Find a Way | |
Cover: | Findaway.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | A Tribe Called Quest |
Album: | The Love Movement |
B-Side: | "Steppin' It Up"[1] |
Released: | August 25, 1998 |
Recorded: | 1997 |
Genre: | Alternative hip hop |
Length: | 3:24 |
Label: | Jive |
Producer: | The Ummah |
Prev Title: | Stressed Out |
Prev Year: | 1996 |
Next Title: | Like It Like That |
Next Year: | 1998 |
"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."[2]
According to The Love Movement liner notes, the track features production "initiated by JD of The Ummah."[3] 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.
The video starts to Alicante, Spain 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 Alicante 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.