A Tribe Called Quest News

The music industry, gathered here for 54th Grammy Awards Sunday evening, was in shock after the death of Whitney Houston, the six-time Grammy winner, Saturday afternoon.

The music industry, gathered here for 54th Grammy Awards Sunday evening, was in shock after the death of Whitney Houston, the six-time Grammy winner, Saturday afternoon.

Michael Rapaport, director of the documentary 'Beat, Rhymes and Life,' poses for a portrait on Jan.

Q: What is a Dilla? A: It's not what -- Dilla is a city in northwest Somalia -- it's a who.

Harlem Stage has announced its Spring 2012 schedule, which includes tributes to jazz giant Cecil Taylor and modern legends A Tribe Called Quest, as well as barrier-busting works in music, dance and film.

There was a time, circa 1991, when hip-hop wasn't all about bling and bitches. Back in the day, the beat dropped and so did some Gil-Scott Heron-inspired wordplay, a call for justice in the inner city, and a shout-out to Malcolm X. Founded by rapper Speech , Atlanta collective Arrested Development belonged to that generation of the Golden Era.

It's evident in every moment of his documentary, "Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest," the actor's directing debut about the influential hip-hop group.

Since Q-Tip has gotten the lion's share of the glory for A Tribe Called Quest's success... and because ATCQ has been known for their deep jazz and funk samples, we're digging through the crates finding those cuts used to make the definitive Tribe sound.

One of my earliest observations about documentary films is they're especially great for niche audiences.

As expected , The Jungle Brothers DID bring out members of the Native Tongues last night at SOB's , but that did not include many of the "invited guests". The reunion and associated guest appearances were limited to Leaders of The New School , Jarobi , members of the UMC's and Black Sheep , Sadat X , Force MDs and possibly some others.

It was just six years ago today that Hip-Hop lost one of its greatest producers of all-time, Detroit born and raised J Dilla.

Had he not passed away on Feb. 10, 2006, beloved hip-hop producer J Dilla would have turned 38 years young today.

In the 90s, nobody could flip a smooth sample like A Tribe Called Quest's Ali Shaheed Muhammad.

The New Jersey rapper hit it big with placement in one of the Super Bowl's top ads last night.

Mixmaster-producers from A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul will be at Los Angeles' Ultra Lounge today, speaking about the impact of the Native Tongues and the "golden-era" sound of Hip Hop.

The Red Bull Music Academy is residing in New York this year, but the traveling music workshop is giving L.A. artists a sample of its uber-exclusive program of lectures and seminars Saturday at downtown L.A.'s Ultra Lounge .

This coming Tuesday, February 7th at S.O.B's on 200 Varrick Street in SoHo, the Jungle Brothers will be performing live in a reunion of Native Tongues that will include performances by De La Soul, Black Sheep, L.O.N.S, A Tribe Called Quest, Monie Love.A A Tickets for the Lower Manhattan ConcertA are $20 in advance and $25 at the door.

A Tribe Called Quest once said to " Check the Rhime ." Well, you'll be able to do that and more when hip-hop comes to the St.

Tip , former frontman of A Tribe Called Quest, is returning to the Brooklyn Bowl, this Thursday February 2, filling in for ?uestlove in the DJ booth.

The big day is upon us. The Oscar nominations will be announced at 5:30 a.m. PST on January 24 and you can watch them right here.