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American hip hop group from New York

A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest performing in 2009. From left to right: Jarobi White, Q-Tip, and Phife Dawg.

A Tribe Chosen Quest performing in 2009. From left to right: Jarobi White, Q-Tip, and Phife Dawg.
Background information
Origin St. Albans, Queens, New York, U.Due south.
Genres
  • Hip hop
  • culling hip hop
  • jazz rap
  • Eastward Coast hip hop
  • progressive rap[1]
Years active
  • 1985–1998[two]
  • 2006–2013
  • 2015–2017[3]
Labels
  • Jive
  • Epic
Associated acts
  • Native Tongues
  • Busta Rhymes
  • Consequence
  • J Dilla
  • Rashad Smith
  • Beastie Boys
Website atribecalledquest.com
Past members
  • Q-Tip
  • Phife Dawg
  • Ali Shaheed Muhammad
  • Jarobi White

A Tribe Called Quest was an American hip hop group formed in St. Albans, Queens, New York, in 1985,[four] [five] [2] originally composed of rapper and main producer Q-Tip,[vi] rapper Phife Dawg, DJ and co-producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and rapper Jarobi White. Members of the Native Tongues collective, the group is regarded as a pioneer of alternative hip hop,[seven] as well as one of the greatest hip hop acts of all fourth dimension.[8]

In 1991, the group released its jazz-influenced second album, The Low End Theory, regarded for helping shape alternative hip hop in the 1990s.[ix] In 1998, the group broke up soon earlier releasing its 5th album, The Honey Movement, just in 2006, the group's original members reunited and toured the United States. In 2016, the group released its sixth and final album, We Got Information technology from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service, which was nevertheless incomplete when Phife Dawg died suddenly in March 2016, and was completed by the other members after his death.[10] A Tribe Chosen Quest was the near commercially successful act in the Native Tongues collective, with all six of its albums certified either gold or platinum.[11]

John Bush of AllMusic called them "the most intelligent, artistic rap group during the 1990s."[12] The Source gave the group'southward debut album, People'south Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990), a perfect rating of five 'mics,' mark the first time that the magazine awarded the rating.[13] [14] In 2005, A Tribe Called Quest received the Founders Accolade at the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards,[15] and ii years later, the group was honored at the quaternary VH1 Hip Hop Honors.[16] In 2017, the group was awarded the Brit Laurels for International Group.

History [edit]

1985–1990: Formation, Native Tongues, and People's Instinctive Travels [edit]

Q-Tip (Kamaal Fareed) and Phife Dawg (Malik Taylor) were childhood friends who grew up together in the St. Albans neighborhood of Queens, New York City.[5] [17] Initially, Q-Tip performed as a battle rapper, under the name MC Love Child, occasionally teaming up with high schoolhouse friend Ali Shaheed Muhammad as a rapper and DJ duo.[six] [18] In 1985, the duo began making demos over Q-Tip's pause tape beats.[5] Phife Dawg later joined them, though he didn't become a full member until neighborhood friend Jarobi White joined; the group dubbed themselves "Crush Connection" and later "Quest".[16] [xix] The group's concluding name, A Tribe Called Quest, was coined in 1988 past Jungle Brothers, who attended the aforementioned high school as Q-Tip and Muhammad; that twelvemonth, Q-Tip made his get-go recorded appearances on Jungle Brothers' songs "Black Is Black" and "The Promo".[5] [12] Shortly after, A Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers, De La Soul, Queen Latifah and Monie Dearest formed the Native Tongues collective, known for their like-minded Afrocentrism, positivity and eclectic sampling.[twenty] [21] In 1989, Phife Dawg made his first recorded appearance on the vocal "Buddy (Native Tongue Conclusion)", the remix of De La Soul's single "Buddy".[22]

A Tribe Called Quest hired Kool DJ Crimson Alarm every bit their beginning managing director.[23] In early 1989, the grouping signed a demo deal with Geffen Records and produced a five-vocal demo, which included future single "I Left My Wallet in El Segundo".[24] Geffen decided against offer the group a recording contract, and the group was granted permission to shop for a bargain elsewhere.[24] After receiving lucrative offers for multi-anthology deals from a variety of labels, the group opted for a modest deal offered by Jive Records.[24] Jive was then known as an contained rap label that partly owed its success to building the careers of artists Boogie Down Productions and Too Short. Later that year, the group released their first 12" single, "Description of a Fool".[17]

