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 »

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 »

Erika Santos’ Stairway To Heaven

Twitter Is The Most Used Word In 2009 [Asylum]

The Real Reason To Go With Droid: Porn [SVI]

A Tribe Called Quest Doc Coming in 2010, Says Director Michael Rapaport [XXL]

The 7 Most Inexplicable Character Additions To TV Shows [Guyism]

Japanese Man Marries Anime Video Game Character [Comics Alliance]

How Not To Attend An M.O.P. Show [Unkut]

Techno Chicken [College Humor]

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

Words By S. Cadet

The NBA All-Star Break is finally upon us. Tons of basketball purists loathe the weekend since it’s full of nonsense like the GEICO game (i.e. HORSE with a corporate plug-in, new to this year’s All-Star Saturday.) It also boosts players’ egos towards a game which, in many instances, is lacking of any actual defense or significant meaning besides getting on SportsCenter’s top 10.

Now I’m an NBA fan at heart. I don’t think I’m as tight as these guys about reformatting the weekend. With that said the festivities could use some restructuring. Allow me to be the interim-NBA commissioner within these next paragraphs and attempt to make a few alterations to All-Star Weekend.

What Needs To Go…

The Celebrity All-Star Game — I really don’t need to see the guy from Chuck airball wide open 3’s. Admittedly it’ll be funny for a couple of minutes but I can’t take sub 30% shooting from the field for too long. Don’t quit your day job Turk. Read the rest of this entry »