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A1	Excursions	3:53
A2	Buggin' Out	3:38
A3	Rap Promoter	2:13
A4	Butter	3:39
B1	Verses From The Abstract Double Bass [Jazz Bass] – Ron CarterVocals [Vocal Tones] – Vinia Mojica	3:59
B2	Show Business Co-producer – A Tribe Called QuestFeaturing [Appears On] – Diamond D, Lord Jamar, Sadat XProducer – Skeff AnselmWritten-By – D. Murphy*, J. Kirkland*, L. DeChalus*, S. Anselm*	3:53
B3	Vibes And Stuff	4:18
C1	The Infamous Date Rape	2:54
C2	Check The Rhime	3:36
C3	Everything Is Fair Co-producer – A Tribe Called QuestProducer – Skeff AnselmWritten-By – S. Anselm*	2:59
D1	Jazz (We've Got)	4:09
D2	Skypager	2:13
D3	What?	2:29
D4	Scenario Featuring [Appears On] – Busta Rhyme*, Charlie Brown, Dinco DWritten-By – B. Higgins*, P. Jackson*, T. Smith*	4:10

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Battery Studios, New York
• Recorded At – Greene St. Recording
• Recorded At – Soundtrack Studios
• Mixed At – Battery Studios, New York
• Mixed At – Greene St. Recording
• Mixed At – Soundtrack Studios
• Mastered At – Welcome To 1979
• Copyright (c) – Zomba Recording Corporation
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Zomba Recording Corporation

Credits

• Design – ZombArt JK*
• Engineer [Additional] – Anthony Saunders, Chris Shaw, Dan Wood, Eric Gast, Gerard Julien, Jamey Staub*, Jim Kvoriak, Marc Singleton, Pete Christensen, Rod Hui, Tim Latham
• Management – Chris Lightly*
• Mastered By – Tom Coyne
• Other [Make-up: Group Members] – Kim Young
• Other [Special Effects Make-up: Model] – Paddy Crofton
• Photography By – Joe Grant
• Producer – A Tribe Called Quest (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 9, 11 to 14)
• Recorded By, Mixed By – A Tribe Called Quest, Bob Power
• Typography [Handlettering] – ZombArt NG*
• Written-By – A. Muhammad* (tracks: 2 to 4, 6, 8 to 12, 14), J. Davis*, M. Taylor* (tracks: 2, 4, 6 to 12, 14)

Notes

Vinyl repress from 2015 or 2016. The cover has the same unsharp, blurry print as the previous reissues but the matrix runout info is completely different. Black and white labels.

Recorded and mixed at Battery Studios, Greene Studios and Soundtrack Studios.
"Show Business" and "Everything Is Fair" programmed at Jazzy Jay's Studio.
Additional engineering at Battery; Greene Street and at Soundtrack.
Mastered DMS, NYC.

Direction/management: Baby Sound Productions and Rush Management.

"Excursions" contains samples from "Time Is Running Out" performed by the Last Poets and written by Omar Ben Hassen.
"Check The Rhime" features samples from Average White Band recording "Love Your Life" (H. Stuart/A. Gorrie/O. McIntyre/S. Ferrone/M. Duncan/R. Ball).
"Everything Is Fair" contains samples from "Let's Take It To The People" (G. Clinton/G. Shider/E. Hazel) performed by Funkadelic.
"Vibes And Stuff" contains samples from "Down Here On The Ground" (L. Shifrin/G. Garnet) performed by Grant Green

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 01241414181
• Barcode (Scanned): 012414141811
• Matrix / Runout (Side A): 01241414181-A CJH Welcome to 1979
• Matrix / Runout (Side B): 01241414181-B CJH
• Matrix / Runout (Side C): 01241414181-C CJH
• Matrix / Runout (Side D): 01241414181-D CJH

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
1418-2-J	A Tribe Called Quest	The Low End Theory ‎(CD, Album)	Jive	1418-2-J	US	1991
01241-41418-1	A Tribe Called Quest	The Low End Theory ‎(2xLP, Album, RE, RM, Col)	Jive	01241-41418-1	US	1996
ZK 74940	A Tribe Called Quest	The Low End Theory ‎(Cass, Album)	Jive	ZK 74940	1991
051 351-2, 051 351-2, CHIP 117, CHIP117	A Tribe Called Quest	The Low End Theory ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Jive, Jive, Jive, Jive	051 351-2, 051 351-2, CHIP 117, CHIP117	UK & Europe	Unknown
JQ2	A Tribe Called Quest	Show Vinyl ‎(3xLP, Album, Promo)	Jive	JQ2	USA & Canada	1991

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