Which 1991 album by A Tribe Called Quest is known for its influential jazz-rap sound?

The Low End Theory is A Tribe Called Quest’s influential 1991 jazz-rap album.

The group released the album on September 24, 1991, through Jive Records. It was the group’s second studio album and followed their 1990 debut, People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm. The recording prominently features Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, and Ali Shaheed Muhammad, with bassist Ron Carter appearing on “Verses from the Abstract.”

The Low End Theory is celebrated for combining sampled jazz textures, prominent bass lines, intricate rhythms, and conversational lyricism. Songs include “Check the Rhime,” “Jazz (We’ve Got),” and “Scenario.” It is often confused with Midnight Marauders, the group’s 1993 follow-up, but The Low End Theory came first and is generally regarded as one of the defining albums of the Native Tongues movement.