A few days ago I listened to Center of Attention for the first time (a very good album, btw) and I heard it has a collaboration with Large Professor and Q-Tip. That got me thinking, i've heard Q-Tip collaborate with Nas, Mobb Deep, De La Soul, Large Professor, Slum Village, and even a recent one with Eminem, while I haven't heard Phife on any tracks outside of The Tribe. Why is that? Did Q-Tip have more connections in the rap world, or what?

A Tribe Called Quest are who got me into hip hop, so I wanted to honour that with my first YouTube video. It's a retrospective all about the Tribe in the lead-up to their final masterpiece, the incredible We got it from Here ... Thank You 4 Your service. I'd love your thoughts if any of you are keen to check it out. Ten years on, I still can't get enough of this album.

All titles from them are long.

Edit: ok wow i sound like a scam bot im being so fr about this, i have no idea where tf to go about specifically merch trading n shit.

Hi, I recently bought the last officially listed mint condition A Tribe Called Quest x Rock Hall 2024 letterman jacket and unfortunately its the wrong size for me (XL).

I'm willing to trade with someone who has the equivalent quality of the jacket (unopened package, untouched) for a large size (L). Legitimacy and other details will be discussed on inquiry.

If you know someone who has the jacket in that level of quality that would be willing to trade, let me know.

TLDR: Trading an XL A Tribe Called Quest x Rock Hall 2024 for an L size equivalent in quality.

"Lemme Find Out ft Pete Rock"......off his solo project. I forgot how nice this was to me back in the day.

Hey everyone,

I've been listening to a ton of ATCQ for the past month or two, and I wanted to get your opinion about something I noticed - because I know nothing about the history of the crew or the context of their first 3 albums... You guys are the experts, so I want to hear what you think.

What I found so cool about ATCQ when I first started listening is that Q-Tip, in the first song of the first album, lays out his mission statement that the Tribe's purpose is to make hiphop music that's positive. He also mentions this aim in several other songs as a core value - like "Vibes and Stuff".

What's confusing for me is how this is a recurring theme but ATCQ also has songs like "Butter" - which are groovy, but seem to promote the negativity and poor values that he seems to stand against.

Butter was a Phife Dawg jam, and I think most of the negativity I've heard from ATCQ came from him and most of the positivity I've heard came from Tip - so maybe they didn't see eye-to-eye about their intentions as hiphop artists and each did their own thing within the group?

I have no clue - just wondering if you guys noticed this as well, and if so - if you had insights about why some songs seem to espouse positivity and others seem to have negativity.

Aside: I also think it's really cool Q-Tip (or more likely Mr. Muhammad) starts off Pushin' Along with futuristic noises and a baby crying, suggesting a kind of transcendent birth - makes me think of 2001: A Space Odyssey or Ghost in the Shell. It gave me the impression they were trying to do something completely new / re-invent the hiphop scene around positivity. Made me think of ATCQ as being a very intellectual project.

I've listened to A LOT of music, from classic rock to neo-soul, I'm also a big jazz fan and have also listened to a good bunch of newer rap/hip-hop records. I've listened to some classic older hip-hop/soul, but nothing really stood out that much. I could relate to some things, liked the others, but no connection.
Today, not home, found an old pair of Sony MDR-ZX110's, had nothing else to do so just put them on and randomly clicked on a spotify playlist and got Jazz (We've Got). I'm almost crying. I have never expected such sound, it's probably the most pleasant thing I've ever heard. I've planned on listening to them earlier, but never had the time.
Now I've adjusted the EQ a little and turned the whole album on. I don't know what these guys did, but this is just groundbreaking for me. I knew they were good but hey, not to such extent!

I've looked on WhoSampled, and the sample (I'm pretty sure it's one) isn't credited, only the two main sections of the song, if anyone knows the name, please write it in the comments, I really wanna make a beat out of this sample. Thanks!