Ham n' Eggs - A Tribe Called Quest

I don't eat no ham n' eggs, cause they're high in cholesterol 

          Ham n' Eggs is a hell of a track. This one is just the perfect idea of what the Tribe should make, perhaps I have been saying that for each track. But damn this is the perfect embodiment of Quest, it just is exactly who they are! For goodness sake there is no greater innocence than rapping around the food you love, and just jammin' out! A very funky beat to go with this light subject matter, which is yes! Ham n' Eggs, and all there other foods that the Tribe snacks on when they are questin'!
           The rhymes are quite addicting. Sure they may tops from Phife and Tip, but I'll be damned if I can see another 2 MCs go in on a track about breakfast and kill it. Not necessarily with speed, but just how they flow. That is one thing in particular I have noticed from the Tribe, there flow is remarkable. It is ridiculous how catchy some of the lines are. For example you got Tip:

Chicken for lunch, chicken for my dinner, chicken chicken chicken imma finga lickin' winner

Can't express how much flavor is in that line, disregarding puns, I am dead serious, these guys are just too damn smooth. Throughout they bounce back on and off with various foods, all based around pretty healthy stuff, which just makes it all the better. It is like you already got guys rappin' about breakfast food, and they emphasize healthy snacks, just really separates Tribe from the rest of the scene. Even using some humor in there lines. Phife and Tip:

Phife: Why, just the other day, I went to Grandma's house

Q-Tip: Smelled like she conjured up a mouse

The production is also quite interesting. Produce by Ali Shaheed Muhammad as well as Kareem Fareed, they really weld to the words of the 2 MCs. The funk of the guitar and the bounce of the drums just gives the track so much life and really get you groovin'. Then they just Tip just yells out: "BRIDGE!!!" then it just breaks down from there and we get a really dope tune to split the song. That and all the group vocals just makes me wanna jump right in, and surely I do every time. In fact someone on Youtube had commented once, "every true Tribe fan needs to make breakfast to this at least once". Damn how true that is, I would love to blast this as I am scramblin' eggs or something! Woo, while I have yet to do this, it will be on a bucket list somewhere, I assure you that.

They really killed it on the vibe. They came here to write a fun track about food, and add a lot of flavor musically, you can just feel it in the production! An amazing track on People's for sure! Maybe the lightest songs they have out there, they don't make anything like this anymore. But that is why we have the song in the first place.

• "Nappy Dugout" by Funkadelic (from the 1973 album "Cosmic Slop")
• "We've Gotta Find a Way Back to Love" by Frieda Payne (from the 1973 album "Reaching Out")