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A Tribe Called Quest

Beats, Rhymes & Life1996English

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Album: Beats, Rhymes & Life
Released: July 30, 1996
Language: English
Duration: 3:35
Recorded at: Battery Studios (New York City)

Credits

Written by: Consequence
Phife Dawg
Q-Tip
Consequence, Phife Dawg, Q-Tip
Produced by: The Ummah
The Ummah
Mixed by: Tony Smalios
The Ummah
Tony Smalios, The Ummah
Mastered by: Tom Coyne
Tom Coyne
Label: Jive Records
RCA Records
Jive Records, RCA Records

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