“Excursions” by A Tribe Called Quest

"Excursions" belongs to The Low End Theory, A Tribe Called Quest's second album, which Jive released on September 24, 1991. Q-Tip is the credited composer, the group produced it themselves, and Bob Power recorded and mixed it alongside them; the album was cut mostly at Battery Studios in New York between 1990 and 1991.

That record stripped the group's sound down to bass, drum breaks and jazz samples, a leaner move away from their 1990 debut, with Q-Tip and Phife Dawg trading lines full of wordplay, jokes and social commentary. It has since been hailed as a landmark of alternative hip-hop, and in 2022 the Library of Congress added it to the National Recording Registry.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.