synffFormed in Queens in 1985, A Tribe Called Quest pioneered alternative hip hop and jazz rap as Native Tongues co-founders, blending Q-Tip's abstract, philosophical flows with Phife Dawg's playful, pop culture-laced jabs over Ali Shaheed Muhammad's seductive jazz-infused beats.
Drawing from Phife Dawg…
111 roots·60 legacies
Roots trace the artists and scenes that shaped A Tribe Called Quest; legacies follow the artists carrying those ideas forward. The names below are the most-mentioned direct connections in the graph.
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Q‐Tip, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Phife Dawg, De La Soul + 107 more
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6 releases·1997-2016
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