The official trailer for “Beats, Rhymes & Life”, Michael Rapaport’s documentary of A Tribe Called Quest, has just been released! The movie’s official poster and release dates have also been unveiled. I seriously cannot articulate how pumped I am for this film. h/t: TheRapUp and Nah Right
The Lessondary’s tribute to Tribe
As a die-hard Tribe fan, reading this update from MetalLungies definitely got me pumped: KevinNottingham.com is putting together an ATCQ mixtape, featuring a certain DJ Chong Wizard. And last week, they released one of the tape’s tracks, a remix of “Check the Rhyme” (from which this site derives its name), featuring Jermiside, A Brother Named […]
R.I.P Freddie Hubbard
Man alive, I feel like we’ve wished a rest-in-peace on so many people this year. But still, Freddie Hubbard deserves special recognition. He was one of the best jazz musicians of all time. In fact, “Red Clay”, perhaps his most famous song, was even dearer to my heart because of the sample used in the […]
Paul Dateh is all stringed out
Yeah, it’s a terrible pun. Which is unfortunate considering how dope Paul Dateh and his unique take on hip-hop are. A classically trained violinist, Dateh attended Los Angeles’ Thornton School of Music where he was introduced to improvisational jazz and eventually hip-hop. Check out the video to see his unique, but undeniably ill, take on […]
Low turnout at Rock The Bells in WA
Well, it’s never fun to say I told you so, but it looks like Guerilla Union‘s decision to move the Vancouver stop of this year’s Rock The Bells tour to the middle of now… er, the Gorge Amphitheatre, has backfired. According to this article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the concert suffered from “poor turnout,” a […]
Rock The Bells Line-up & Dates Announced! Tribe Is Coming To Vancouver!
A few days ago I mentioned that seeing A Tribe Called Quest perform live would be, without a doubt, the single greatest musical experience of my life. Now, it appears as though all my wildest dreams are coming true: yesterday afternoon it was announced that A Tribe Called Quest would be re-uniting to headline this year’s Rock The […]