Their debut anthology, People'south Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, released on April 10, 1990,[17] was marked past a playful lyrical approach and light-hearted content such as safe sex, vegetarianism and youthful experiences.[25] The music was an eclectic mix of jazz, funk, soul and rock samples.[4] The anthology was met with critical acclaim; The Source rated it five mics, becoming the outset album to receive the mag's highest rating.[13] NME 'southward review stated that "This is not rap, it's near perfection."[26] The anthology merely gained momentum later on the release of the singles "Bonita Applebum" and "Can I Boot It?", eventually achieving gilded certification in 1996.[17] [27]

1991–1993: The Depression Terminate Theory, Midnight Marauders, and commercial success [edit]

Phife Dawg's breakout performance on The Low End Theory marked the beginning of the group'due south successful run in the 1990s.

A Tribe Called Quest's 2d album, The Depression End Theory, was released on September 24, 1991, with "Bank check the Rhime" as the atomic number 82 unmarried; the vocal largely established the lyrical coaction between Q-Tip and Phife Dawg.[17] [28] Until and then, most of the group'south songs had just featured vocals by Q-Tip, merely Q-Tip encouraged Phife Dawg to increase his participation despite his contempo diabetes diagnosis.[16] Musically, the album fused hip hop with the laid-dorsum atmosphere of jazz, particularly bebop and hard bop, combined with a minimalist approach to production that stripped the sound down to vocals, drums and bass.[v] [29] Mixing engineer Bob Power played a major role on the album, every bit he was tasked with removing surface dissonance and static that is typically heard on hip hop songs sampled from old vinyl records.[xxx] During the recording sessions, White left the group to pursue a career in culinary arts, and they hired Chris Lighty as their new manager.[nineteen] [31]

Lyrically, the grouping focused on a range of social issues, from date rape ("The Infamous Date Rape") to consumerism ("Skypager"), while likewise criticizing the hip hop industry on several songs.[17] Guests on the album included Leaders of the New School, Brand Nubian, Vinia Mojica and Ron Carter, who played double bass on the song "Verses from the Abstract". Additional singles included "Jazz (We've Got)" and "Scenario"; a alive performance of "Scenario" with Leaders of the New School on The Arsenio Hall Prove led to greater popularity.[32] Leaders member Busta Rhymes attracted attention with his poesy in the song, which led to him launching a successful solo career.[28]

The Depression End Theory received widespread acclamation from critics.[19] The Source gave the grouping its second consecutive five mic rating, praising their "progressive audio" and "streetwise edge", as well noting that "Those who questioned Phife's microphone techniques on the commencement album volition consume those doubts equally he practically steals the testify on this ane."[33] The album peaked at #45 on the Billboard 200 and was certified gold on February 19, 1992; it reached platinum condition by 1995.[28] In the aftermath of their success, the grouping contributed the song "Hot Sex activity" to the soundtrack for the motion picture Boomerang in 1992.[34]

A Tribe Called Quest released their 3rd album, Midnight Marauders, on November 9, 1993.[35] The atomic number 82 single, "Award Tour", became the group'south highest charting unmarried and helped to land the album at #8 on the Billboard 200.[28] The production, still rooted in jazz, was a return to the eclectic sounds found on People's Instinctive Travels, with a more prominent funk influence, including grittier drums.[35] [5] The voice of a "tour guide", on the intro and at the terminate of several tracks, added further cohesion to the album.[28]

Midnight Marauders saw improved lyrical interplay betwixt Phife Dawg and Q-Tip,[35] as evidenced on the singles "Electric Relaxation" and "Oh My God"; the popularity of "Electric Relaxation" led to it becoming the opening theme vocal for the sitcom The Wayans Bros., from 1995 to 1996.[36] Topics on the anthology include police harassment ("Midnight"), religious faith ("God Lives Through"), hip hop ("We Can Go Down") and use of the word nigga ("Sucka Nigga").[35] Guests on the album include Large Professor, Busta Rhymes and Raphael Saadiq (credited as Raphael Wiggins).

