A Tribe Called Quest was an American hip hop group formed in St. Albans, Queens, New York in 1985, originally composed of rapper and main producer Q-Tip, rapper Phife Dawg, DJ and co-producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and rapper Jarobi White. The group is regarded as a pioneer of alternative hip hop music.
They are best known for the heavily sample laden song, "Can I kick it?" and their collaboration with the Fugees, Busta Rhymes and Forte on the UK Top 3 hit "Rumble in the jungle" from the movie soundtrack for "When we were kings". They scored a UK Dance #1 with "The Jam EP" in August 1997.
Date UK Song Jan 1991 15 Can I Kick It Jul 1996 34 1nce Again Nov 1996 33 Stressed Out (featuring Faith Evans & Raphael Saadiq) Mar 1997 3 Rumble In The Jungle (featured with Fugees, A Tribe Called Quest, Busta Rhymes & Forte)
What happened next?
Phife Dawg died on March 22, 2016, due to complications relating to diabetes in the middle of recording the aptly named "We Got It from Here". A tribe called quest completed the album at the end of the year and it reached #1 on the US Album chart. The band won best international group at the 2017 BRIT awards. The group disbanded not after a few farewell concerts/festival appearances (Bestival being the final one in 2017). After disbanding, a short film for the album's opening track, "The Space Program", was released on March 29, 2018 and billed as the group's final video.
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