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Find a Way (A Tribe Called Quest song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Find a Way
| cover = Findaway.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = A Tribe Called Quest
| album = The Love Movement
| B-side = "Steppin' It Up"[https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5920420/tribe_called_quest_focuses_on_new_disc Tribe Called Quest Focuses On New Disc ]. 'Rolling Stone' (June 18, 1998). Accessed December 27, 2008.
| released = August 25, 1998
| recorded = 1997
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Alternative hip hop
| length = 3:24
| label = Jive
| writer =
| producer = The Ummah
| prev_title = Stressed Out
| prev_year = 1996
| next_title = Like It Like That
| next_year = 1998
| misc =
}}
'"Find a Way"' is a song by A Tribe Called Quest, the first single from their fifth album 'The Love Movement'. 'The New York Times' Ben Ratliff wrote that "Find a Way" "innocently wonders about the point at which friendship spills over into sex."Ratliff, Ben (November 27, 1998). [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C07E3D91539F934A15752C1A96E958260 POP REVIEW; After a Decade, Rap's Tribe Called Quest Goes Silent]. 'The New York Times'. Accessed December 22, 2008.
Production
According to 'The Love Movement' liner notes, the track features production "initiated by JD of The Ummah."[https://www.discogs.com/release/4777742 A Tribe Called Quest The Love Movement] Discogs. Accessed on April 29, 2017. The track contained samples from "Technova" by Towa Tei from the album 'Future Listening!'. In 1990, Q-Tip was featured on the hit single "Groove Is in the Heart" by Deee-Lite, a group that Towa Tei was involved with until 1996.
Music video
The video starts in outer space, with a wide view of Earth that is later revealed to be a decoration in Ali Shaheed Muhammad's car. Ali spots three girls, and Q-Tip decides to flirt with all three. A scene of California appears and shows the group walking on the beach while Phife Dawg is rapping. Next, the scene changes to a party, showing Q-Tip experiencing a romantic moment. From there, the video shifts to an art museum where Q-Tip is talking to his girl. The video then returns to Phife Dawg on the beach, telling a girl that he will do what she wants. The video ends with the group in a club, dancing with women and having fun. During the final chorus, the video pans once again to outer space, then shows the group sleeping in Ali's car.
There is an iconic sing-along style bouncing ball each time the chorus plays.
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References
Category:1998 singles
Category:A Tribe Called Quest songs
Category:Music videos directed by Paul Hunter (director)
Category:1998 songs
Category:Jive Records singles
Category:Song recordings produced by J Dilla
Category:Song recordings produced by the Ummah
Category:Songs written by Q-Tip (musician)
Category:Songs written by J Dilla
Category:Songs written by Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Category:Songs written by Phife Dawg
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