A Tribe Called Quest On The Success Of Today’s Generation (Video)

While the four-man collective — Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Ali Shaheem Muhammad and Jarobi — didn’t realize yet the place they were carving out in music history, as they reflected on their careers, Tribe, touring this month on the Rock the Bells trek, said they understand the benchmarks they’ve achieved. And in particular, the influence they’ve had on a bevy of MCs, from J.Cole to KiD CuDi, all whom have burrowed from Tribe’s rythmic sound and everyman raps.

Tribe’s DJ and one of the group’s core producers, Ali Shaheed, said he wished there were even more room for acts with that kind of artistic slant.

“There are a lot of people who are bringing a lot of technique and style out there,” he said. “Hip-hop is different these days. One thing that’s missing is that there used to be a plethora [of diverse acts]. It only feels like just a handful on the mainstream level that’s impacting, like Drake, KiD CuDi. They each have their own fanbase, which says a lot, that people are opening their minds to follow artists like that. But I would like to see a whole lot more. There was dozens of dozens of groups making an impact when we were out there. It’d be nice to see that again on a mainstream level.” – MTV

ATCQ’s first three albums > any top rap album that dropped this year.

12 Responses to “A Tribe Called Quest On The Success Of Today’s Generation (Video)”

  1. First four. Beats, Rhymes & Life is arguably their best.

    Zlatko said this on August 26th, 2010 at 11:45 am

  2. except for eminems,nas’ and the roots

    technique. said this on August 26th, 2010 at 11:49 am

  3. No I think Meka was right. Nas, Eminem and the roots album’s can’t fuck with the 1st 3 albums Tribe Called Quest put out. Eminem gay ass singles automatically disqualify his album.

    K Rich said this on August 26th, 2010 at 12:08 pm

  4. MEKA IS 99% CORRECT, EXCEPT, HE FORGOT TO ADD LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE THAT HAHA

    Fuck You said this on August 26th, 2010 at 1:27 pm

  5. good to see Phife doing well. i cant wait for that Beats, Rhymes and Life documentary Michael Rappaport is doing.

    Matt said this on August 26th, 2010 at 1:33 pm

  6. uhh @technique… go away. everyone’s entitled to an opinion, yours is just wrong… and i REALLY like the new roots album

    yup said this on August 26th, 2010 at 2:22 pm

  7. i love the roots album too (not to mention that big bwoi fire!), but i gotta agree. you just can’t fucks with the first three. beats, rhymes, and life is solid — and the dilla production only sweetens the pot — but the first three are incredibly strong, cohesive ALBUMS. game changers.

    bushytop said this on August 26th, 2010 at 2:32 pm

  8. Big Boi is up there though.

    Idris said this on August 26th, 2010 at 7:49 pm

  9. I’d say Big Boi’s solo effort is slightly better than Tribe’s first. But the following two can’t be touched.

    Mikael said this on August 27th, 2010 at 5:23 am

  10. Man On The Moon >>>> Any of Tribe’s albums.

    Franky Rey said this on August 31st, 2010 at 9:43 pm

  11. ^ nigga u stupid

    otis said this on August 31st, 2010 at 11:42 pm

  12. Franky Rey just embarrassed everyone on here. GTFO and stop listening to hiphop.

    scooterguy19 said this on September 6th, 2010 at 5:39 pm

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