Bonita Applebum - A Tribe Called Quest

you gotta put this track on

        Man is this track smooth. Taking it a couple notches down from Pubic Enemy, and letting us relax, taking a breather. The beat is just really funky during the break, and even smoother during the verses. At first I didn't think much of the Tip's verses, yet now I just appreciate how great the track is. Not taking it fast, not spilling out word after word. As I said, just let's us kick it back, easing our mind right along the album. Kind of genius track order now that I think about it.
        I have basically explained Tip on this track, but some of the wordplay is actually quite crazy at times. He knows what he is doing on this track, because he doesn't wanna break the flow off the beat. Instead of tons of words in each rhyme, he replaces those lesser quality words with some of the greatest 1 liner's ever!
So, some genius rhymes:

38-24-37 (uh, uh, uh!)

You and me, hun, we're a match made in heaven

Satisfaction, I have the right tactics

And if you need 'em, I got crazy prophylactics

Not much to work with, but I'll be damned if I have ever heard something so crazy on a song. Probably the first song in a rhyme were I hadn't heard the word before. In fact, all the "ooohss" and "ahhs" actually make the line more effective. Similar to the use of a laugh track on sit-com. When the crowd laughs, we find it funny. Thus the urge to be awestruck by that line even more.

          The production is top notch. Produced specifically by Ali Shaheed Muhammad. With the piece of funk right before each verse. Then we got the light keys that add that soft feel to it. And I love the guitar during the chorus, has just the right tune. Not any scratching or mixing on this track though, but that is just fine. A nice simple beat to go along with. I believe in one of my older posts I explained the importance of the variation between complexity of the music, from track to track, not the rapping/singing mind you. 

• "Daylight" by RAMP (from the 1977 album "Come into My Knowledge")
• "Slave to the Rhythm" by Grace Jones (from the 1985 album "Slave to the Rhythm")
• "Soul Virgo" by Cannonball Adderley (from the 1971 album "The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free")
• "No Deposit, No Return" by Roy Ayers and Wayne Henderson (from the 1978 album "Step in to Our Life")
• "Memory Band" by Rotary Connection (from the 1967 album "Rotary Connection")
• "Fool Yourself" by Little Feat (from the 1973 album "Dixie Chicken")

Woo lots of samples here. Majority of the beat is from RAMP. Which is actually an awesome song all by itself!