A Tribe Called Quest

Love Movement

The Last Movement

Review Score:

(8/10)
Ah yes, one of hip-hop's greatest groups is bidding us fairwell. This album follows in the footsteps of their last effort Beats, Rhymes And Life and is not as good as their first three albums or even B.R. & L. for that matter. Of course, every Tribe album is solid and The Love Movement has plenty of good tracks. From "Find A Way" to "The Love" to "Busta's Lament", there are plenty of good beats and lyrics to go around. The problems? Well, some of the relationship lyrics get boring, there are some filler tracks ("Hot 4 U" and a few others don't flow as well as the stand-out tracks) and a few bad guest appearences (Noreaga's verse on "Give Me" is pretty sad). Of course, there are the rare bonus tracks which are all pretty good. The Love Movement is one of those albums where sometimes you feel it and sometimes you don't. Tribe could have gone out with more of a bang, but there are one of the greatest hip-hop groups ever. They changed the face of hip-hop and we should thank them for that. All respect is due.

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