Showing posts with label Phife Dawg. Show all posts
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Wednesday 14 June 2023

I Took One Toke, Yo, I Almost Choked

Time for some midweek hip hop, courtesy of A Tribe Called Quest.

I've only recently been taking a deeper dive into the Tribe's treasure trove of albums, EPs, bootlegs and compilations so much of their output (and there's a lot) is still unfamiliar to me. 
 
Here then is a ten-track sampler that spans my first - and for many years, only - ATCQ purchase, 1990's Bonita Applebum single, through to 2016's sixth and final album We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service.
 
A Tribe Called Quest's founding core was Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Q-Tip aka Kamaal Fareed, Phife Dawg aka Malik Taylor (who died from complications due to diabetes in March 2016) and Jarobi White (who left after their debut album and returned for their swansong). A formidable quartet whose questing spirit left a impressive legacy.
 
1) Stressed Out (Raphael Saadiq's Remix ft. Faith Evans) (1996)
2) Mr. Muhammad (1990)
3) Common Ground (Get It Goin' On) (1998)
4) Who Got Da Funk (ft. Science Of Sound & Godfather) (2002) 
5) Jam (Single Edit) (1997)
6) Everything Is Fair (Instrumental) (1991)
7) Oh My God (Organ Mix By CJ Mackintosh) (1994)
8) Whateva Will Be (2016)
9) Vivrant Thing (1999)
10) Bonita Applebum (12" Boys Mix By CJ Mackintosh & Robin Hancock) (1990)
 
1990: Bonita Applebum EP: 10
1990: Peoples Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm: 2 
1994: Oh My God EP: 7
1996: Stressed Out EP: 1 
1997: The Jam EP: 5
1998: The Love Movement: 3
1999: The Anthology: 9
2002: Native Tongues: Unreleased & Unleashed (bootleg): 4
2009: Rare And Unreleased Instrumentals Vol. 1 (promo): 6
2016: We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service: 8
 
One Toke (42:23) (Box) (Mega)