A Tribe Called Quest discography

A Tribe Called Quest was an American hip hop group, formed in 1985.^[1] They released six studio albums, five compilations, sixteen singles and two extended plays. The group was made up of rapper/main producer Q-Tip (Kamaal Ibn John Fareed, formerly Jonathan Davis), the late rapper Phife Dawg (Malik Taylor) and DJ/co-producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad. Phife Dawg was only persuaded to join when a fourth member, rapper Jarobi White, joined the group. In 1989 they signed a demo deal with Geffen Records, but not given a full-fledged recording contract. After receiving many offers, they opted for the Jive Records label, an independent rap label. In under a year, they managed to produce People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm to critical acclaim, but lukewarm sales, reaching #91 on the Billboard 200, though it did eventually achieve gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

A Tribe Called Quest discography
Studio albums	6
EPs	2
Compilation albums	5
Singles	16
Features singles	4

Their next album, The Low End Theory, helped shape alternative hip-hop in the 1990s.^[2][3] It established a link between their hip hop based music and the jazz genre. It was a large success, and, on February 1, 1995, the RIAA certified the album platinum.^[4] Their following album, Midnight Marauders, released in 1993, also earned the platinum award. Beats, Rhymes and Life, their subsequent album which was released three years after Midnight Marauders, was considered their darkest work. It lacked the positive and joyful vibe present in their previous albums. Their fifth studio album followed, The Love Movement. It was regarded by critics as returning to the group's positive vibe.^{[citation needed]} It was awarded gold by the RIAA on November 1, 1998.^[5] Their sixth and final album, We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service, was released on November 11, 2016, with posthumous contributions from Phife Dawg. On May 22, 2017, the album was certified gold by the RIAA.

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications^[6][7]

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		US [8]	US R&B /HH [9]	AUS [10]	CAN [11]	FRA [12]	GER [13]	SWE [14]	NED [15]	NZ [16]	UK [17]
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm	Released: April 10, 1990 Label: Jive Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming	91	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	54	RIAA: Gold[18] BPI: Silver[19]
The Low End Theory	Released: September 24, 1991 Label: Jive Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming	45	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	58	RIAA: Platinum[18] BPI: Silver[19]
Midnight Marauders	Released: November 9, 1993 Label: Jive Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming	8	1	—	48	—	—	—	—	—	70	RIAA: Platinum[18] BPI: Silver[19]
Beats, Rhymes and Life	Released: July 30, 1996 Label: Jive Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming	1	1	—	7	—	—	30	—	32	28	RIAA: Platinum[18] MC: Gold[20]
The Love Movement	Released: September 29, 1998 Label: Jive Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming	3	3	—	2	40	36	45	—	—	38	RIAA: Gold[18] MC: Gold[20]
We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service	Released: November 11, 2016 Label: Epic Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming	1	1	13	3	75	14	31	16	13	24	RIAA: Gold[18] BPI: Silver[19]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

List of live albums

Title	Album details
Live in Chicago '98	Released: September 19, 2019 Label: Boarding House Presents Format: digital download, streaming

Remix albums

List of remix albums

Title	Album details
Revised Quest for the Seasoned Traveller	Released: June 1, 1992 Label: Jive Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming

Compilations albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US [9]	US R&B /HH [9]	CAN R&B [21]	UK R&B [17]	UK Ind. [17]
The Anthology	Released: October 26, 1999 Label: Jive Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming	81	28	2	22	26
Hits, Rarities & Remixes	Released: June 17, 2003 Label: Jive Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming	190	51	—	—	—
The Lost Tribes	Released: March 15, 2006 Label: Jive Format: CD	—	—	—	—	—
The Best of A Tribe Called Quest	Released: April 1, 2008 Label: Sony BMG Format: CD, streaming	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

Promotional albums

List of promotional EPs

Title	Album details
Classics (compilation EP)	Released: 1996[22] Label: Jive Format: CD, LP

EPs

List of extended plays with selected chart positions

Title	EP details	Peak chart positions
		UK [17]	UK Dance [17]	UK R&B [17]
People's Instinctive Remixes	Released: 1991[23] Label: Jive Format: CD	—	—	—
A Tribe Called Quest EP (compilation EP)	Released: 1994 (UK only) Label: Jive Format: CD, LP	—	22	28
The Jam EP (compilation EP)	Released: August 11, 1997 (UK only) Label: Jive Format: CD, LP	61	1	12
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

