A Tribe Called Quest – The Love Movement Intro f. Mos Def [Unreleased]

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Says Aqua:

Back in ‘98 I was Hip-Hop Music Director at WTJU in Charlottesville, Virginia. The nondescript position made me privy to treats like an advance copy of A Tribe Called Quest’s then last hurrah, The Love Movement. OG promo man Al Lindstrom had been servicing me with music from Jive Records for a minute so after a few pestering phone calls (e-mail? nah.) he sent me the CD advance, making me that ninja amongst my inner circle of Hip-Hop heads.

The proliferation of MP3 blogs has pretty much deaded proper advances for most major label releases. More often than not, the best you get is a watermarked copy with annoying commentary to discourage bootlegging or worse yet, the corny listening session where every ass kiss journo raves about how this is the album of the year.

The point of this inaugural Rare Joints post is that The Love Movement’s advance included the above intro track featuring Mos Def pontificating on the loveliness of ATCQ. The inclusion of the minute and change track probably wouldn’t have made the album’s initially lukewarm reception by fans and critics much better. But to its credit the The Love Movement has aged well in the ATCQ cannon, in no small part due to Jay Dee/J. Dilla’s sonic influence.

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~ by Meka on January 23, 2010.

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18 Responses to “A Tribe Called Quest – The Love Movement Intro f. Mos Def [Unreleased]”

  1. Poland love this site. 2dope forever.

    b4 said this on January 23rd, 2010 at 1:22 am

  2. Man i wanna hear the rest sound classic

    MakaveliTheDon52 said this on January 23rd, 2010 at 2:06 am

  3. Wow….The Beat Is So Smooth,Man We Need This. 2DBz With Another Classic Exclusive

    Fresh323Crenshaw said this on January 23rd, 2010 at 2:30 am

  4. i know right

    ziplockp said this on January 23rd, 2010 at 3:11 am

  5. DOPE EXCLUSIVE
    2DOPEBOYZ FOR LIFE

    Jabari Manwarring said this on January 23rd, 2010 at 4:24 am

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    A Tribe Called Quest – The Love Movement Intro f. Mos Def [Unreleased] « Mixtape Spotlight said this on January 23rd, 2010 at 5:03 am

  7. The Love Movement was probably the most underrated album of the late 90s

    J. Rob said this on January 23rd, 2010 at 5:50 am

  8. mos def is a funny cat

    Sano213 said this on January 23rd, 2010 at 5:51 am

  9. Best hip hop group of all time…

    M. Beezy said this on January 23rd, 2010 at 6:55 am

  10. 2db4life

    London said this on January 23rd, 2010 at 7:45 am

  11. yeah i remember back a few years ago when i was hip hop music director and fighting to get certain records heard by certain artist and the labels either giving it to me or not getting it; regardless this is a dope listen and always love the love movement lp by ATCQ one of the best groups of all time

    bb said this on January 23rd, 2010 at 8:35 am

  12. Dope find

    Marco G. said this on January 23rd, 2010 at 9:48 am

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  14. wow, nice find. love it 2dopeboyz. and damn, i actually really like this intro. and i’m not usually a fan of intros. i am–however–fans of Mos Def and ATCQ. makes sense.

    bucknasty said this on January 23rd, 2010 at 10:54 am

  15. J-Dilla King of the Beats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Justin Herschel said this on January 23rd, 2010 at 11:42 am

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  18. Tribe is so classic. You hear alota tip but no phife or Ali. I’d like to hear more from those two, or all 3.

    M.C.D. said this on March 17th, 2010 at 5:33 am

 

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