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People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, 1990
Written by Q-Tip, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Phife Dawg, & Jarobi White
With a title from a sampled Richard Pryor line and a laid-back, lo-fi sound, this song is sort of an anti-Public Enemy track. Not brash or loud, neither bragging nor raging, just telling a dreamy story about hanging out and rapping about music late into the wee small hours. The album made many best of lists and is still celebrated. Shoe-gaze hip-hop isn't really my bag, but I enjoy appreciate a good story song as much as the next guy. The is probably the best ever rap song containing the nocturnal calls of frogs.
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