Tribe Called Quest Quotes

• I heard Q-Tip on the Jungle Brothers' song 'The Promo.' It was very exciting. It was very new. The music and the culture around hip-hop was evolving. I think there's an emotional quality to their music and there's a vulnerability to the music. For me, A Tribe Called Quest was my Beatles.

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  Michael Rapaport

  Song   Brother   Emotional  

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• A Tribe Called Quest music was so inclusive, so conscious, it brought such a community together.

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  Michael Rapaport

  Community   Together   Quests  

  "Actor-director Michael Rapaport". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. July 7, 2011.

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• Rap is not pop, if you call it that then stop...

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  Q-Tip

  Rap   Hip Hop   Pops  

  "Check the Rhime". Song by Kamaal Fareed (Q-Tip), Roger Ball, Malcolm Duncan, Steve Ferrone, Alan Gorrie, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Onnie McIntyre, Minnie Riperton, Richard Rudolph, Hamish Stuart, Malik Taylor and Leon Ware, September 9, 1991.

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• A Tribe Called Quest was one of those things where it was supposed to be about growth. When I say 'growth,' I don't just mean with our sound or our product, but Tribe was supposed to grow as individuals.

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  Phife Dawg

  Mean   Growth   Sound  

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• I liked the Beastie Boys and A Tribe Called Quest and Cypress Hill.

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  Rose Byrne

  Boys   Quests   Tribes  

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• I wanted to make something that reminded people of the way albums used to feel. I wanted something as good as the stuff put out by the Bomb Squad, or Dr. Dre and his production crew, or 'A Tribe Called Quest.' I miss albums like those.

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  Busta Rhymes

  Squad   People   Missing  

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Like any family, like any group - the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, EPMD, Public Enemy - they've had bumps in the road. I just think that because A Tribe Called Quest is so precious to fans, they were concerned about unveiling some of those things.

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  Michael Rapaport

  Thinking   Enemy   Groups  

  "Michael Rapaport explains Q-Tip's beef with his A Tribe Called Quest documentary" by Sean O'Neal, www.avclub.com. January 17, 2011.

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• My kids listen to everything because I listen to everything, so it's not far-fetched to hear them playing Metallica and then playing A Tribe Called Quest or N.W.A.

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  Big Boi

  Kids   Quests   Tribes  

  "Outkast Is A State Of Mind". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 8, 2012.

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