After being unofficially announced in August, A Tribe Called Quest’s first album in nearly 20 years has been confirmed for a November release date by founding member Q-Tip. According to a handwritten note he posted to Facebook, it will also be the group’s final album and is set to feature the contributions of Busta Rhymes and Consequence.
L.A. Reid had previously indicated in a radio interview that all of A Tribe Called Quest, including the oft-absent Jarobi White and the late core member Phife Dawg, would be on hand for this final collaboration. Recording of the album began earlier this year but was not completed when Phife Dawg passed away in March. However, Q-Tip wrote on Facebook that his contributions left the rest of the group with “the blueprint” of what they had to do.
The album will drop on Nov. 11.
