This article is about the influential alternative hip hop album by A Tribe Called Quest. There is also a rock band named The Low End Theory.
In animation, the low end theory is is technique in which tools ordinarily used for making 3 dimensional video games are used to make movies.
The beats are widely different from the-then about-to-explode G funk sound being pioneered on the West Coast, and shares more of an influence with East Coast artists like Public Enemy. With dominant basslines and sampled jazz horn solos, The Low End Theory has a distinctive sound that met the high expectations after their critically acclaimed debut People's Instinctive Travels and Paths of Rhythm.
The Low End Theory includes instrumental work from several pioneering musicians, including upright bassist Ron Carter ("Verses from the Abstract").
Topics include the music industry's exploitation of musicians ("Rap Promoter", "Show Business"), music ("Excursions"), date rape ("The Infamous Date Rape"), violence in hip hop ("Vibes and Stuff") and the beauty of jazz ("Jazz (We've Got)").
The song "Scenario" helped break future hip hop star Busta Rhymes into the mainstream, partially as a result of its popular music video on MTV.
The Low End Theory was the album of the year for Spex magazine (also #10 on the 100 Albums of the Century). more awards. It was #32 on Spin magazine's Top 90 Albums of the Nineties. It also made it onto the unorderd Top 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time (The Source), 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century (Vibe magazine) and Essential Recordings of the 90s (Rolling Stone).
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Chart positions
Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album
1991 The Billboard 200 No. 45 1991 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums No. 13Billboard (North America) - singles
1991 Check The Rhime Hot Rap Singles No. 1 1991 Check The Rhime Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks No. 59 1991 Check The Rhime Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales No. 28 1992 Scenario The Billboard Hot 100 No. 57 1992 Jazz (We ve Got) Hot Rap Singles No. 19 1992 Scenario Hot Rap Singles No. 6 1992 Scenario Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Trackd No. 42 1997 Scenario Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales No. 34