Soul Sides — I reviewed A Tribe Called Quest’s surprise last album this past week. I also had a few bonus thoughts about it: First: “The Space Program” is ATCQ’s best lead song since “Steve Biko.” Best ATCQ lead songs 1. Excursions 2. Steve Biko ... more info

Stereogum — A Tribe Called Quest just returned with We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service, their first album in 18 years and their first album since the passing of Phife Dawg. And, as Billboard reports, it looks like it’ll also be their first #1 albu... more info

New York Times — One of the essential 1990s hip-hop groups is back with its first album in 18 years, an often stunning work that interweaves social and political truth-telling. more info

AllHipHop — IT LOOKS LIKE MORE IS IN STORE FOR THE LEGENDARY HIP HOP GROUP more info

Said the Gramophone — A Tribe Called Quest - "Movin Backwards". I have been feeling like a row of cups, some of them full and some of them not. Spilled one day, filled the next, empty then overflowing. The changes have been too fast,... more info

Consequence of Sound — Eighteen years later, the legendary trio from Queens returns with a triumph. more info

KEXP Seattle — Last Friday gave us a new LP from veteran hip-hop band A Tribe Called Quest, their first in 18 years, and their last, with the passing of founding member Phife Dawg due to complications with diabetes. KEXP Music Director Don Yates says, “It’s a s... more info

Stereogum — David Bowie knew that Blackstar would be his goodbye. Leonard Cohen knew that You Want It Darker would be his goodbye. And there’s at least some chance that Phife Dawg knew that his group A Tribe Called Quest’s final album would be his last word ... more info

AllHipHop — 'WE GOT IT FROM HERE... THANK YOU 4 YOUR SERVICE' IS CLOSING IN ON THE TOP SPOT more info

Nialler9 — A Tribe Called Quest released their final album We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service on Friday. It’s a fine album, a fitting tribute to Phife Dawg and an album that holds its head up proud in the discography. more info