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{{음반 정보
|음반명 = The Low End Theory
|그림 = 
|가수명 = [[어 트라이브 콜드 퀘스트]]
|레이블 = [[자이브 레코드]]
|음반종류 = 음반
|발매년월일 = 1991년 9월 24일
|길이 = 
|전앨범 = [[People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm]]
|현앨범 = The Low End Theory
|후앨범 = [[Midnight Marauders]]
|장르 = [[이스트코스트 힙합]], [[얼터너티브 힙합]], [[재즈 랩]]
}}
《'''The Low End Theory'''》는 1991년 9월 24일에 발매된 [[어 트라이브 콜드 퀘스트]]의 음반이다. [[자이브 레코드]]에 의해 발매되었다.

== 곡 목록 ==
{{Track listing
| total_length = 48:03
| collapsed       =
| headline        =
| extra_column    =

| title1          = Excursions
| note1           =
| writer1         = [[Q-Tip (musician)|Jonathan Davis]]
| extra1          =
| length1         = 3:55

| title2          = Buggin' Out
| note2           =
| writer2         = Davis, [[Ali Shaheed Muhammad]], [[Phife Dawg|Malik Taylor]]
| extra2          =
| length2         = 3:37

| title3          = Rap Promoter
| note3           =
| writer3         = Davis, Muhammad
| extra3          =
| length3         = 2:13

| title4          = Butter
| note4           =
| writer4         = Davis, Muhammad, Taylor
| extra4          =
| length4         = 3:39

| title5          = Verses from the Abstract
| note5           = featuring [[Vinia Mojica]] and [[Ron Carter]]
| writer5         = Davis
| extra5          =
| length5         = 3:59

| title6          = Show Business
| note6           = featuring [[Diamond D]], [[Lord Jamar]] and [[Sadat X]]
| writer6         = Skeff Anselm, Davis, [[Lord Jamar|Lorenzo Dechalus]], [[Diamond D|Joseph Kirkland]], Muhammad, [[Sadat X|Derek Murphy]], Taylor
| extra6          =
| length6         = 3:53

| title7          = Vibes and Stuff
| note7           =
| writer7         = Davis, Taylor
| extra7          =
| length7         = 4:18

| title8          = The Infamous Date Rape
| note8           =
| writer8         = Davis, Muhammad, Taylor
| extra8          =
| length8         = 2:54

| title9          = [[Check the Rhime]]
| note9           =
| writer9         = Davis, Muhammad, Taylor
| extra9          =
| length9         = 3:37

| title10         = Everything Is Fair
| note10          =
| writer10        = Anselm, Davis, Muhammad, Taylor
| extra10         =
| length10        = 2:58

| title11         = [[Jazz (We've Got)]]
| note11          =
| writer11        = Davis, Muhammad, Taylor
| extra11         =
| length11        = 4:10

| title12         = Skypager
| note12          =
| writer12        = Davis, Muhammad, Taylor
| extra12         =
| length12        = 2:12

| title13         = What?
| note13          =
| writer13        = Davis
| extra13         =
| length13        = 2:29

| title14         = [[Scenario]]
| note14          = featuring <!-- the group members are credited individually in the liner notes -->[[Busta Rhymes]], [[Leaders of the New School|Charlie Brown]] and [[Leaders of the New School|Dinco D]]
| writer14        = Davis, [[Leaders of the New School|Bryan Higgins]], [[Leaders of the New School|James Jackson]], Muhammad, [[Busta Rhymes|Trevor Smith]], Taylor
| extra14         =
| length14        = 4:10
}}

== 인증 ==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|artist=A Tribe Called Quest|title=The Low End Theory|award=Silver|relyear=1993|certyear=2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|title=The Low End Theory|artist=A Tribe Called Quest|award=Platinum}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|streaming=true}}
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== 평가 ==
{{Album ratings
| title = 1991 professional reviews
| rev1 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev1Score = B<ref name="EW">{{저널 인용 |url=http://www.ew.com/article/1991/12/06/low-end-theory |title=The Low End Theory |journal=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=1991년 12월 6일 |access-date=2015년 11월 14일 |last=Bernard |first=James |archive-date=2015년 11월 17일 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117021334/http://www.ew.com/article/1991/12/06/low-end-theory |url-status= }}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref>{{뉴스 인용|title=A Tribe Called Quest: The Low End Theory (Jive) |newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=1991년 10월 20일 |last=Moon |first=Tom}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[셀렉트 (잡지)|Select]]''
| rev3score = 4/5<ref>{{저널 인용|title=A Tribe Called Quest: Low End Theory |journal=[[셀렉트 (잡지)|Select]] |issue=17 |date=November 1991 |last=Higginbotham |first=Adam |page=67}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[The Source]]''
| rev4score = 5/5<ref name="source">{{저널 인용|title=A Tribe Called Quest: The Low End Theory |journal=[[The Source]] |issue=26 |date=November 1991 |author=Reef}}</ref>
}}
{{Album ratings
| title = Retrospective professional reviews
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{웹 인용|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-low-end-theory-mw0000268671 |title=The Low End Theory – A Tribe Called Quest |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=2015년 11월 14일 |last=Bush |first=John}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s|Christgau's Consumer Guide]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating-Christgau|hm3}}<ref name="christgau">{{서적 인용|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=187 |chapter=A Tribe Called Quest: The Low End Theory |access-date=2020년 10월 11일 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s |title-link=Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers]] |year=2000 |isbn=0-312-24560-2}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{서적 인용|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|year=2011|chapter=A Tribe Called Quest|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|publisher=[[Omnibus Press]]|edition=5th concise|isbn=978-0-85712-595-8}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[MusicHound|MusicHound R&B]]''
| rev4Score = 5/5<ref>{{서적 인용|chapter=A Tribe Called Quest|editor1-first=Gary|editor1-last=Graff|editor-link1=Gary Graff|editor2-first=Josh Freedom|editor2-last=du Lac|editor3-first=Jim|editor3-last=McFarlin|year=1998|title=MusicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide|publisher=[[Visible Ink Press]]|isbn=1-57859-026-4|url=https://archive.org/details/musichoundrbesse00graf}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="Rolling Stone">{{서적 인용|chapter=A Tribe Called Quest |last1=Considine |first1=J. D. |author-link1=J. D. Considine |last2=Randall |first2=Mac |title=[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide|The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]] |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |edition=4th |year=2004 |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/823 823] }}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[스핀 (잡지)|Spin]]''
| rev6Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{저널 인용|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ul7jcf4HvN4C&pg=PA92 |title=Discography: Q-Tip |journal=[[스핀 (잡지)|Spin]] |volume=24 |issue=8 |date=August 2008 |access-date=2015년 11월 14일 |last=Golianopoulos |first=Thomas |page=92}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]''
| rev7Score = 10/10<ref>{{서적 인용|editor1-last=Weisbard|editor1-first=Eric|editor2-last=Marks|editor2-first=Craig|year=1995|title=[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]|publisher=[[Vintage Books]]|location=New York|isbn=0-679-75574-8|chapter=A Tribe Called Quest}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[톰 헐|Tom Hull – on the Web]]''
| rev8Score = A−<ref>{{웹 인용|last=Hull|first=Tom|author-link=Tom Hull (critic)|url=http://tomhull.com/ocston/nm/get_gl.php?n=a+tribe+called+quest|title=Grade List: A Tribe Called Quest|website=Tom Hull – on the Web|access-date=2020년 10월 11일}}</ref>
}}

== 각주 ==
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[[분류:1991년 음반]]
[[분류:자이브 레코드 음반]]