People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm is the debut studio album by American hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest, released on April 17, 1990, by Jive Records. After forming the Native Tongues collective and collaborating on several projects, A Tribe Called Quest began recording sessions for People's Instinctive Travels in late 1989 at Calliope Studios with completion reached in early 1990. The album's laid back production encompassed a diverse range of samples that functioned as a template for the group's unorthodox lyrics.