Everything Is Fair

Recorded and mixed with A Tribe Called Quest and Bob Power during the The Low End Theory sessions, with “Everything Is Fair” programmed at Jazzy Jay’s Studio in the Bronx. Skeff Anselm produced the track, and A Tribe Called Quest handled the co-production and mixing. The track appeared on The Low End Theory, the 1991 album that helped define A Tribe Called Quest’s jazz-inflected, minimalist sound and became a landmark release for alternative hip hop. Contemporary and retrospective coverage has treated the album as one of the group’s defining statements, with “Everything Is Fair” serving as one of its key album cuts. “Everything Is Fair” remains part of the canon of The Low End Theory, an album still cited for its lasting influence on hip hop production and its fusion of jazz atmosphere with rap. The track is also notable for its sampled foundations and continued discussion among sample-focused music databases and retrospectives.