bada$$ - Make Me Feel Kanye West - Saint Pablo Mac Miller - Inside Outside J. Cole - No Role Modelz Digable Planets - Jettin' Mac Miller - Angel Dust NoName - Self A$AP Rocky - Phoenix Billy Woods - The Doldrums Mach-Hommy - The Stellar Ray Theory J. Cole - Immortal The Roots - 100% Dundee The Pharcyde - Soul Flower Remix Kanye West - Drive Slow feat. Paul Wall & GLC Saba - PROM / KING
POPULAR
TRACKS
MIXES
ALBUMS
Video 1 : 50
Music Tags for A Tribe Called Quest:
Biography - A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest Was An American Hip-Hop Group Formed In St. Albans Queens New York In 1985 Originally Composed Of Rapper And Main Producer Q-Tip Rapper Phife Dawg DJ And Co-Producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad And Rapper Jarobi White. The Group Is Regarded As A Pioneer Of Alternative Hip Hop Music. In 1991 The Group Released Its Jazz-Influenced Second Album The Low End Theory Regarded For Helping Shape Alternative Hip Hop In The 1990s. In 1998 The Group Broke Up Shortly Before Releasing Its Fifth Album The Love Movement But In 2006 The Group's Original Members Reunited And Toured The United States. In 2016 The Group Released Its Sixth And Final Album We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service Which Was Still Incomplete When Phife Dawg Died Suddenly In March 2016 And Was Completed By The Other Members After His Death. A Tribe Called Quest Was The Most Commercially Successful Act In The Native Tongues Collective With All Six Of Its Albums Certified Either Gold Or Platinum. John Bush Of AllMusic Called Them "the Most Intelligent Artistic Rap Group During The 1990s." The Source Gave The Group's Debut Album People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm 1990 A Perfect Rating Of Five 'mics ' Marking The First Time That The Magazine Awarded The Rating. In 2005 A Tribe Called Quest Received The Founders Award At The Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards And Two Years Later The Group Was Honored At The 4th VH1 Hip Hop Honors. In 2017 The Group Was Awarded The Brit Award For International Group. AllMusic Critic John Bush Called A Tribe Called Quest "without Question The Most Intelligent Artistic Rap Group During The 1990s" Further Stating That The Group "jump-Started And Perfected The Hip-Hop Alternative To Hardcore And Gangsta Rap." At A Time When James Brown Drum Breaks And P-Funk Basslines Dominated Hip Hop Production The Group Successfully Bridged The Gap Between Jazz And Hip Hop Incorporating Bebop And Hard Bop Samples And Recording With Double Bassist Ron Carter. The Group's Production Influenced Their Contemporaries Thus Changing The Sound Of Hip Hop Dr. Dre Produced His Highly Regarded Debut The Chronic After Being Inspired By The Low End Theory And Pete Rock Stated "There Were Times When I Would Walk Into A Record Store And See Tip Sitting On The Floor With His Glasses On Going Through Albums Looking For Beats ... I Was Like 'This Guy Is Serious.' Being Around The Group Made Me Step Up And Become Even More Serious Than I Was". Lyrically A Tribe Called Quest Has Been Regarded For Addressing Many Social Issues Through Q-Tip's Philosophical Viewpoints And Phife Dawg's Everyman Perspectives. People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm Influenced Several Hip Hop Artists Scarface Asserted That It "really Made Me Want To Rap" And Pharrell Williams Expressed That It Was "the Turning Point Which Made Me See That Music Was Art." Kierna Mayo Former Editor-In-Chief Of Ebony Said That The Low End Theory And Midnight Marauders "gave Birth To Neo-Everything. ... That Entire Class Of D'Angelo Erykah Badu Maxwell And Lauryn Hill—and Moving On To André 3000 Kanye West And Talib Kweli—everything That Is Left Of Everything Begins With Tribe." The Group Has Also Been Credited For Helping Launch The Solo Careers Of Busta Rhymes J Dilla And Consequence. The Group Was The Subject Of The Acclaimed 2011 Documentary Film Beats Rhymes & Life The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest Directed By Michael Rapaport. Studio Albums
People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm 1990 The Low End Theory 1991 Midnight Marauders 1993 Beats Rhymes And Life 1996 The Love Movement 1998 We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service 2016 read less
read more
People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm 1990 The Low End Theory 1991 Midnight Marauders 1993 Beats Rhymes And Life 1996 The Love Movement 1998 We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service 2016 read less
16 Similar Artists To A Tribe Called Quest - Frogtoon Music
The Pharcyde Q-Tip De La Soul The Roots Digable Planets Mos Def Gang Starr OutKast Common Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth Black Star Souls Of Mischief Mobb Deep Wu-Tang Clan GZA/Genius Black Sheep.
"The Space Program" is a song by American hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest, from their sixth and final album, We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service. Produced by Q-Tip and co-produced by Blair Wells, it is the opening track on the album, and includes posthumous vocals by group member Phife Dawg, who recorded the song with the group before his death in March 2016. Praised as the "triumphant return of the Tribe", it is a political hip-hop song that addresses gentrification and racism in the United States.
Described as "a treatise on black unity", the song is a metaphor for gentrification. It begins with Q-Tip and Phife Dawg stating, "It's time to go left and not right", indicating the side of the political spectrum that the group supports. Next, Q-Tip and Phife Dawg start chanting the chorus in unison, encouraging the listener to "make something happen." After a short verse by Q-Tip, Jarobi White delivers a verse, followed by another short verse by Q-Tip. A longer verse is then delivered by Q-Tip, before Phife Dawg repeats the chorus for two minutes, followed by the outro. The song also contains vocal samples from the musical fantasy film, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and the blaxploitation film, Willie Dynamite.
Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone hailed the song as "The triumphant return of the Tribe", and interpreted that the lyrics were "about the end of the world." Writing for Pitchfork, Kris Ex called the song "quintessential Tribe", also praising its "sooty bottom heavy warmness, the uncluttered arrangements and bright instrumentation."
At the end of 2016, Rolling Stone ranked it the 30th best song of the year, and in The Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop critics poll, it was tied for 66th best song of the year.
A short film for "The Space Program", directed by Warren Fu, debuted on Apple Music on March 29, 2018. Billed as A Tribe Called Quest's final video, it features cameo appearances by Erykah Badu, Black Thought, Vince Staples, Pharrell Williams, Common, Talib Kweli, Questlove, Anderson Paak, Alicia Keys, Rosario Dawson, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Kelly Rowland, Doug E. Fresh, Consequence, Janelle Monáe, and Ladybug Mecca. Rodney Carmichael of NPR stated that the video "propels present-day phenomena — from the racially-charged displacement of inner-city gentrification to the police killings of unarmed African-Americans — into a grim Afrofuturist reality." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.