RIP Phife Dawg...

[KrisM]

Ha ha, yeah pagers being a status thing. Back when cellphones were either those "bricks", or hard wired into a car. And called "car phones".

Doctors still use pagers, though. About this time last year I was doing a job for a pediatric neurosurgeon, and there were days that he was on call and hanging out at the house. Pager on his belt. I swear I had that ``back in the day......`` line in my head when I saw it.

 

[dodog]

I was shopping for some new shoes the other day. Every time I saw New Balance I thought of Phife.... "I sport New Balance sneakers to avoid a narrow path."

 

[131east23]

Sad. When I lived in Brooklyn they were a thang! Got some of their music handy and will have to spin some here in a bit.
Love this...

 

[Hotpants49]

Wow! Made my jaw drop when I heard. Really sad. RIP.
These guys were amazing artists & show cased a different time & way in hip hop.
The consciousness of their message & music is truly missed today...mostly.
The jazz, R&B influence opened up so many avenues that otherwise, I would know nothing about.
Glad I had the opportunity to see them live in T.O. back in the day with Fugees, Busta' Rhymes & Ziggy!

"Ya' on point Tip"?!

RIP.

 

[Speakerbox]

Watching this, I didnt realize that Q Tip did so much! Tip had one serious serious vinyl collection too.
It suck also that hip hop dont get any salutes for helping keep vinyl alive.

Did anyone watch "Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest?" It's an interesting, if not uncomfortable, look at the in-fighting in the group. My take on it is that Phife felt betrayed by Q-Tip, almost abandoned. He just seemed hurt and lashed out at others. It would be hard to be in a group with your life-long best friend then to have him split the group and go in his own direction. I'd argue that "The Love Movement" was pretty terrible and I'm glad they stopped making music when they did. The one nice thing about the documentary is that towards the end, they were able to make amends enough to put on a show together. It's fun to see them planning their moves and executing them live, it's like watching two little kids playing around and having fun.

I'm not on social media or the like but I'd be curious to see if anyone has seen anything that Q-Tip, Ali Shaheed Muhammad or Jarobi had to say.

 

[xs650shawn]

Way too young. RIP.

 

[ranf1970]

Watching this, I didnt realize that Q Tip did so much! Tip had one serious serious vinyl collection too.
It suck also that hip hop dont get any salutes for helping keep vinyl alive.

He had quite the vinyl collection, including some rare jazz albums. Unfortunately, he lost a lot in 1998 when is home caught fire:

http://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/09/n...ey-fire-damages-home-of-rap-artist-q-tip.html

 

[leesonic]

RIP Phife...

I remember being in a record shop in London when I first heard "Can I kick it?". I've always loved "Walk on the Wild Side" by Lou Reed, but this took it to another level. This was before they had to re-record it with less Lou Reed for copyright reasons.

Though not from the same song, I'll never forget the lines :

"Never half step 'cos I'm not a half-stepper.
Drink a lot of soda so they call me Dr Pepper."

This was back in the day when hip-hop was good, not like the shite they make now.

Lee.

 

[Outta Ammo]

Way too young.
RIP to Malik Taylor.
AKA: The Five-Foot Assassin.
AKA: The Five-Footer
AKA: Phife
AKA: Phife Dawg
AKA: Dynomutt

If one listens to ATCQ long enough, one would certainly become aware of the fact that he had a buffet / smorgasbord / plethora / menagerie / cornucopia / grip / crap-load of self-directed euphemisms.

He made the 90's Rap Scene fun, when often times it was not.

Thanks Di-Dawg!

 

[dodog]

Saw this the other day. Brilliant!