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The album is regarded as Phife Dawg's breakout and is credited for helping launch rapper Busta Rhymes's successful solo career. In the years since its release, The Low End Theory has garnered recognition from music critics and writers as a milestone in alternative hip-hop. On February 19, 1992, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), with shipments of 500,000 copies in the United States, and on February 1, 1995, it was certified platinum by the RIAA, with shipments of one million copies. However, the release of two additional singles, ' Jazz (We've Got)' and ' Scenario', brought further attention and popularity to the group. Upon its release, the album's commercial potential was doubted by music critics and Jive record executives.

Supported by the lead single ' Check the Rhime', The Low End Theory debuted at number 45 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Lyrically, the album features social commentary, word play, humor, and interplay between group members Q-Tip and Phife Dawg. The album was primarily produced by group member Q-Tip, with a minimalist sound that combines bass, drum breaks, and jazz samples, in a departure from the group's debut album, People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990).

Recording sessions for the album were held mostly at Battery Studios in New York City, from 1990 to 1991. The Low End Theory is the second studio album by American hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest, released on September 24, 1991, by Jive Records.

A tribe called quest the low end theory zip