The anthology received widespread acclamation from critics.[nineteen] Entertainment Weekly called the anthology "as fresh as their first",[37] while Melody Maker stated "A Tribe Called Quest accept expanded their vision with a lyrical gravitas and a musical lightness of affect that has hitherto eluded them across a whole album".[37] The anthology was ranked #21 past The Village Voice in that yr's Pazz & Jop critics' poll.[37] Midnight Marauders became A Tribe Called Quest's fastest-selling album; it was certified platinum on January 11, 1995, only 14 months later its release.[28]

1994–1995: Intermission and the Ummah [edit]

In 1994, at The Source Awards, Tupac Shakur performed his vocal "Out on Bail", interrupting A Tribe Called Quest as they accepted the award for Grouping of the Twelvemonth; it was after institute that this apparent act of boldness was accidental.[21] [38] That summertime, the group performed as one of a scattering of hip hop acts on the Lollapalooza tour, among acts such as The Smashing Pumpkins, Stereolab and The Verve.[39] While on tour, keyboardist Amp Fiddler introduced Q-Tip to a young producer from Detroit named Jay Dee.[5] At the proffer of Q-Tip, Jay Dee later joined him and Muhammad, forming a production unit known as The Ummah (Arabic for "the [worldwide] Muslim community"), in which each fellow member produced songs individually and received a songwriting credit for their work.[6] The Ummah handled the production of A Tribe Chosen Quest's next two albums.

During this period, group members contributed to several notable outside projects with production and guest verses. Phife Dawg, who rapped on "Oh My God" that he owned "more condoms than TLC", made an appearance on the song "Intro-lude" from that grouping's album, CrazySexyCool, in 1994.[40] That yr, Q-Tip produced the single "1 Love" from Nas' debut anthology Illmatic and appeared on the song "Get It Together" by Beastie Boys, from their album Ill Communication.[5] In 1995, Muhammad co-produced the single "Brown Sugar" from D'Angelo's debut album of the same proper name, and Q-Tip produced three songs for Mobb Deep while serving as a mixing engineer for their album The Infamous.[41] The grouping contributed "Glamour and Glitz" to The Show: The Soundtrack that year, before returning the following twelvemonth with their next album.

1996–1998: Beats, Rhymes and Life, The Dear Move, and breakup [edit]

Beats, Rhymes and Life, the group'due south quaternary album, was released on July 30, 1996, supported by the singles "1nce Again" and "Stressed Out". Information technology was recorded during the turbulent Eastward Coast–Due west Coast hip hop rivalry, with the tracks "Get a Agree", "Keeping It Moving" and "Babe Phife's Return" referring to information technology.[42] The Ummah'south product style, a minimalist R&B and jazz-infused sound, was a departure from the group'due south previous albums.[43] Jay Dee, a big fan of A Tribe Called Quest, contributed five beats to the anthology, including both singles.[5] Lyrically, the album featured a less playful, more philosophical arroyo by the group.[21] Outcome, Q-Tip'southward cousin, and an aspiring rapper, was present on 6 songs.[43] Phife Dawg later stated that this menstruation was when he began to lose interest in the grouping:

I actually felt like with Midnight Marauders I came into my own. By the fourth dimension when Beats, Rhymes and Life came out I started feelin' like I didn't fit in whatever more. Q-Tip and Ali had converted to Islam and I didn't. Music felt similar a chore; like I was just doin' it to pay bills. I never want my music to feel like only a job. They would schedule studio time at the last minute. I'd take hold of a plane from Atlanta to be in New York and when I got to the studio, no one would be there. They would have canceled the session without telling me. Seemed like the management was concerned with other folks not me. Only I never lost my conviction.[44]

The anthology debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 and went gilded before the end of the year; it was certified platinum in 1998.[45] Disquisitional reception was divided, but mostly positive; Rolling Rock called the anthology "nigh-flawless",[46] while The Source awarded information technology 4 mics.[47] Tune Maker felt that it provided "both their best and worst thus far."[46] It was nominated for Best Rap Album and "1nce Again" was nominated for All-time Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 1997 Grammy Awards.[12]

In 1997, the group was featured on the Fugees single "Rumble in the Jungle", alongside Busta Rhymes and John Forté, from the When We Were Kings soundtrack.[48] They also appeared on the soundtrack Men in Blackness: The Album, with the song "Aforementioned Ol' Thing". In Europe, they released The Jam EP, which included the aforementioned song, "Mardi Gras at Midnight" (featuring Rah Digga) and 2 songs from Beats, Rhymes and Life, "Get a Hold" and "Jam".[49] That year also saw the showtime reunion of the three Native Tongues groups since 1989, when Jungle Brothers invited A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul to invitee on "How Ya Desire It We Got Information technology", a song from their album Raw Deluxe.[16]

