We Got It From Here: Thank You 4 Your Service (2LP) | Mint (M) Mint (M)

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Label:    Epic – 88985377871
Format:    2 x Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:    US
Released:    Dec 23, 2016
Genre:    Hip Hop
Style:    Conscious

A1        The Space Program
Bass – Louis Cato
Drums – Q-Tip
Guitar – Chris Sholar*
Keyboards – Masayuki "BIGYUKI" Hirano*, Q-Tip
Vocals – Jarobi, Phife*, Q-Tip
Written-By – Jarobi White, Kamaal Fareed, Malik Izaak Taylor*
5:40
A2        We The People....
Bass – Q-Tip
Drum Programming – Q-Tip
Keyboards – Casey Benjamin, Q-Tip
Vocals – Phife*, Q-Tip
Written-By – William Ward*, John Osbourne (3), Kamaal Fareed, Malik Izaak Taylor*, Terrance Butler*, Anthony Frank Iommi*
2:52
A3        Whateva Will Be
Drums – Q-Tip
Vocals – Consequence (2), Jarobi, Phife*, Q-Tip
Written-By – Dexter Mills*, Jarobi White, Kamaal Fareed, Malik Izaak Taylor*, Winston Jones (2)
2:52
A4        Solid Wall of Sound
Acoustic Guitar – Jack White (2)
Bass – Q-Tip
Drums – Q-Tip
Keyboards – Masayuki "BIGYUKI" Hirano*
Piano – Elton John
Vocals – Busta Rhymes, Elton John, Jack White (2), Phife*, Q-Tip
Written-By – Jack White (2), Kamaal Fareed, Malik Izaak Taylor*, Trevor Smith (4)
3:43
B1        Dis Generation
Drum Programming – Q-Tip
Engineer [Assistant] – Laura Gonzalez, Robert Kirby (3)
Keyboards – Q-Tip
Recorded By [Additional Phife Vocals] – Michael Starita
Vocals – Busta Rhymes, Jarobi, Phife*, Q-Tip
Written-By – Headley Bennett*, Damo Suzuki, Fitzroy Simpson, Holgar Czukay*, Huford Brown, Irmin Schmidt, Jackie Mittoo, Jaki Liebezeit, Jarobi White, Kamaal Fareed, Leroy Sibblis*, Lloyd Ferguson, Malik Izaak Taylor*, Michael Karoli, Robert Lyn*, Trevor Smith (4)
3:33
B2        Kids...
Bass – Q-Tip
Drums – Q-Tip
Keyboards – Casey Benjamin, Masayuki "BIGYUKI" Hirano*
Vocals – André 3000*, Q-Tip
Written-By – André Lauren Benjamin*, Kamaal Fareed
3:48
B3        Melatonin
Bass – Thaddaeus Tribbett
Bass [Additional] – Louis Cato
Drum Programming – Q-Tip
Drums – Q-Tip
Drums [Additional] – Mark Colenburg
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Casey Benjamin
Guitar – Chris Sholar*
Synthesizer – Masayuki "BIGYUKI" Hirano*
Vocals – Abbey Smith, Marsha Ambrosius, Q-Tip
Written-By – Kamaal Fareed, Louis Cato, Marsha Ambrosius, Hirano Masayuki*
4:44
B4        Enough!!
Bass – Q-Tip
Keyboards – Masayuki "BIGYUKI" Hirano*
Scratches – George "DJ Scratch" Spivey*
Vocals – Jarobi, Q-Tip
Written-By – Kamaal Fareed
3:20
C1        Mobius
Acoustic Guitar – Chris Sholar*
Bass – Q-Tip
Guitar – Blair Wells
Organ – Casey Benjamin
Piano – Masayuki "BIGYUKI" Hirano*
Vocals – Busta Rhymes, Consequence (2), Q-Tip
Written-By – Derek Shulman, Dexter Mills*, Kamaal Fareed, Kerry Minnear, Philip Shulman, Raymond Shulman*, Trevor Smith (4)
2:51
C2        Black Spasmodic
Bass – Q-Tip
Vocals – Consequence (2), Phife*, Q-Tip
Written-By – Kamaal Fareed, Malik Izaak Taylor*
3:03
C3        The Killing Season
Bass – Q-Tip
Guitar – Louis Cato
Keyboards – Masayuki "BIGYUKI" Hirano*, Q-Tip
Vocals – Consequence (2), Jarobi, Kanye West, Q-Tip, Talib Kweli
Written-By – Dexter Mills*, Jarobi White, Kamaal Fareed, Talib Kweli Greene
2:43
C4        Lost Somebody
Bass – Q-Tip
Guitar – Chris Parks (3), Chris Sholar*
