Celebrate the 25th anniversaries of Wu-Tang Clan’s Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) and A Tribe Called Quest’s Midnight Marauders with this incredible blend tape by DJ Filthy Rich. The tape features Rich masterfully blending 36 Chambers lyrics with Midnight Marauders beats (“C.R.E.A.M.” over “Award Tour” is one of my favorites)—well done sir!
Also, peep the original ads for both albums below, courtesy of UpNorthTrips…
This Red Bull Music Academy session with Q-Tip is over two hours long and about five years old, but it’s fucking incredible. Watch the interview above (or peep the abridged podcast version HERE), then listen to the playlist I made below that was inspired by it, featuring my favorite Q-Tip ATCQ songs, solo joints, features, collabos and outside productions.
*Update*
Not exactly related, but here’s a dope RBMA article by the great Philip Mlynar on the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, a place where I did one of my first open mic performances ever. Read HERE.
Stay tuned for more Random Rap Ads, coming soon…
A Tribe Called Quest’s lead single “We The People” gets the visual treatment. Check it out above, and peep Phife’s newly-erected street sign on Linden Boulevard…
RIP Phife Dawg.
Nuff respect to Q-Tip for sampling this absolute roots gem on “Whateva Will Be,” my favorite cut off the new A Tribe Called Quest album.
Related: Tribe Lab
A Tribe Called Quest’s new album We Got It From Here…Thank You 4 Your Service is out now, and whether you’re a day one fan or new to the Queens crew, it’s definitely worth checking out. Being a Tribe head to the core, I’m not only enjoying the new music (favorite songs out the gate are “The Space Program” and “Whateva Will Be”) but also the media coverage that is promoting it.
Complex has them on the cover of their new issue, with a full story on the making of the album, including exclusive in-studio pics you can check out HERE. And below, watch as CBS’s Gayle King takes a tour of Q-Tip’s home studio where the album was recorded.
Catch A Tribe Called Quest on tomorrow night on SNL…and watch their new lyric video for “We The People…” HERE.
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Ebro goes through the new Tribe album track-by-track with Q-Tip and Jarobi on Beats 1. Listen HERE.
Also, watch ATCQ’s SNL performances HERE.
Touré has the story behind the new A Tribe Called Quest album We Got It From Here, Thank You for Your Service, due out November 11th. RIP Phife Dawg.
Loss Haunts A Tribe Called Quest’s First Album in 18 Years (NY Times)
*Bonus*
DJ Rhude – The Found Tapes Vol. 3: A Tribe Called Quest
Wishing a happy 25th anniversary to my favorite album ever. This shit literally changed my life. #RIPPhife
The Low End Theory: 10 Things You Didn’t Know (Rolling Stone)
The Low End Theory 25th Anniversary Mixtape (Chris Read & Wax Poetics)
Here’s a dope interview Genius did with Skeff Anselm, who A Tribe Called Quest fans should know from this shoutout. And yes, that’s him on the Midnight Marauders cover. Click below to read.
How Skeff Anselm Helped Tribe, Mos Def, and Brand Nubian Make Classics
Yo! My boy Gippamaldi just sent me this Jack Wilkins gem, which you’ll quickly notice is the sample from A Tribe Called Quest’s “Sucka Nigga.” He had never heard it until today, and neither had I! Shit is flames, for real. Gotta see what else this guy’s got, I’ve been sleeping.
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