A month before The Love Motion was released on September 29, 1998, the group announced that it would be their final album.[12] [19] The group cited their frustration with Jive every bit a significant gene in the breakdown.[16] The anthology, which was centered on the theme of love, was promoted by the unmarried "Find a Fashion", a song that "innocently wonders about the betoken at which friendship spills over into sex."[l] Musically, the album saw the return of The Ummah's stripped-downward production style from Beats, Rhymes and Life.[51] Guest appearances past Busta Rhymes, Redman and Noreaga helped to residue the subdued tone of the album.[52]

The Dear Motion was certified gilded on November 1, 1998, just over a month afterwards its release.[27] Critical reception was mostly positive; Rolling Stone remarked that "the mature, accomplished niceness of The Love Movement proves that the Tribe still take the skills – they're only short on thrills."[52] The album was nominated for All-time Rap Anthology at the 1999 Grammy Awards.[53]

1999–2005: Solo projects and brief return to recording [edit]

Under the direction of Violator, Q-Tip launched a successful solo career, which saw 2 Billboard Hot 100 hits, "Vivrant Affair" and "Breathe and Stop", and the release of the gilded-certified album Amplified in tardily 1999.[16] The album featured production by Q-Tip, Jay Dee and DJ Scratch. Despite receiving mostly positive reviews, the anthology was criticized past the hip hop customs for its mainstream audio.[five] The most notable of Q-Tip's critics was Phife Dawg, who took his former partner to task on his solo anthology Ventilation: Da LP, released in 2000.[16] The Hi-Tek-produced lead single, "Flawless", contained the lines "Get 'head, play yourself with them ho-like hooks / sing ballads if it's all about the Maxwell look".[16] Ventilation included production past Jay Dee and Pete Stone.

Teaming up with two other artists from one-time groups, Raphael Saadiq of Tony! Toni! Toné! and Dawn Robinson of En Vogue, Muhammad's next project was Lucy Pearl.[16] The group scored two hitting singles with "Dance Tonight" and "Don't Mess with My Man", from their self-titled album, which was certified gold a few months after its release in 2000. Following a dispute between Saadiq and Robinson, the latter left the group and was replaced by Joi; however, this new incarnation would only last for the residual of touring.[16]

In 2001, Q-Tip changed directions and recorded Kamaal the Abstract, an album which saw him in the function of singer and bandleader.[5] Dissimilar his work with A Tribe Chosen Quest, or his previous solo work, Kamaal was constructed around live music and abstract song concepts. Arista Records refused to release the album, doubting its commercial potential, resulting in Q-Tip leaving the label.[54] The following yr, he recorded the song "What Lies Beneath" for the Soundbombing Iii compilation, in which he responded to Phife Dawg'southward comments on "Flawless".

In 2003, Q-Tip and Phife Dawg put aside their differences and A Tribe Called Quest briefly returned to the studio, recording the song "I C U (Doin' It)", featuring Erykah Badu.[sixteen] It was intended to be the first single from the Violator compilation, V3: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, however, the album was non released.[55] Undeterred by the shelving of Kamaal the Abstract, Q-Tip recorded Open in belatedly 2003, planning to release it the next twelvemonth.[54] [56] It featured contributions from André 3000, Common and D'Angelo.[16] However, his label, DreamWorks Records, got bought out by Universal Music Group, which eventually led to Open also getting shelved.[54]

On Baronial 27, 2004, A Tribe Chosen Quest headlined the Street Scene music festival in San Diego.[16] Muhammad focused on developing a stable of artists, most of whom were showcased on his debut solo album, Shaheedullah and Stereotypes, released after that year. In 2005, the group received the Founders Honor at the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta.[15]

2006–2013: Reunion and touring [edit]

