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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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News in english
about A Tribe Called Quest
(August / 2009)
Christina Aguilera Launches Radio Station Date: 10 Aug 2009
Moldova.org -
Christina Aguilera launched her own radio station on August 7. The 24-hour online channel is distributed via Clear Channel Radio's iheartradio network. Christina told the Associated Press, "It stands across so many different feels and genres from A Tribe Called Quest to the Beatles to Billie Holiday to Bjork to Black Sabbath, Jay-Z." The channel features Christina's favorite songs, as well as ...
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Celebrity birthdays on Aug. 11 Date: 11 Aug 2009
Miami Herald -
Actress-TV personality Arlene Dahl is 81. Actress Anna Massey is 72. Singer Eric Carmen is 60. Wrestler-actor Hulk Hogan is 56. Singer Joe Jackson is 55. Actress Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad) is 41. Actress Ashley Jensen (Ugly Betty) is 41. Rock guitarist Charlie Sexton is 41. Rap DJ Ali Shaheed Muhammad (A Tribe Called Quest) is 39. Rapper Chris Kelly of Kris Kross is 31. Rapper Asher Roth is 24.
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Fiery raps and complex beats: It's a Blitzkreig Date: 17 Aug 2009
Miami Herald -
HIP-HOP BLITZ THE AMBASSADOR Stereotype Embassy MVMT 1/2 Jazz-based hip-hop has been around for more than 20 years. Whether it was the sample-based sounds of Gang Starr and A Tribe Called Quest or the live instrumentation of The Roots, jazz music figured prominently in the development of hip-hop music and culture. But while modern rap trends favor drum machines and synthesizers, Blitz ...
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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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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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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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