History YMMV / ATribeCalledQuest

* GrowingTheBeard: ''Music/TheLowEndTheory'' is [[EvenBetterSequel generally seen as better]] than ''People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm''.

* SophomoreSlump: Critics and interviewers would ask Q-Tip if he was scared of a "sophomore jinx". His response? "'Sophomore jinx?' What the fuck is that, I'm going to make ''The Low End Theory''."

* AwardSnub: After a heavily political, but nonetheless acclaimed performance at the 2016 UsefulNotes/GrammyAwards, which also doubled as a heartwarming tribute to Phife Dawg, Tribe fans, and especially Q-Tip were '''not happy''' to learn that ''We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service'' didn't get nominated for a single award the following year. Q-Tip in particular went on a social media rant accusing the Grammys of using ATCQ as nothing more than a tool to push an agenda to the general public.

* AwardSnub: After a heavily political, but nonetheless acclaimed performance at the 2016 Grammy Awards, which also doubled as a heartwarming tribute to Phife Dawg, Tribe fans, and especially Q-Tip were '''not happy''' to learn that ''We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service'' didn't get nominated for a single award the following year. Q-Tip in particular went on a social media rant accusing the Grammys of using ATCQ as nothing more than a tool to push an agenda to the general public.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: SO MANY of their songs are very worth listening to.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Not related to the band was Q-Tip’s contribution to “Groove is in the Heart”. Downplayed as, while different from the usual sound, became a massive radio hit.

* AwardSnub: After a heavily political, but nonetheless acclaimed performance at the 2016 Grammy Awards, which also doubled as a heartwarming tribute to Phife Dawg, Tribe fans, and especially Q-Tip were '''not happy''' to learn that ''We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service'' didn't get nominated for a single award the following year. Q-Tip in particular went on a social media rant accusing the Grammys of using ATCQ as nothing more than a tool to push an agenda to the general public.

** ''Music/TheLowEndTheory'': "Check The Rhime", "Jazz (We've Got)", and "Scenario"

** ''We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service'': "The Space Program", "We The People....", "Solid Walls of Sound", and "Dis Generation"

* GrowingTheBeard: ''Music/TheLowEndTheory'' is generally [[seen as better EvenBetterSequel]] than ''People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm''.

* GrowingTheBeard: ''Music/TheLowEndTheory'' is generally seen as better than ''People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm''.

* HarsherInHindsight: "When's the last time you heard a funky diabetic?" [[note]]A line from the group's single "Oh My God". It would be difficult to listen to after Phife Dawg passed away from the disease in 2016. [[/note]]

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* CrowningMusicofAwesome: SO MANY of their songs are very worth listening to.

* HarsherInHindsight: "When's the last you heard a funky diabetic?" [[note]]A line from the group's single "Oh My God". It would be difficult to listen to after Phife Dawg passed away from the disease in 2016. [[/note]]

* SignatureSong: "Bonita Applebum"

* GrowingTheBeard: ''Music/TheLowEndTheory'' is generally seen as better than ''People's Instinctive Rhythms''

* SampledUp: "Can I Kick It?" samples the bass line from "Walk On The Wild Side" from ''Music/{{Transformer}}'' by Lou Reed; depending on where you go on the radio dial, it might be the only place you hear it.

* GrowingTheBeard: ''The Low End Theory'' is generally seen as better than ''People's Instinctive Rhythms''
* SampledUp: "Can I Kick It?" samples the bass line from "Walk On The Wild Side" by Lou Reed; depending on where you go on the radio dial, it might be the only place you hear it.