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A Tribe Called Quest was an influential hip-hop group of the 1990s, originally formed in Queens, New York City in 1988. The group is comprised of Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, and DJ Ali Shaheed Muhammad. A fourth member, Jarobi White, was an intermittent collaborator, appearing in videos from the first album, and creating song ideas, and mentioned as a 'sometimes' member on their third album. Q-Tip and Phife had grown up together in Queens, and met Muhammad in high school. The group's name was coined by The Jungle Brothers, whose members attended the same school. |
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Latest News in english
about A Tribe Called Quest
WhoSampled: Uncovering the Origins of Rap, Rock and Pop Date: 02 Dec 2009
ReadWriteWeb -
If you've ever mistaken Parliament for Snoop or Lou Reed for A Tribe Called Quest, you wouldn't be entirely wrong. Musicians have been sampling from others for years and instead of arguing about where a sample originated, there's a new site that offers you the facts. UK-based software consultant Nadav Poraz recently launched WhoSampled - a site that allows users to explore the origins of their ...
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Interview: Rich Medina funks up the Shelter Date: 19 Nov 2009
Shanghaiist -
Rich Medina, a veteran of the New York music scene, is tearing up the Shelter on Friday night - a party you definitely don't want to miss. Who is he? Besides being the resident DJ at New York's super-hip APT club on Wednesday night, he also holds it down with Q-tip, of a Tribe Called Quest, at Santo's Party House . This past summer he and Bobbito Garcia hosted "Happy Feet" at New York's Le ...
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Talk Stoop: Q-Tip Date: 05 Nov 2009
NBC New York -
If you were a fan of the 90's Native Tongue ensemble, A Tribe Called Quest, you've probably wondered what happened to the frontman, Q-Tip. Cat found out just what he's been doing...and more...on the...
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Q-Tip Kamaal the Abstract (Jive) (The Coast)
Date: 15 Oct 2009
by Dave Hayden Recorded in 2001 but shelved because there were no "hits," Kamaal the Abstract is a great leap for Q-Tip, expanding and delivering on everything to which A Tribe Called Quest aspired. True to its title, the album is predominantly a meditation on free jazz forms, funk and hip-hop, with many long improvised passages. Q-Tip's signature rap style is left to the last three (most Tribe ...
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Nick Hasted: Grim experiences give inspiration for the 'hip-hop Tracy Chapman' Date: 09 Sep 2009
Independent -
Speech Debelle told her producer Wayne "Lotek Hifi" Bennett to make her sound like a "hip-hop Tracy Chapman". For better and worse he succeeded. The 26-year-old south Londoner's debut Speech Therapy is a rap album rooted in the genre's respectable, conscious traditions – the lineage typified in the 1990s by A Tribe Called Quest, Mos Def, Common and Arrested Development.
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The Tragedy of Slum Village Date: 27 Aug 2009
Jackson Free Press -
Detroit-based hip-hop group Slum Village is best known for producer Jay Dee. A member of the influential production team, The Ummah, he worked with many of the Native Tongues acts in the '90s and early 2000s, including A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, The Pharcyde and Common.
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A world of hip hop in Delaware Date: 25 Aug 2009
The News Journal -
Q-Tip, the iconic frontman for A Tribe Called Quest, once said that hip hop could never be a way of life, because it "can't tell you how to raise a child or treat a wife."
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Q-Tip Knocks Mayor Bloomberg On Twitter, Calls Out To New York Jews Date: 21 Aug 2009
The Huffington Post -
Q-Tip, hip-hop legend and former member of A Tribe Called Quest, has taken to Twitter in a bid to sway New Yorkers from voting for Mayor Bloomberg this November.
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