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Beats, Rhymes and Life is the fourth studio album by American hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest. Released on July 30, 1996, by Jive Records, it followed three years after the highly regarded and successful Midnight Marauders.
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Serious, inward, conventional and polished.
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15 tracks, 51 minutes.
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“Is this A Tribe Called Quest's best work?”
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“Would a little humor have helped?”
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“Is Beats, Rhymes and Life too earnest?”
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