The end of A Tribe Called Quest still hits me really hard. The fact that they never ended up playing a Bay Area show after their twice cancelled Outside Lands set still makes me feel a little bitter. And then I stumbled across Tribe’s beatmaker, Ali Shaheed Muhammad’s new band, The Midnight Hour. They do classic jazz, but retain that specific flavor that is Tribe. They dropped a live record today, complete with a solid single, “Mission.” It’s the perfect Friday song… It is mellow enough to take the edge off the work week, and energetic enough to motivate you to get through it.
Their record, Live At Linear Labs, is out today and available in all the usual places, including Spotify and Bandcamp!