Promotional EPs

List of promotional EPs

Title	Album details
Classics (compilation EP)	Released: 1996[24] Label: Jive Format: CD, LP

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions										Certifications	Album
		US [25]	US Dance [26]	US R&B [27]	US Rap [28]	CAN [29]	NED [30]	NZ [31]	SCO [32]	UK [7]	UK R&B [33]
"Description of a Fool"	1989	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	*		People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
"I Left My Wallet in El Segundo"	1990	—	—	—	9	—	—	—	—	—
"Bonita Applebum"		—	—	56	4	—	—	—	—	47
"Can I Kick It?"	1991	—	—	—	8	—	13	—	—	15		BPI: Gold[19] RMNZ: Platinum[34]
"I Left My Wallet in El Segundo (Vampire Mix)"		—	—	—	—	—	23	—	—	86			People's Instinctive Remixes
"Check the Rhime"		—	—	59	1	—	—	—	—	—		RIAA: Gold[18]	The Low End Theory
"Jazz (We've Got)"		—	—	—	19	—	—	—	—	—
"Scenario" (featuring Leaders of the New School)	1992	57	—	42	6	—	—	—	—	—		RIAA: Gold[18]
"Luck of Lucien (Tom and Jerry Remix)"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—			Revised Quest for the Seasoned Traveller
"Can I Kick It? (Boilerhouse Remix)"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Hot Sex"		—	—	99	—	—	—	—	—	—			Boomerang Soundtrack
"Award Tour" (featuring Trugoy the Dove)	1993	47	27	27	7	—	—	—	—	—			Midnight Marauders
"Electric Relaxation"	1994	65	—	38	13	—	—	—	—	—		BPI: Silver[19] RMNZ: Gold[34]
"Oh My God" (featuring Busta Rhymes)		—[A]	—	69	15	—	—	—	—	81
"1nce Again" (featuring Tammy Lucas)	1996	—	—	38	—	—	—	36	70	34	5		Beats, Rhymes and Life
"Stressed Out" (featuring Faith Evans)		—[B]	—	56	15	—	—	—	81	33	2
"Find a Way"	1998	71	—	29	18	—	—	48	75	41	12		The Love Movement
"We the People...."	2016	77	—	31	23	77	—	—	—	—	—		We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. "*" indicates a chart that did not exist at the time.

As featured artist

Year	Single	Peak chart positions				Album
		US	US Rap	NLD	UK
1989	"Buddy" (De La Soul feat. A Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers, Monie Love & Queen Latifah)	—	2	—	7	3 Feet High and Rising
1990	"Doin' Our Own Dang" (Jungle Brothers feat. A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Monie Love & Queen Latifah)	—	—	40	33	Done by the Forces of Nature
1997	"Rumble in the Jungle" A (Fugees feat. A Tribe Called Quest, Busta Rhymes & John Forté)	71	3	—	3	When We Were Kings soundtrack
2003	"I C U (Doin' It)" (Violator feat. A Tribe Called Quest & Erykah Badu)	—	—	—	—	non-album single

^A Did not chart on the Hot 100 or Hot R&B/Hip-Hop charts (Billboard rules at the time prevented album cuts from charting). Chart peak listed here represents Hot 100 Airplay and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay charts data.

Promotional singles

List of singles, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Album
"Like It Like That"	1998	The Love Movement
"Rock Rock Ya'll" (featuring Punchline, Jane Doe, Wordsworth & Mos Def)[37]

Other charted songs

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
		US [25]	US R&B/HH [27]
"The Space Program"	2016	—[C]	—[D]	We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service

Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances

Title	Year	Other performer(s)	Album
"What Yo Life Can Truly Be"	1991	De La Soul, Dres	A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays" (VLS)
"Sh.Fe.Mc's"	1994	De La Soul	Clear Lake Audiotorium (EP)
"If the Papes Come"		—	Mi Vida Loca (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
"Glamour and Glitz"	1995	—	The Show: The Soundtrack
"Peace, Prosperity & Paper"	1996	—	High School High (soundtrack)
"The Remedy"		Common	Get on the Bus: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture
"Wild Hot"	1997	Busta Rhymes	Rhyme & Reason (soundtrack)
"Same Ol' Thing"		—	Men in Black: The Album
"That Shit"	1998	Jay Dee	The Mix Tape, Vol. III

Notes

1. "Oh My God" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 2 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100.^[35]
2. "Stressed Out" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 8 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100.^[36]
3. "The Space Program" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 25 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.^[38]
4. "The Space Program" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number two on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart.^[39]