In the late '80s and early '90s was present, especially on the east coast of USA, a representative complaint which addressed social issues in a totally opposite to groups involved such as Public Enemy.
do it in a positive light and ironic it was, in fact, the hallmark of the Native Tongues tour, consisting of three groups: Jungle Brothers, De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest to Queen Latifah adds that "yes".
Very common is the musical group, focusing on Afro-funk rhythms with jazz influences, especially in the case of ATCQ
And it is them that I want to talk.
Q-Tip, Phife Dawg and Ali Shaheed Muhammad joined in 1985 under the name of this, it will be later that, thanks to the Jungle Brothers, Q-Tip with whom he recorded the song Black is Black for their album "Straight Out The Jungle", adding "A Tribe Called."
Dopo aver registrato un demo nel 1989, per la piccolissima Geffen Records, che comprendeva i brani Description of a fool, I left my wallet in El Secundo e Can I kick it? (quest'ultimo contiene il campionamento del brano Walk on the wild side di Lou Reed), svariate case discografiche proposero al gruppo contratti molto allettanti, ma loro si accontentarono di firmare per la modesta Jive Records che però era molto conosciuta nell'ambiente rap.
of ATCQ's first LP came in 1990 for Jive Records called "People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm" that only contains 2 of the 3 singles on cited, offers gems like Bonita Applebum and Luck of Lucien (pun with the name of gangster Lucky Luciano).
The themes of the disc varied between safe sex, vegetarianism, youthful experiences, all delivered with a sense of humor and positive. The carpets are mainly jazz-funk music, with sampling of artists like Cannonball Adderley, Roy Ayers, Les McCann and Rotary Connection.
An album, then, absolutely delicious and qualitatively high level.
year later comes their second album "The Low End Theory" (1991 Jive Records), to which the ATCQ are trying to make a sound even more uniform than the first working .
All a bit 'more based on Jazz, thanks to the' aid of the J-bassist Ron Carter, who with his performance provides some heat to the disc, unattainable with the use of samplers.
Anche qui non mancano temi impegnati come il consumismo in Skypager , e la violenza in The Infamous Date Rape. Altri brani notevoli sono Excursion (nel quale si sentono alcuni versi dei mitici Last Poets), Everything Is Fair che contiene un sample dei Funkadelic e la fantastica Scenario con la partecipazione di Busta Rhymes.
Nel 1993 continuano il loro percorso musicale pubblicando "Midnight Maraudes" (Jive records), altro disco di successo che tende ad utilizzare sonorità più melodiche rispetto ai precedenti, ma sempre incentrate sul jazz. Un disco molto bello nel complesso, con brani ottimi come 8 Million Stories, Clap Your Hands, Oh My God e Keep It Rollin' che si avvale della partecipazione di Large Professor sia in veste di produttore del brano, che in the mc.
The fourth album, considered by many the best, published three years later, in 1996, the height of the guerrilla war between East Coast and West Coast. Our heroes, however, are minimally affected by the situation and, indeed, are respected in both coasts. The work is titled "Beats, Rhymes and Life" (Jive Records), and contains the majority of the team The Ummah production, composed by the same Q-Tip, Ali Shaheed Muhammad and a promising young producer in Detroit years will become a legend Jay Dee (aka J Dilla, RIP).
The collective work in time with the likes of Janet Jackson and Whitney Houston.
"Beats, Rhymes and Life" includes classics like Keeping It Moving, Get A Hold, Motivators and many others because, eventually, the whole album is a classic enough to be nominated for Grammy Awards for best rap album, thanks to the single 1nce Again, and comes in first place in the Billboard charts.
In 1998, ATCQ announce the dissolution of the group, but did not leave empty-handed the many fans around the globe. "The Love Movement" (1998, Jive Records) is, in fact, the last chapter weblog A Tribe Called Quest.
Entirely produced by The Ummah collectively referred to, the album turns out to be yet another mature work of the trio. Do not miss important collaborations such as Redman, Noreaga, Busta Rhymes and Mos Def, and there are tracks now become real milestones as Find A Way.
After the division of the group, the three embark on a solo:
Q-Tip released the album "Amplified" product of his own in 1999 with the collaboration of Jay Dee and, after nearly a decade of collaborations spread and important back in 2008 with "The Renaissance".
Phife Dawg, however, just a public album in 2000 entitled "Ventilation: Da LP", which also sees as the likes of producer Hi-Tek and Pete Rock. In subsequent years will not publish any more albums, post only a few sporadic collaboration.
Ali Shaheed Muhammad published the album "Lucy Pearl" in 2000 together with Raphael Saadiq and Dawn Robinson for Virgin Records.
Ultimately, apart from the success of the group, who will actually be able to break through its Q-Tip, which also was the artist most featured of the three. Who thinks about ATCQ think first of a Q-Tip and its particular tone of voice that makes it unique.
The group will meet for a number of occasions, however, and live concerts such as the Rock The Bells 2004.
finish by saying that A Tribe Called Quest is one of those groups who should thank you for bringing to life, along with groups like Gang Starr, a 'wave in jazz rap music. It is thanks to artists like these that the great black music began to appreciate what is rap. Its elegance and its refinement.
do street music in a powerful and elegant at the same time is not easy, and A Tribe Called Quest have been able to do very well.
Dj Danko
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