Uploaded by BVMUndergroundHipHop on Mar 12, 2008
Without question the most intelligent, artistic rap group during the 1990s, A Tribe Called Quest jump-started and perfected the hip-hop alternative to hardcore and gangsta rap. In essence, they abandoned the macho posturing rap music had been constructed upon, and focused instead on abstract philosophy and message tracks. The "sucka MC" theme had never been completely ignored in hip-hop, but Tribe confronted numerous black issues -- date rape, use of the word nigger, the trials and tribulations of the rap industry -- all of which overpowered the occasional game of the dozens. Just as powerful musically, Quest built upon De La Soul's jazz-rap revolution, basing tracks around laid-back samples instead of the played-out James Brown-fests which many rappers had made a cottage industry by the late '80s.
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LYRICS ANNONYMOUS....YOU'LL "NEVER" HEAR ME COPY!!!!! AS WE USED TO SAY.....TOO MANY BITERS!!!!!
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The best album of all time by the best Hip Hop group of all time. A landmark moment in music.
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@JAYFROMHARLEM wack mcs init
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acute at that, so do dat do dat do do dat dat dat
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This is real.. back them people rapped stories, nowadays its all about money, drugs & whores.. I'm 16 & I love old school way better than today.. thats how I was raised.. Don't believe the hype.
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@bucjordan23 hell yea man lmao i thought i was the only one who had that story..thats crazy
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"I never let a statue tell me how nice I am". Damn, that's like a prophesy. xD These are one of the few rappers with actual conscious lyrics, and actual ARTISTIC TALENT. That's right Lil Wayne and 50 Cent; what you make ISN'T MUSIC. Why can't all the right people get fucking shot and die already? The world was just fine without Lil Wayne.:/
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temazo locos
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nowadays popular hip hop is skillless fuck wich is produced for money only
1 year ago 3
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this is hip hop!
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Damn I miss hip hop.. This is hip hop right here.. We need more music like this not this rap shit... Everyone is a drug dealer now.. Fake ass rappers
JAYFROMHARLEM 2 years ago 24
damn this is real music !
kue0205 2 years ago 13