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DJ Clark Kent Says The Chronic Is Not a Classic; Let Me Tell You Why He’s Wrong
The producer and DJ said Dr. Dre's debut studio is not a classic because there's a song he can skip.
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Why Was A Tribe Called Quest Snubbed From the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Again?
Rapper Consequence, who collaborated with the group across multiple albums, voiced his frustrations about the group’s snub.
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Remaining Members of De La Soul To Honor the Life of Trugoy the Dove
The legendary hip-hop group will honor the life of their recently deceased collaborator with a tribute concert in New York this week.
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De La Soul Co-Founder Trugoy the Dove Dies at 54
Trugoy, also known as Plug Two, had been open about his battles with congestive heart failure.
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Here’s Why White People Love A Tribe Called Quest
The legendary Hip-Hop group was recently nominated to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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'Can [We] Kick It' With Outkast and A Tribe Called Quest at the 'Player's Ball'? Yep, Their Verzuz Is in the Works
Season 2 of Verzuz is about to be hella lit, y’all. In a recent interview with Kid Capri, co-founder Swizz Beatz dropped one of the upcoming acts for Verzuz and it’s pretty damn “SpottieOttieDopaliscious.” “We got A Tribe Called Quest and OutKast. [It’s] pending,” Swizz revealed. “I wasn’t even supposed to say, I might have…
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If an Album Isn't Streaming Online, Does It Really Exist? A Theoretical Discussion
I did something recently that I haven’t done in probably 10 years—I made two compact disc (CD) purchases. That’s right, in the year of our lord 2020, I purchased Adriana Evans 1997 self-titled debut album and De La Soul’s Five-Mic classic, 1991’s De La Soul Is Dead. I spent $21 and $25, respectively, of my…
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The 10 Blackest Shoes That I Own
While I wouldn’t necessarily call myself a sneakerhead—perhaps that’s some sort of reluctant denial; my wife is absolutely tired of my sneaker deliveries—I spend more than a little bit of time perusing sneaker websites and videos from people named Foamer Simpson, Jacques Slade and Seth Fowler, watching sneaker unboxing videos of shoes that I try…
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9 Thoughts about Mobb Deep and Their Classic Album, The Infamous, That Just Turned 25 Years Old
Mobb Deep’s sophomore album, The Infamous, recently turned 25 years old, having been released on April 25, 1995. Produced largely by Havoc and featuring notable additional production from Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest—an integral part of their story—and featuring stellar, vivid lyricism from Prodigy and Havoc, this album is an indisputable hip hop classic.…
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Q-Tip Reveals He Is Releasing Three New Albums in the Most Q-Tip Way Imaginable
He’s been laying low for a minute, but Q-Tip is coming back to the solo music scene. In fact, the rapper/producer is gearing up to release not one, not two…but three new projects. In an Instagram post thanking his followers for their 50th birthday wishes on April 10, the Tribe Called Quest member was slappin’…