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A Tribe Called Quest

Posted inEditor's Pick

“The Anti-Woodstock ’99”: An Oral History of the Tibetan Freedom Concert

by Peter Rubin October 26, 2022October 26, 2022

“The 1996 San Francisco concert set the template for combining music and activism in the 1990s.”

Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story, Writing

Hanif Abdurraqib on Loving A Tribe Called Quest

by Jonny Auping February 26, 2019October 19, 2022

“I wasn’t interested in writing the definitive book on A Tribe Called Quest. I was trying to write the definitive book on a single arc of fandom.”

Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Nonfiction, Story

The Paths of Rhythm

by Longreads February 1, 2019October 19, 2022

A Tribe Called Quest’s pioneering music is one of many filaments that connects Americans of color with each other now and back through time.

Posted inArts & Culture, Featured, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Quote Posts, Quotes

‘Turn Off Your Brain and Just Trust Instinct’: Q-Tip on the Evolving Sound of Hip-Hop

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands April 2, 2017October 19, 2022

Kyle Kramer, editor at Noisey, talks with A Tribe Called Quest’s Q-Tip about staying true to himself while evolving with the sound of hip-hop.

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A Tribe Called Quest’s Generation Is Now and Forever: A Conversation with Q-Tip

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands March 31, 2017October 19, 2022

Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest talks with Noisey editor Kyle Kramer about Tribe’s sixth and final album, the importance of art, the evolution of hip-hop, and missing Phife Dawg.

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