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GBS x LPS – Hip hop record covers as Gameboys

May 24, 2019January 26, 2020 by Luke Alex Davis
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Iconic album covers morphed into Gameboys is a thing I didn’t know I needed. I started modding my own Gameboys a few months ago and I’m really enjoying it. Established modders like gamechangermods inspired me to take the plunge and he has a mini project of his own. Introducing GBS x LPS. As described by …

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Phife Dawg – #DearDilla

January 22, 2014December 24, 2020 by Luke Alex Davis

Phife Dawg throws up the first single from his WIP album “MUTTYmorPHosis”.

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Interview: Phife Dawg

January 1, 2014August 11, 2020 by Luke Alex Davis

We interviewed the legend that is Phife Dawg of A Tribe Called Quest about his achievements, his thoughts on the NBA season and his voice appearance on The Rugrats Movie. One of the first hip hop groups I discovered during my own “instinctive travels” through hip hop were A Tribe Called Quest and they have remained …

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Happy 20th Birthday To Midnight Marauders & 36 Chambers!

November 10, 2013January 13, 2021 by Luke Alex Davis
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We wish A Tribe Called Quest and Wu-Tang a happy 20th birthday for their albums Midnight Marauders and 36 Chambers with everything you need to know about the seminal hip hop classics.

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Hip Hop

Happy 22nd Birthday, The Low End Theory!

September 24, 2013January 13, 2021 by Luke Alex Davis

It’s been 22 years to the day that A Tribe Called Quest released The Low End Theory. I’m gonna tell you a secret. When songs overwhelm me with their greatness, I get goosebumps and I well up. Sometimes it’s due to a sentimental association; happier times when I didn’t have a care in the world. …

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Bizarre Tribe Receives A Cease & Desist Letter From Sony

June 6, 2013May 4, 2019 by Luke Alex Davis

Well, that’s sad. Sony send Gummy Soul a cease and desist letter for their Bizarre Tribe release. Industry Rule #4080 in full effect. Following on from the ingenious Fela Soul, Bizarre Tribe fused the rhymes of The Pharcyde and Tribe from their debut album and the samples from ATCQ’s The Low End Theory breathing fresh …

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Rappamelo – A Tribe Called Quest Sample Playlist (Spotify)

April 27, 2013January 13, 2021 by Luke Alex Davis
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Music blog Rappamelo have put together a mini playlist of some of the samples used by A Tribe Called Quest. A Tribe Called Quest were known for their lyricism and choice of samples and Rappamelo have clearly thought about the latter as they have put together a playlist of some of their samples. The likes …

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Happy Birthday, Q-Tip!

April 10, 2013March 1, 2020 by Luke Alex Davis
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Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest and the Soulquarians celebrates his 43rd birthday. It’d be hard to imagine hip hop without Q-Tip and his influence on not only the music but the culture as a whole, being a member of the Zulu Nation. He’s one of the few people in the game to be held …

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Hip Hop

A Tribe Called Quest To Perform At Wireless Festival

March 12, 2013January 13, 2021 by Luke Alex Davis
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A Tribe Called Quest will be performing in London in July. No, it’s not 1st April and you’re not dreaming. Pretty much lost for words right now. Hip hop legends A Tribe Called Quest wil be performing in the UK for the first time in 20 years when they’ll be on stage at Wireless Festival …

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Hip Hop

28 Days of Dilla #7: Happy Birthday, Jay Dee!

February 7, 2013February 7, 2021 by Luke Alex Davis
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We’re wishing James Yancey a happy birthday on Day 7 of 28 Days of Dilla. ¡Feliz cumpleaños!, bonne anniversaire, happy birthday. Whatever language you say it in, it means the same thing; it’s a celebration of someone’s life on the day it came into the world. Alas, Mr Yancey’s is no longer with us to …

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Hip Hop

12 Days of Early 90’s Hip Hop – Day 9

January 3, 2013May 4, 2019 by Elle
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So, it’s Day 9 of 12 Days of Early 90’s Hip Hop and we’re on a Quest in 1993… Midnight Marauders – A Tribe Called Quest (1993) Produced by A Tribe Called Quest, Large Professor and Skeff Anselm You couldn’t have a definitive list of early 90’s Hip Hop without including Q-Tip and crew. This …

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Hip Hop

I Reminisce Over You – How I Fell In Love With Music & Hip Hop

October 3, 2012May 24, 2019 by Luke Alex Davis
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A lot has happened to me in the past three years. I dropped out of university, rejected a graphic design scholarship, worked full time for a year, got rejected from a university and eventually went back to university (the same one that rejected me, but for a different course). Oh, and three different girlfriends as …

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FREE DL: Bizarre Tribe: A Quest to The Pharcyde (Single)

August 23, 2012January 18, 2021 by Luke Alex Davis

Join the Bizarre Tribe on their Quest to The Pharcyde.

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