As the song title suggests, “Vibes and Stuff” is a laid-back song that features more laconic verses from Q-Tip and Phife Dawg. The song radiates positive vibes that transport the listener to the sunny streets of Queens, NY with plenty of shoutouts all around. Vibes is also shorthand for a vibraphone, which is one of the instruments used in the beat of the song. The song takes multiple samples from Grant Green’s 1970 song “Down Here On the Ground”. The first sample of the horns can be heard at the beginning of the song.

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