A Tribe Called Quest Tops Charts for First Time in 20 Years

Photo of A Tribe Called Quest's Q-Tip and Jarobi White on 'SNL,' by Will Heath

A Tribe Called Quest has returned to the top of the U.S. album charts after a 20-year gap.

Their new album, We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service, the group's first since 1998's The Love Movement and said to be their final studio effort, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

According to Nielsen Music, the record earned 135,000 equivalent album units in the tracking week ending Nov. 17, with 112,000 of that total being traditional album sales.

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The group's previous No. 1 album was the 1996 release of Beats, Rhymes and Life, which topped the chart in August of that year. The 20-year wait between chart-toppers is the longest in hip-hop history.

As we previously mentioned, We Got It From Here... is A Tribe Called Quest's first since the death of Phife Dawg in March. He still appears on the record alongside guests such as André 3000, Kendrick Lamar and Jack White.