QUESTLOVE'S MUSIC IS HISTORY: THE ALBUM VERSION

Photos courtesy of Discogs Released: 1975 Label: Prestige Records Side 1 1. Winding Roads 2. Mother Nature 3. Love Tones 4. Gentle Smiles* Side 2 1. Make Me Feel Better 2. Sea Gypsy 3. For My Baby 4. Incident *-Questlove: "A straightforward sentiment can land too heavily if the artist doesn't have subtlety or grace, or it can land in the sweet spot.  People, including me, know this song from A Tribe Called Quest's "Butter."

Photos courtesy of Discogs Released: July 1973 Recorded: March 26-29, 1973 Label: Prestige Records Side 1 1. Moanin' 2. A Chant for Bu* 3. One for Trane Side 2 1. Mission Eternal 2. Along Came Betty 3. Gertrude's Bounce *Questlove: "The start of A Tribe Called Quest's "Excursions" on The Low End Theory , which is where I first heard this, is one of the most potent openings of any album.  Post-1988, hip-hop always presented interludes as just as important (sometimes more important) than the songs itself.  So for Tribe to deliver such an important record with no album intro or interlude was a statement as strong as anything else on the record."