In 2006, the grouping reunited as a touring band, in part, to help Phife Dawg with his mounting medical expenses.[19] They co-headlined that twelvemonth's Bumbershoot festival in Seattle and performed several sold-out concerts in the U.S., Canada and Nihon. The grouping too appeared on the 2K Sports Bounce Tour, promoting the NBA 2K7 video game, with a Dan the Automator remix of their song "Lyrics to Go" actualization on the game'due south soundtrack.[16] According to Phife Dawg at the time, A Tribe Called Quest planned to release an album, as they owed Jive one more in their vi-album contract.[19] Speaking about the possibility of a new album showing up that year, Phife Dawg said:

Homo, nosotros was but 18–19 when we beginning got started. [When] nosotros broke upwards nosotros were notwithstanding like 28. Now we are 35–36. It'd exist real different existence in the studio. It would be real interesting to run into where Q-Tip is. Information technology would all be on a much higher level. But we are all into such different stuff from way back so. We'd demand at to the lowest degree a solid month to work on something. Trying to get all of united states together for that much time … I don't encounter that happening.[44]

In 2007, A Tribe Called Quest was honored at the fourth VH1 Hip Hop Honors, with a tribute performance past Busta Rhymes, Common, Lupe Fiasco and Pharrell Williams.[57] The group was named the headlining act for the 2008 Stone the Bells bout.[58] That twelvemonth, Phife Dawg received a kidney transplant from his married woman.[19] In late 2008, Q-Tip released his long-awaited second album, The Renaissance, on Universal Motown Records.[59] After being shelved for seven years, Kamaal the Abstract was finally released in 2009, on Bombardment Records.[half-dozen]

The group co-headlined the 2010 Rock the Bells tour. Phife Dawg planned to release his follow-up anthology, Songs in the Central of Phife: Volume i (Cheryl'south Big Son), that year; however, his wellness issues delayed the release of the anthology.[60] [19] In 2012, Q-Tip signed to Kanye Westward'southward Adept Music label and prepared the release of his new album, The Last Zulu, which after became heavily delayed.[5] [61]

In 2013, the grouping performed at a handful of select festivals throughout the summer, including Yahoo! Wireless in London,[62] Splash! in Germany,[63] OpenAir Frauenfeld in Switzerland,[64] and H2O Music Festival in Los Angeles.[65] In November 2013, two of the 4 New York shows for West's Yeezus Bout featured A Tribe Called Quest equally supporting acts.[66] According to statements fabricated by Q-Tip at the time, these were intended to be A Tribe Called Quest'due south final performances.[67]

2015–2017: We Got Information technology from Here, death of Phife Dawg, and final tour [edit]

Members of A Tribe Called Quest performing on their concluding tour in 2017

On Nov xiii, 2015, A Tribe Chosen Quest reunited to perform on The Tonight Bear witness Starring Jimmy Fallon.[12] That day, the grouping reissued People'south Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, in celebration of its 25th anniversary.[12] The reissue included remixes past Pharrell Williams, J. Cole and CeeLo Green.[68] In addition, they participated in an AMA on Reddit, where users asked the group questions.[69] On the dark of their This night Bear witness appearance, the same night of the terrorist attacks in Paris, the group felt "charged" and put bated their differences, deciding to record a new album, We Got It from Here... Thank you 4 Your Service, in secrecy.[10] Muhammad was unable to attend recording sessions for the album, as he was producing the Luke Cage soundtrack with Adrian Younge at the time.[70]

Phife Dawg died on March 22, 2016, due to complications relating to diabetes.[71] [72] The album was incomplete when Phife Dawg died, but the surviving members continued to work on it post-obit his expiry.[10] That August, Epic Records CEO L.A. Reid revealed that the label would exist releasing a new A Tribe Called Quest anthology in the most future.[73] Nosotros Got Information technology from Here... Thanks 4 Your Service was afterward announced in October, with a release appointment of November 11, 2016; it became the group's second album to debut at #one on the Billboard 200.[74] [75] The day subsequently its release, the grouping appeared on Saturday Nighttime Live and performed in front of a mural of Phife Dawg.[76]

