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We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service

A Tribe Called Quest

We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service

Sixth and final album (and first since 1998) from the Queens, NY hip-hop pioneers featuring guest appearances from André 3000, Kendrick Lamar, Jack White, Elton John, Kanye West and Anderson Paak

ADM rating[?]

8.4

Label
RCA / Epic
UK Release date
11/11/2016
US Release date
11/11/2016
  1. 10.0 |   State

    A group who haven’t made any music together since 1998 have actually managed to make one of the best albums this year
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  2. 9.1 |   Consequence Of Sound

    By and large, We got it from Here… has the classic Tribe sound: a warm and crisp confluence of East Coast hip-hop, jazz, and more, all mixed and mastered impeccably.
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  3. 9.0 |   Exclaim

    Overall, We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service proves that after all this time, A Tribe Called Quest can, in fact, still kick it. It's a goodbye on a high note. Thank you for your service
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  4. 9.0 |   Pitchfork

    Reinvigorates the group’s discography without resting on nostalgia
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  5. 9.0 |   PopMatters

    Solidifies the group’s track record for absolute greatness, adding an unexpected sixth turn to a career that followed one aesthetic path but was always moving
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  6. 9.0 |   FasterLouder

    Thank You 4 Your Service sees A Tribe Called Quest revive what they do best, and beyond – bridging the gap between carefree and critical, classic and contemporary, timeless and topical, return and departure
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  7. 9.0 |   Paste Magazine

    Phife gets the last laugh: a finale more jamming than Bowie’s, Prince’s and Cohen’s combined
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  8. 8.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Quest were all about beats, rhymes and life, and this album has that in spades. They may have grown older but their wit and skill with the mic have not eroded
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  9. 8.5 |   Beardfood

    A Tribe Called Quest say goodbye in the most classy, impressive way
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  10. 8.5 |   Gig Soup

    The memory of Phife understandably looms large over the project, but they honour their comrade in the best way possible by surpassing all expectations
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  11. 8.3 |   Pretty Much Amazing

    With each of Tribe’s albums up until now, it’s pointless to dissect it track by track when really, it should be taken as one, singular groove
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  12. 8.3 |   A.V. Club

    It’s hard not to feel a flood of gratitude for the mere existence of this record
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  13. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    For those who value Tribe’s contribution to music, this is a record to be grateful for
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  14. 8.0 |   The Independent

    Despite the hiatus, this guest-laden double-album finds the group still very much engaged, rattling out tongue-twisting, articulate verbal flows dealing more with social realities than self-aggrandising brags and outlaw fantasies
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  15. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    There are guests galore in the engine room but the real pleasure principles come with the Tribe come on strong with righteous, hard-hitting tones
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  16. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Ultimately it’s the original, immersive Tribe vibes that conquer all
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  17. 8.0 |   Crack

    Best of all, Tribe have as much to say as they have engaging ways of saying it
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  18. 8.0 |   Clash

    Thank you for your service, Tribe
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  19. 8.0 |   The Observer

    Wriggling in on a live-sounding drum kit and a buzzing hook, We the People covers similar territory, tackling the divisiveness brought about by gentrification
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  20. 8.0 |   Rolling Stone

    One of the most timeless rap groups ever has returned with a record that doesn't sound like 1996, but doesn't sound like 2016 either. It's imbued with the same feeling of "Push It Along" that they've had from the beginning
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  21. 8.0 |   DIY

    Three decades after forming, A Tribe Called Quest use collaboration to create another timeless record, backed by lyrical content that belongs in today’s troubled times
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  22. 8.0 |   NOW

    Star attractions are nice but it’s Tribe, Tip and his ambitious productions that super-charge this record
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  23. 8.0 |   Q

    For the most part superlatively good. Print edition only


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