Piano – Kris Bowers
Vocals – Jarobi, Katia Cadet, Q-Tip
Written-By – Damo Suzuki, Holgar Czukay*, Irmin Schmidt, Jaki Liebezeit, Jarobi White, Kamaal Fareed, Michael Karoli
4:18
D1        Movin Backwards
Bass – Q-Tip
Drums – Q-Tip
Guitar – Chris Sholar*
Keyboards – Casey Benjamin
Vocals – Anderson .Paak, Jarobi, Q-Tip
Written-By – Brandon Paak Anderson, Kamaal Fareed
4:41
D2        Conrad Tokyo
Drum Programming – Q-Tip
Vocals – Kendrick Lamar, Phife*
Written-By – Kamaal Fareed, Kendrick Lamar Duckworth*, Malik Izaak Taylor*
3:31
D3        Ego
Bass – Louis Cato, Q-Tip
Guitar – Chris Sholar*, Jack White (2)
Piano – Casey Benjamin
Scratches – George "DJ Scratch" Spivey*
Vocals – Q-Tip
Written-By – Jack White (2), Kamaal Fareed
3:17
D4        The Donald
Bass – Q-Tip
Guitar – Jack White (2), Louis Cato
Keyboards – Masayuki "BIGYUKI" Hirano*
Scratches – George "DJ Scratch" Spivey*
Vocals – Busta Rhymes, Katia Cadet, Phife*, Q-Tip
Written-By – Kamaal Fareed
5:22
Recorded At – The AbLab
Mixed At – The AbLab
Recorded At – Fantasy Studios
Mastered At – The Mastering Palace
Copyright © – Epic Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Epic Records
Record Company – Sony Music Entertainment
Distributed By – Epic Records
Lacquer Cut At – Nashville Record Productions
Pressed By – United Record Pressing
Published By – U Betta Like My Muzik
Published By – Songs Of SMP
Published By – Jazz Merchant Music
Published By – Universal Music - Z Tunes LLC
Published By – Alaric Publishing House
Published By – Essex Music International, Inc.
Published By – Songs By Cons Publishing
Published By – Winston Jones Publishing
Published By – T'Ziah's Music
Published By – Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing
Published By – Peppermint Stripe Music
Published By – Kassner Associated Publishers Ltd.
Published By – Downtown Music Publishing
Published By – Music Sales Corp.
Published By – Spoon Music
Published By – BMG Monarch
Published By – Gnat Booty Music
Published By – BMG Chrysalis Music
Published By – Hirano Masayuki
Published By – Louis Cato
Published By – BMG Blue
Published By – BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Published By – Pen Skills Music
Published By – Songs Of Windswept Pacific
Published By – Watch And Learn Publishing
Published By – Wb Music Corp.
Published By – Hard Working Black Folks Inc.
Published By – Top Dawg Music
A&R – Kim Lumpkin, Michael Ostin
A&R [Admin] – Bekah Connolly
Co-producer – Blair Wells
Cover – Richard Prince
Creative Director, Art Direction, Design – Anita Marisa Boriboon
Engineer [Assistant] – Gloria Kaba
Executive-Producer – ATCQ*
Lacquer Cut By – WG*
Legal [ATCQ Representation] – Carron J. Mitchell, Julian K. Petty
Management – Dion Liverpool, Kim Lumpkin, Michael Ostin, Monica J. Talavera
Management [ATCQ Business] – Kyle Tessiero
Management [Business Affairs] – Robert Faulstich, Shane St. Hill, Stephanie Yu
Mastered By – Tatsuya Sato
Mixed By – Blair Wells, Dave Kennedy* (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B2 to B4, C4), Q-Tip
Other [Project Consultation] – Tracey Waples
Producer – Q-Tip
Product Manager – Thom Skarzynski
Recorded By – Blair Wells, Q-Tip
B1: additional Phife vocals recorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA

Per track publishing credits:

A1: Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / Jazz Merchant Music (ASCAP)/Universal Music- ZTunes, LLC / Alaric Publishing House (ASCAP)

A2:Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / Jazz Merchant Music (ASCAP)/Universal Music- ZTunes, LLC / Essex Music International, Inc. (ASCAP/PRS)

A3: Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / Jazz Merchant Music (ASCAP)/Universal Music- ZTunes, LLC / Alaric Publishing House (ASCAP) / Songs by Cons Publishing (BMI) / Winston Jones Publishing

A4: Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / Jazz Merchant Music (ASCAP)/Universal Music- ZTunes, LLC / Tziah Music/Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing (BMI) / Peppermint Stripe Music (BMI)

B1: Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / Jazz Merchant Music (ASCAP)/Universal Music- ZTunes, LLC / Alaric Publishing House (ASCAP) / Tziah Music/Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing (BMI) / Edward Kassner Associated Publishers Ltd./Downtown Music Publishing (ASCAP) / Music Sales Corporation (ASCAP) / Spoon Music (GEMA)

B2: Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / BMG Monarch (ASCAP)/Gnat Booty Music (ASCAP)

B3: Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / BMG Chrysalis Music (BMI) / Hirano Masayuki (ASCAP) / Louis Cato (ASCAP)

B4: Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP

C1: Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / Tziah Music/Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing (BMI) / Songs by Cons Publishing (BMI) / BMG Blue (PRS)/BMG Rights Management US LLC (BMI)

C2: Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / Jazz Merchant Music (ASCAP)/Universal Music- ZTunes, LLC

C3: Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / Alaric Publishing House (ASCAP) / Songs by Cons Publishing (BMI) / Pen Skills Music/Songs Of Windswept Pacific (BMI)

C4: Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / Alaric Publishing House (ASCAP) / Spoon Music (GEMA)

D1: Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / Watch and Learn Publishing (BMI)

D2: Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / Jazz Merchant Music (ASCAP)/Universal Music- ZTunes, LLC / WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)/Hard Working Black Folks Inc. (ASCAP) and Top Dawg Music (ASCAP) all rights o/b/o itself, Hard Working Black Folks Inc. and Top Dawg Music admin. by WB Music Corp.

D3: Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / Peppermint Stripe Music (BMI)

D4: Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP
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It seemed like the story of A Tribe Called Quest ended with the sad passing of original member Phife in early 2016. It began with their glory days as one of hip-hop's greatest acts to years of sometimes bitter estrangement, then hit a high point with the group coming together in 2015 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their debut album People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm. They had a surprise up their sleeve, though. On the night they performed on The Tonight Show, the four original members of the Tribe decided the time was right to hit the studio and make a new album. Repairing relationships was the first step and once that happened, the group (minus Ali Shaheed Muhammad, who was in Los Angeles working on the music to Luke Cage) holed up in Q-Tip's home studio and started working on their comeback, We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service. Q-Tip held down the producer's chair with a mad scientist's flair, searching near and far through his record collection for inspiration. Tip, Phife, and Jarobi brought rhymes that sounded like they'd been sealed up since the early '90s, then broken open and served fresh. Old collaborators Busta Rhymes and Consequence dropped by to add their skills and energy; new artists like Kendrick Lamar and Anderson Paak, who grew up on the Tribe, dropped by to add verses, and some big names like Andre 3000 and Kanye West jumped in feet first, especially Andre, whose rapid-fire verses with Q-Tip on "Kids" provide one of the record's highlights. Jack White adds some of his guitar heroics on a few tracks and Elton John makes a cameo as well, singing the hook of the very odd "Solid Wall of Sound." The sheer number of guests, the long wait since their last album, the shifting tides of hip hop -- all these factors could have led to We Got It being a disappointment. Amazingly, it turns out to be almost the exact opposite. Thanks to Q-Tip's visionary and pleasingly weird production, which draws from golden age hip-hop, old-school jazz, odd samples, dub reggae, and interplanetary electro, the fact the neither he nor Phife have lost even a small percentage of a step, and the seamlessly integrated contributions from the guests (especially Paak on "Moving Backwards"), the album is vibrant, intense, and alive. The group sound like they're having a blast on party songs like "The Donald" or the buoyant "Dis Generation," get mad as hell on tracks like "Space Program" and "We the People," and generally come off like they're still the greatest. This is no nostalgia trip or callous comeback. It's a giant exclamation point on the end of a brilliant career. It's also a tribute to the everyman genius of Phife, a widescreen look at the record-making skills of Q-Tip, and most importantly, it's a pure, undiluted, joyous thrill to have the Tribe back and still sounding this vital. ~ Tim Sendra

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: HIP HOP
• Format Type: 2xLP
• Released: 12/23/2016