Nosotros Got It from Here featured guest appearances by André 3000, Kendrick Lamar, Jack White, Elton John, Kanye West, Anderson Paak, Talib Kweli, Consequence and Busta Rhymes.[77] Promoted by the hit single "Nosotros the People....", which opposed Donald Trump'due south presidential campaign, the album received widespread acclaim from critics.[78] Lyrically, Rolling Stone believed that the group "maintain the attitude of the Bohemian everydude funkonauts" that inspired many prominent hip hop artists.[79] AllMusic praised the album's "visionary and pleasingly weird production", which drew from several different genres and sample sources.[70] Speaking with Billboard, Q-Tip revealed plans for the group to do a terminal earth tour, to promote the album and award Phife Dawg, before permanently disbanding.[80] It was also announced that a new Phife Dawg solo album, Forever, completed before his death, would be released in the near hereafter.[81]

On February 12, 2017, A Tribe Called Quest performed alongside Anderson Paak, Busta Rhymes and Effect at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards.[81] Later that month, the group won the award for best International Group at the 2017 Brit Awards.[82] On May 22, 2017, We Got It from Here achieved gold certification, making all half dozen of the grouping's albums RIAA-certified.[eleven] The group performed at a number of festivals throughout the summer; they performed their final concert on September 9, 2017 at Bestival in Dorset, England.[83] Later on disbanding, a short film for the album's opening track, "The Space Plan", was released on March 29, 2018 and billed as the group's final video.[84]

Legacy [edit]

A Tribe Chosen Quest logo

AllMusic critic John Bush-league called A Tribe Called Quest "without question the most intelligent, artistic rap group during the 1990s", further stating that the group "spring-started and perfected the hip-hop alternative to hardcore and gangsta rap."[12] At a time when James Brown drum breaks and P-Funk basslines dominated hip hop product,[85] the group successfully bridged the gap between jazz and hip hop, incorporating bebop and difficult bop samples and recording with double bassist Ron Carter.[29] [86] The group's product influenced their contemporaries, thus irresolute the sound of hip hop; Dr. Dre produced his highly regarded debut The Chronic after being inspired by The Depression Stop Theory,[87] and Pete Rock stated, "There were times when I would walk into a record store and run across Tip sitting on the floor with his glasses on, going through albums, looking for beats  ... I was similar, 'This guy is serious.' Being around [the group] fabricated me step up and get even more serious than I was."[85]

Lyrically, A Tribe Chosen Quest has been regarded for addressing many social issues through Q-Tip's philosophical viewpoints and Phife Dawg's everyman perspectives.[12] [85] People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm influenced several hip hop artists; Scarface asserted that information technology "actually fabricated me want to rap", and Pharrell Williams expressed that it was "the turning point [which] made me come across that music was art."[88] [89] Kierna Mayo, former editor-in-chief of Ebony, said that The Low End Theory and Midnight Marauders "gave nascence to neo-everything. ... That unabridged class of D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, Maxwell, and Lauryn Loma—and moving on to André 3000, Kanye Westward, and Talib Kweli—everything that is left of everything begins with Tribe."[85] The group has also been credited for helping launch the solo careers of Busta Rhymes, J Dilla and Outcome.[ninety] [43]

Members [edit]

  • Q-Tip – vocals, production (1985–1998, 2006–2013, 2015–2017)
  • Phife Dawg – vocals (1985–1998, 2006–2013, 2015–2016; died 2016)
  • Ali Shaheed Muhammad – turntables, co-production (1985–1998, 2006–2013, 2015–2017)
  • Jarobi White – vocals (1985–1991, 2006–2013, 2015–2017)

Discography [edit]

Studio albums

  • People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990)
  • The Low End Theory (1991)
  • Midnight Marauders (1993)
  • Beats, Rhymes and Life (1996)
  • The Love Motility (1998)
  • We Got It from Hither... Thank You lot 4 Your Service (2016)

Awards and nominations [edit]

Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards [edit]

Brit Awards [edit]

Grammy Awards [edit]

The Source Awards [edit]

Picture [edit]

The group was the subject of the acclaimed 2011 documentary film Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Chosen Quest, directed by Michael Rapaport.[91]

Apparel collaborations [edit]

  • In celebration of People's Instinctive Travels ' 25th anniversary in 2015, Stussy worked with A Tribe Called Quest to create a line featuring hats, sweaters and t-shirts of archetype photos, lyrics and their iconic logo.[92]
  • Teaming up with longtime collaborator Pharrell Williams, the group partnered with Billionaire Boys Guild to make "The Infinite Programme" capsule in 2018.[93]
  • Paying tribute to the rap grouping, Vans made a line of footwear in 2018, in honour of their anthology artwork and lyrics.[94]

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