A Tribe Called Quest's "The Low End Theory" is widely considered to be one of the best Hip-Hop albums of all-time, and for good reason, with its jazz-influenced production, clever rhymes, and great back and forth between Q-Tip and Phife along with Q-Tip's very unique rhyme style it definitely sets it self apart from most hip-hop albums. The album is full of great songs, and several hits, "Scenario" was another favorite of mine, but "Check the Rhime" was the standout track, it typifies the album in the one song, the laid back jazz beat, and fun back and forth .
Scottie Pippen is considered to be the best "Robin" in NBA History, he practically invented the role, but during the Bulls second three-peat they had a very capable, very good third option an "Alfred" if you will with Croatian born Toni Kukoc. Kukoc came to the Bulls the year after Jordan left to play baseball, and was comfortable playing the "Robin" role to Pippen's "Batman". But when Jordan came out of retirement to rejoin the Bulls Kukoc accepted a smaller role, coming off the bench. Kukoc would go on to win the 6th Man of the Year in 1996, and was 3rd in Scoring on a Bulls team that won 3 Straight NBA Titles, and set the record for most wins in one season. Kukoc was a great closer, so much so that there were several times during the Bull's second 3-Peat that coach Phil Jackson chose to go to Kukoc to finish the game over Pippen and even Jordan.
Fun Fact: I got "The Low End Theory" Tape from BMG Music, in one of those ads were you pick 6 tapes (or CDs, if you had a CD Player at the time) and tape a penny on the ad and mail it in.
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