The album was recorded at Calliope Studios, Battery Studios and Dumb D.J. Towha's DewDrop Inn, New York.
Critical praise was generally positive, but many felt that the group's effort was immature and unfocused. John Bush of allmusic writes "Tribe perhaps experimented too much on their debut, but they succeeded at much of it, certainly enough to show much promise as a new decade dawned"[1]. Rolling Stone magazine's Chuck Eddy found the album "one of the least danceable albums" in hip hop, and said that the performers sounded bore[1].
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Track listing
Chart positions
Billboard Music Charts - album
1990 The Billboard 200 No. 91 1990 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums No. 23 1991 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums No. 23Billboard Music Charts - singles
1990 "Bonita Applebum" Hot Rap Singles No. 4 1990 "I Left My Wallet In El Segundo" Hot Rap Singles No. 9 1990 "Bonita Applebum" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks No. 56 1990 "I Left My Wallet In El Segundo" Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales No. 49 1991 "Can I Kick It" Hot Rap Singles No. 8
Personnel
- A Tribe Called Quest - Producer, Mixing
- Tim Latham - Engineer
- Ali Shaheed Muhammad - DJ
- Bob Power - Engineer
- Q-Tip - Vocals
- Anthony Saunders - Engineer
- Dr. Shane Faber - Engineer
- Jarobi - Performer
- Phife Dawg - Vocals
- Ari Marcopoulos - Photography