Tag: A Tribe Called Quest
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Hallmighty – Disco Deluxe (7) Will Never Die!
Another month, another Hallmighty compilation – this time the 7th in the Disco Deluxe series, and is it a Lucky 7 or 7 years bad luck? Disco Deluxe 7 by HallMighty & MarkJMix Well given I am featuring it, it’s obviously the former, and it’s got several classics on it – I heard a rumour…
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RIP Trugoy the Dove of De La Soul
The hiphop world mourns the loss of Trugoy The Dove from De La Soul at just 54 years old. With their catchy raps, eclectic sampling, and serious messages, De La Soul was an integral part of the genre’s evolution. Just as their music is finally coming to streaming services after 3 decades, this tragedy strikes.
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RC 290: Well Tempered
A listener once said they knew if it was a good podcast if I sounded pissed off at the start. Well, welcome to an extremely good episode then! A well tempered Clash, forged in the heat of online battle, which raises the question, where’s the real one? (oh it’s an old joke, and not even…
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I woke up on cue
On World Beard Day, I appropriately saw the very follically blessed Epic Beard Men tonight (Sage Francis and B Dolan) on the last night of their world tour, and they were, well epic. The audience was quite beardy & bearish too, but also a mix of ages. Several highlights – 2Bad, You Can’t Win, Sage…
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RIP Phife Dawg
Sad to hear Phife Dawg from Tribe Called Quest has died. Love this tribute to J-Dilla he made, which seems oddly appropriate now. I have a complex relationship with Tribe – a massive fan back in the day, until I heard a homophobic track from them which they then turned into a moan about the…
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I own hip hop, and you do too
Another day, another person having a go at Iggy Azalea. I’m not opposed to that, she’s an awful pop rapper, but then again it’s that hypocrite Q-Tip trying to lecture a rather skewed picture of hip hop history, pretty sure him and Tribe were middle class kids from Queens? Anyway I’m sure those that grew…