The Anthology (A Tribe Called Quest album)
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| Greatest hits album by A Tribe Called Quest | ||||
| Released | October 26, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1989-1998 | |||
| Genre | Alternative hip hop, jazz rap | |||
| Length | 71:18 | |||
| Label | Jive Records | |||
| Producer | A Tribe Called Quest, Hoods, Q-Tip, The Ummah | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| The A.V. Club | (mixed) |
| Entertainment Weekly | A |
| Q |  |
| Robert Christgau | A |
| The Source | (favorable) |
| UKMIX | |
The Anthology is A Tribe Called Quest's 1999 greatest hits compilation spanning their entire career. The compilation contains songs from all of their currently existing full-length catalogue, including People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, The Low End Theory, Midnight Marauders, Beats, Rhymes and Life and The Love Movement, as well as select soundtrack releases. It also contains Q-Tip's "Vivrant Thing", which was featured on the first music compilation for Violator Management through Violator Records/Def Jam Recordings. The song would also later be featured on Q-Tip's solo effort, 1999's Amplified. Vivrant Thing is also substituted with "Mr. Incognito" for the Japan release. The album cover features Erykah Badu with fluorescent stripes of green and orange reminiscent of the traditional colors of the Kente tribe of the north Congo.
In the UK, a limited edition album was released with a bonus remix CD. The album was accompanied by The Video Anthology, a DVD release which contained most of the group's videos. However, the DVD was lackluster to many fans, with its unexplained omissions of "Hot Sex" and "Stressed Out" with Faith Evans. It is believed that these videos were omitted for legal issues. "Hot Sex" is originally from the soundtrack of the film Boomerang, and there may have been issues with Faith Evans and/or her management clearing her appearance on "Stressed Out".
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