Damn
RIP Phife Dawg from Tribe Called Quest
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Same here on the harder music, but some the music I favored then did not age as well as Tribe music. ATCQ aged like a fine wine. Electric relaxation sounds just as fresh today as it did in 93-94.
I didn't dig 'em at first, but for a different reason. The first song I'd heard was "I Left My Wallet...", and I said to myself, "No, thank you!". I pretty much wrote them off after that song. And then one night on my way home from work, this college station played "Footprints", and I was like, "Whoa! This is dope, AND a Donald Byrd sample to boot?! Sign me up!", and I've been a fan ever since. For the record, I still hate "I Left My Wallet..."
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I didn't dig 'em at first, but for a different reason. The first song I'd heard was "I Left My Wallet...", and I said to myself, "No, thank you!". I pretty much wrote them off after that song. And then one night on my way home from work, this college station played "Footprints", and I was like, "Whoa! This is dope, AND a Donald Byrd sample to boot?! Sign me up!", and I've been a fan ever since. For the record, I still hate "I Left My Wallet..."
Same on El Segundo. But I drive through the city of El Segundo here in LA, I find myself chanting that shit now.I left my wallet in El Segundo...
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Assist from Studio News Guy....
"Phife forever 1970-2016
1991 in Sept I went to visit Tariq at Millersville U in the middle of PA (Lancaster). Miles Davis had just passed & I went on a binge to study his post jazz works. Went to Sound Of Market to purchase Nefertiti, In A Silent Way & Live Evil---the only non jazz purchase I made that day ironically was the most jazziest album in that collection: #TheLowEndTheory by @ATCQ. ---it was raining that day so somehow the 1...2 punch of "Nefertiti"/"Fall" just had me in a trance that train trip---even though I suspected there was a possibility that Tribe could possibly have made a better album then their debut (the perfect @@@@@ mic Source rating would be on stands in a week so I was right)---but I knew I wanted to save that listening for when I got up to the campus w Riq.---so some 90mins later when I get to his dorm--we ripped that bad boy open (I can't describe the frustration that was CD packaging in 1991, just imagine the anger that environmentalists feel when all that paper packaging in Beats headphone gets wasted---it's like that)---the sign of a true classic is when a life memory is burnt in your head because of the first time you hear a song. ---Riq & I had this moment a few times, but the look on our faces when we 1st heard "Buggin Out" was prolly Me & Tariq's greatest "rewind selector!" moment in our friendship. (Back then every MC's goal was to have that "rewind!!!" moment. As in to say something so incredible. Or to catch you by surprise that it makes you go "DAAAAAYUM!!!"& you listen over & over---Malik "Phife" Taylor's verse was such a gauntlet/flag planting moment in hip hop. Every hip hop head was just...stunned HE. CAME. FOR. BLOOD & was taking NO prisoners on this album (or ever again) we just kept looking at the speaker on some disbelief old timey radio Suspense episode. & also at each other "Phife is KILLIN!"--by the time we got to "Scenario" I swear to god THAT was the moment I knew I wanted to make THIS type of music when I grew up--(yeah yeah dad I know: "go to Juilliard or Curtis to make a nice living at "real music") but he didn't know that Phife & his crew already wrote my destiny. I ain't look back since.
THANK YOU PHIFE!"
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(AllHipHop News) The family of A Tribe Called Quest group member Phife have confirmed the cause of death of the legendary M.C., who unexpectedly died on March 22.
Phife, born Malik I. Taylor, passed away due to complications resulting from his long, and well-documented struggle with diabetes.
“Even with all his success, I have never met a person as humble as he,” said Phife’s manager Dion Liverpool. “He taught me that maintaining a positive attitude and outlook can conquer anything. Now my brother is resting in greatness. I’m honored to have crossed paths with him. Riddim Kidz 4eva.”
Phife, born Malik I. Taylor, passed away due to complications resulting from his long, and well-documented struggle with diabetes.
“Malik was our loving husband, father, brother and friend. We love him dearly. How he impacted all our lives will never be forgotten. His love for music and sports was only surpassed by his love of God and family.” The family of A Tribe Called Quest group member, Phife Dawg
Phife’s manager Dion Liverpool said he would continue to honor Phife and his contributions to Hip-Hop culture around the world.
“Even with all his success, I have never met a person as humble as he,” said Phife’s manager Dion Liverpool. “He taught me that maintaining a positive attitude and outlook can conquer anything. Now my brother is resting in greatness. I’m honored to have crossed paths with him. Riddim Kidz 4eva.”
My Mellotron was tagged by Phife. Thinking of all the great music he brought us. Malik Taylor R.I.P.
http://www.complex.com/music/2016/0...=musictw&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
Michael Rapaport, who directed the 2011 documentary about A Tribe Called Quest, tells Complex: "This was a sensitive guy, a very vulnerable guy. For his wife and his friends and obviously his Tribe Called Quest family, it’s devastating. And it’s devastating for hip-hop, and it’s devastating for someone so young, with so much heart. He’s a little big man. A little fucking big man."
Michael Rapaport, who directed the 2011 documentary about A Tribe Called Quest, tells Complex: "This was a sensitive guy, a very vulnerable guy. For his wife and his friends and obviously his Tribe Called Quest family, it’s devastating. And it’s devastating for hip-hop, and it’s devastating for someone so young, with so much heart. He’s a little big man. A little fucking big man."
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