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A Tribe Called Quest returned with their sophomore album The Low End Theory in 1996. The album offers a minimalist sound that combines bass, drum breaks and jazz samples. Lyrically, the album features social commentary, word play, humor and interplay between group members Q-Tip and Phife Dawg.
The Low End Theory took Tribe to that fabled "next level" hip hop acts always bang on about by performing the trick every authenticity-obsessed artist most dearly wants to execute. They crossed over without selling out - in fact, they crossed over while retrenching. Contrary to what Weiss and colleagues thought at the time, the record is harder-edged, darker, and, in terms of its adherence to established hip hop codes, actually a little bit conservative.