Mike D on Q-Tip

[IzzyNYC]

I just picked up the current issue of Filter with Q-Tip on the cover and the article "The Legacy of A Tribe Called Quest". In The "Community Pays Homage" section, Mike D was first up. Sorry, I don't have a scanner but if anyone else is interested in what he had to say...

Tribe had a huge impact. They were probably the first hip-hop group to start sampling the jazz library, but it goes beyond that. It wasn't just, "Here's some jazz records, let's sample them." They brought a true musical sense and appreciation of that music to their sampling. And it was still hip-hop. You can't say it was anything but. You play their music in the club and people go nuts. That's hip-hop.

Tribe bridged color lines in ways groups prior to them never had. White kids bought Straight Outta Compton, but they had a different relationship with that than with a Tribe record. When a white surburban kid was buying N.W.A. or Public Enemy, that perchase was more voyeuristic than anything. But Tribe transended that and built up a legitimate fan base that grew beyond color lines and the constraints of pop radio. I think what enabled them to have that cross-over appeal was their genuine personalities.

[BangkokB]

It always amazed me the type of people I'd run into that had PE in their collection. I'm talking about surely looking black arm sleeve types I wouldn't want to owe $ to. And that was when they had just dropped Apocalypse 91. People that were holding onto ATCQ tended to be more well versed in hiphop and knew there was more out there than PE. Their music was more eclectic overall as a rule of thumb

Not knocking on PE at all ~I'm just saying that I'd see their discs amongst peoples music more so than ATCQ. And the ones that had ATCQ in their music collection tended to vary tremendously compared to the PE holders only. Fast Metal/Punk went hands down to PE holders.

[alikat]

^ i think i hear you, and i think i hear mike d . . . but really all that categorization makes my head spin. true story is, i've had both PE & Tribe in my collection since the years they released their debuts, and both bands really moved me and still resonate to this day. that said, i just can't stomach digging up my ticket stub to see if i'm a winner. know what i mean? i dunno.

thanks for the article, izzy!

[easy 3]

Man, you've gotta love Mike in eloquent mode.

[Meatloaf]

^- ha ha so true!



can't funk the tribe