Agreed. Vibes and Stuff sounds like it belongs on Midnight Marauders.
I think Tip, Ghost, Rae and Nas are crazy in a good way for the following.
Q-Tip worked steady - and persevered to contribute to both Illmatic and Infamous.
Nas on this album says he was before Wu Tang. Cool, but eye raising words with friendly competition.
For Nas to jump on Cuban Linx....then for Mobb, Rae, Ghost and Nas to work on infamous is crazy teamwork.
If they were lazy, perfectionists or ego driven they would not have recorded in 1995. But they just did. Like Nike just do it.
A simple decision and attempt and it worked flawlessly.
Alot of big time artists can't do that over time.