Beats, Rhymes and Life
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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. Produced by The Ummah, the album is a departure from the joyful, positive vibe of the group's earlier albums and is regarded as their darkest album in content. It debuted at…

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Released
July 29th, 1996
Type
Album
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Liberation Records
Jive

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AllMusic (John Bush)
3/5 stars
Rolling Stone (Ernest Hardy – August 8, 1996)
4/5 stars
Spin (Will Hermes – September 1996)7/10
Tom Hull – on the Web (Tom Hull – June 13, 2015)A−
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