There are plenty of takes on A Tribe Called Quest’s nostalgic salience—some of which sound more like PhD dissertations than actual music commentary. However, Tribe’s impact isn’t that complicated to grasp, even if some want it to be. The collective was just a very, very good group whose sound resonated with a lot of people. The Beats, Rhymes & Life film exemplifies that idea, among other things, Read the rest of this entry »

Love. What a beautifully dangerous word. Some kid from Queens, NY once said, and I’m paraphrasing, that love changes, and best friends become strangers. Ironically, he said that a couple years before even a hint of bad blood surrounding one of Hip-Hop’s most beloved groups, fellow Queens natives A Tribe Called Quest, became public knowledge. Just prior to the release of the The Love Movement, Tribe let the public know that it would serve as its final album. Read the rest of this entry »

Every musical act has that one pivotal moment that forever alters their history — for better or worse — forever. For A Tribe Called Quest, that signifier arrived in the form of Beats, Rhymes and Life, smack-dab in the middle of 1996, also a pivotal time for Hip-Hop music in general. Read the rest of this entry »

Electronic Musician:

On the 20th anniversary of A Tribe Called Quest’s The Low End Theory, the legendary producer/engineer reminisces about recording the landmark Hip-Hop album. Read the rest of this entry »

All the Tribe memories generated by the documentary warms the cockles of my heart (c) LC and, no lie, damn near causing me shed a tear watching the highs and lows the group experienced. Dah, chalk it up to nostalgia overload. Read the rest of this entry »

Words: Donwill

When you put a Nike SB model and an A Tribe Called Quest album in the same sentence you’ve got my attention and it just so happens that this Nike SB “Low End Theory” Blazer is a combination of two of my favorites. Read the rest of this entry »

Show attendees got a good surprise when headlining act Q-Tip brought his pal Kanye out to play hypeman for an amplified performance of the ACTQ classic “Award Tour” Read the rest of this entry »

After a Sundance debut, much talk and even dispute from the film’s subjects, Michael Rapaport’s documentary, Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest, is set to hit US theaters beginning on July 8th and the film’s official trailer hit the web recently. Read the rest of this entry »

Aqua with a fine addition to the game with this unreleased Tribe The Love Movement into featuring Mos Def.

Back in ‘98 I was Hip-Hop Music Director at WTJU in Charlottesville, Virginia. The nondescript position made me privy to treats like an advance copy of A Tribe Called Quest’s then last hurrah, The Love Movement. OG promo man Al Lindstrom had been servicing me with music from Jive Records for a minute so after a few pestering phone calls (e-mail? nah.) he sent me the CD advance, making me that ninja amongst my inner circle of Hip-Hop heads. Read the rest of this entry »

The “Just Begun” posse weren’t the only ones to leave NYC in a frenzy last night. Consequence was ever so kind to share his stage time with the crew that needs no introduction: ATCQ. Read the rest of this entry »

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Techno Chicken [College Humor]

West Coast Rappers Boycott Radio Station [The Urban Daily] Read the rest of this entry »

“But I Probably Will When Hov Does.” — Drake on “Fear”

Hip-Hop police is up in arms again. Drizzy Drake is being charged with falsifying love for the culture based on his lack of appreciation of its roots. Well, really, his crime was not crying when Pac died. For whatever reason, that seems to be offending people to the point where the man has to stoop to justifying himself on MTV. Read the rest of this entry »

Art by the homie Eric9

Not much to say that hasn’t already been said about this.

All fans of Mr. Yancey and his music should quite enjoy this. Anyone who isn’t familiar or appreciative of Dilla’s work, should definitely download this and get some knowledge. Rootzilla is a beast at mixing and blending, and he did Dilla’s work justice with this one.

A sequel is on the way and the tracklist is after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

Prop Jay already gave you the script & blessing for the track. Here’s the video visuals. Bobby reworks the Tribe classic for Reebok’s Classic Remixes series.

Words By Prop Jay

Pic By BRich

This was the first track that came my way this AM and I’m glad it did. In fact, waking up to anything resembling a classic like “Bonita Applebum” is not a very unpleasant task. B.o.B brings Read the rest of this entry »