R.I.P. Phife Dawg

[2CT]

this mix is bananas lotta piff i never heard in here, Phife was hip hop to the very core

 

[Stone]

Bus been crashing studios for 25 years

 

[Danie84]

D'Angelo, Mayor Dinkin, Andre 300, and ATCQ breakin down, tho

...and, I'm randomly playing Jazz: After the horns you can check out the Phifer

I grew up as a Christian so to Jah I give thanks Collect my banks listen to Shabba Ranks

 

[Address_Unknown]

‘Ye pointed out that he didn’t want Zeppelin to be mentioned at Phife’s funeral, which made the crowd laugh.

Can anybody shed light on this and what he meant by that?

 

[AMcV'88]

new song was good

 

[mson]

Can anybody shed light on this and what he meant by that?

Kanye West, a longtime Tribe fan who asked the group to open for him on his 2013 Yeezus tour, took the stage to discuss Phife Dawg's legacy and influence on his own personality, attitude and lyrical style. Below is the complete transcript of West's remarks.

I might say something wrong as always, but I thought it'd be more wrong not to say nothing. When I see the power in this room.... Low End Theory was the first album I ever bought and I stayed in the suburbs of Chicago with my stepfather. I'd always get into trouble for listening to music during the week and then I would have to go to detention or study hall, but I enjoyed it 'cause I had that Tribe tape and it didn't really matter how long that walk was.

I think about stories I hear about [Queen] Latifah when she was young; how she knew what she was gonna be in life. I look at the power in this room. I know [Hot 97 DJ Peter] Rosenberg said something about [Led] Zeppelin and you know me: I'm very sensitive about things like this [Crowd laughs]. [Earlier that evening, Rosenberg compared A Tribe Called Quest to Led Zeppelin, calling both groups "timeless music."] But I don't want to hear Zeppelin mentioned at Phife's funeral.

"Tribe made Kanye West. Made the kid with the pink Polo. Made it so I could dress funny."
One hundred years from now, we're gonna all be with Phife. And this country was built off our back. [Jive Records CEO] Barry Weiss know. I live next to the dentist. I stay in a $20 million crib next to the dentist. Dave Chappelle, you know what I'm talking about. We had an event a year ago and I would just go over to Tip's house like when they was doing Low End Theory and Pete Rock came down. And I be at these events in Hollywood and I be at these events here and I'm looking at how many more people inspire us and the walls that we have on our finances. Out in Hollywood, everybody got a mink coat and $500,000 car. And it's the way the music industry was set up was that all the people that run the industry and sign everybody from out of Queens, the Bronx, southside of Chicago, Atlanta make sure that they get that crib.

I'm sorry, but that's what was on my fukkin' mind when I was sitting here thinking about how much these people inspire me and how powerful the influence of the music was and how it made that walk to study hall so short. How it meant everything. It is everything. Music was stolen from us and corporatized and anybody that spoke up was demonized. Anything I ever did wrong, blame Tip and Phife 'cause y'all raised me.


I don't want to hear about Led Zeppelin tonight. Every time y'all started the rap, you give me one line of "Scenario," I'll do the whole joint all the way through. Y'all made it okay in a city of Al Capone — number one murder capital city — for me to be me. Tribe made Kanye West. Made the kid with the pink Polo. Made it so I could dress funny. I'm not sorry if I said something wrong.


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[Consequence] know. He said honor and maybe there wasn't no punch lines with it. Me and Cons were on the same thing, sitting at Baseline Studio. We ain't never stopped; cameras on/off, we ain't never stop. Honor. Honor that work. That influence. That ability to chop that sample. That ability to put that rap together. Honor that.

Maybe it ain't no David Stern that figured out to turn everybody in rap to multi-millionaires the way they turn ballplayers to multi-millionaires. But they got to honor it. I'm picturing the Grammys right now, it's going to be a real quick [tribute]. Short, like when the Michael Jackson joint was short. Or when you get to Michael Jackson status, somebody say, "Aw, you crazy 'cause you said the truth out loud." You get in trouble for the truth.

Honor, man. They gotta honor us; honor what hip-hop is. It should not be surprising to you when the sports announcer [Scott Van Pelt] was influenced by Tribe. That should not be a surprise! That's the absolute truth!

I love y'all and I'm not sorry. Rest in Peace to Phife Dawg.



Read more: Read Kanye West's Emphatic Tribute to Tribe Called Quest's Phife Dawg
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[origiNel]

Random thought that popped up in my head...

But imagine Phife over the beats that Q-Tip produced for other artists outside of ATCQ during their run? Feel like he would've sounded amazing over those beats, especially a song like Give Up The Goods.

 

[Big Mel]

Nutshell is dope. Good to hear Phife rapping on beat again and having fun. He was angry and crude on the Ventilation LP


PHIFE GAWD RIP

 

[The Ruler 09]

 

[The Ruler 09]

 

[newworldafro]

Why he cussing so much though....anyway.... a Tribe and Outkast album would have been great...

 

[Vic Damone. Jr]

Had a dream about Phife last night Don't know why I did(prob cause I've been thinking about some Tribe songs lately and saw that clip of Q-Tip and Prince on stage)but he was mad cool and humble. Talked about music and shyt for a good min.

 

[Big Daddy]

One of my favorite songs ever. Not favorite Tribe song, favorite song PERIOD. And it was all because of Phife's verses

 

[mson]

 

[mson]