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eats, Rhymes and Life is the fourth album by New York jazz-rap group A Tribe Called Quest. It was released on July 30th 1996 via Jive Records. The album marked a stylistic shift for the group, as it featured some of their darkest material to date. This may have been due to poor label relations and Phife Dawg moving to Atlanta, subsequently becoming distant from the nuclear members. His absences were accounted for with features from Q-Tip’s cousin Consequence on six of the album’s songs. Beats, Rhymes and Life also featured early work from legendary Detroit producer J Dilla, who with Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammed formed the production collective The Ummah. INSTRUMENTALS ONLY ❗