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  • Q-Tip (A Tribe Called Quest) • “Black Spasmodic” • 2016

    Rip every stage with grace, look right dead in they face, Live the Tribe principle of havin’ impeccable taste. Enjoy that breath like that one was your last one left, If you don’t believe me, there’s truly life after death. – Q-Tip, “Black Spasmodic,” from A Tribe Called Quest’s We Got It from Here…Thank You…

  • Rap is not pop. If you call it that, then stop. Q-Tip, “Check the Rhime,” from A Tribe Called Quest’s The Low End Theory, 1991. More quotes from The Abstract…

  • Shorty, let me tell you about my only vice: It has to do with lots of lovin’, and it ain’t nuttin’ nice. Q-Tip, “Electric Relaxation,” from A Tribe Called Quest’s Midnight Marauders, 1993. More from the Tribe…

  • I am recognizing that the voice inside my head Is urging me to be myself, but never follow someone else Because opinions are like voices, we all have a different kind. Q-Tip, “Steve Biko (Stir It Up),” from A Tribe Called Quest’s Midnight Marauders, 1993

  • Question: Why is that MC’s be wack And major labels wanna sign that crap? A-yo…funk that! Phife Dawg, “One Two Shit,” A Tribe Called Quest’s The Love Movement, 1998. More Tribe Quotes.

  • The world is kinda cold and the rhythm is my blanket. Q-Tip, “Verses from the Abstract,” from A Tribe Called Quest’s The Low End Theory, 1991

  • I know the feelin, when you feelin like a villain, You be havin good thoughts but the evils be revealin’. And the stresses of life can take you off the right path, Jealousy and envy tends to infiltrate your staff… We gotta hold it down so we can move on past All adversities, so we…

  • Your whole appearance is a lie and it could never be true. And if you really loved yourself, then you would try and be you. Phife, “Butter,” from A Tribe Called Quest’s The Low End Theory, 1991

  • I’ll have you weak in the knees that you could hardly speak, Or we could do like Uncle L and swing an ep in my Jeep. Q-Tip, “Electric Relaxation,” from A Tribe Called Quest’s Midnight Marauders, 1993

  • 38-24-37… You and me, hun, we’re a match made in heaven. I like to kiss ya where some brothers won’t… I like to tell ya things some brothers don’t. Q-Tip, “Bonita Applebum,” from A Tribe Called Quest’s People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, 1990

  • How far must you go to gain respect? Um… Well, it’s kind of simple: just remain your own. Or you’ll be crazy sad and alone. Q-Tip, “Check the Rhime,” from A Tribe Called Quest’s The Low End Theory, 1991

  • So concisely, musically we are the herb So sit back and light me. Inhale…My style’s kinda fat, reminiscent of a whale. Q-Tip, “Sucka Nigga,” from A Tribe Called Quest’s Midnight Marauders, 1993 (via egotripland)

  • Back in the days when I was a teenager, Before I had status, and before I had a pager, You could find The Abstract, listening to hip-hop, My pops used to say it reminded him of be-bop. I said, ‘Well daddy don’t you know that things go in cycles. The way that Bobby Brown is…

  • Shorty, let me tell you about my only vice: It has to do with lots of lovin’, and it ain’t nuttin’ nice. Q-Tip, “Electric Relaxation,” from A Tribe Called Quest’s Midnight Marauders, 1993

  • I like ‘em brown, yellow, Puerto Rican or Haitian. Phife, “Electric Relaxation,” from A Tribe Called Quest’s Midnight Marauders, 1993

  • Although I hit a pound of herbs, I’m still nice with the verbs. So fuck what ya heard. Sadat X, “Show Business,” from A Tribe Called Quest’s The Low End Theory, 1991

  • Rap is not pop. If you call it that, then stop. Q-Tip, “Check the Rhime,” from A Tribe Called Quest’s The Low End Theory, 1991

  • Used to have a crush on Dawn from En Vogue. It’s not like honey dip would wanna get with me, But just in case I own more condoms than TLC. Phife Dawg, “Oh My God,” from A Tribe Called Quest’s Midnight Maruaders, 1993

  • Ayo, shout out to Mobb Deep, the Extra P Busta Rhymes, De La, the J Beez, so don’t sleep Q-Tip, “Mind Power, ” A Tribe Called Quest’s Beats, Rhymes and Life, 1996

  • Eat from the Tree of Life and throw away the verbal ham. Sadat X, “Show Business,” from A Tribe Called Quest’s The Low End Theory, 1991

  • The world is kinda cold and the rhythm is my blanket. Q-Tip, “Verses from the Abstract,” from A Tribe Called Quest’s The Low End Theory, 1991

  • Satisfaction, I have the right tactics… And if you need em I got crazy prophylactics. Q-Tip, “Bonita Applebum,” from A Tribe Called Quest’s People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, 1990

  • From the bottom of my heart, that’s where the love starts: The love for breakdancing, my love for the art. And with this love, I do hip-hop from the soul, A real MC, who never sweats how many copies are sold. Yeah, I want to go gold, platinum, et ceteras, But why put out some…

  • Question: Why is that MC’s be wack And major labels wanna sign that crap? A-yo…funk that! Phife Dawg, “One Two Shit,” A Tribe Called Quest’s The Love Movement, 1998. More from Phife. Rest in forever peace, Malik Taylor, the rapper known as Phife Dawg, who died Wednesday at the age of 45. 1970-2016.

  • Your whole appearance is a lie and it could never be true. And if you really loved yourself, then you would try and be you. Phife, “Butter,” from A Tribe Called Quest’s The Low End Theory, 1991. More from Phife. Rest in forever peace, Malik Taylor, the rapper known as Phife Dawg, who died Wednesday at…

  • I like ‘em brown, yellow, Puerto Rican or Haitian. Name is Phife Dawg from the Zulu Nation. Phife, “Electric Relaxation,” from A Tribe Called Quest’s Midnight Marauders, 1993. More from Phife. Rest in forever peace, Malik Taylor, the rapper known as Phife Dawg, who died Wednesday at the age of 45. 1970-2016.

  • Used to have a crush on Dawn from En Vogue. It’s not like honey dip would wanna get with me, But just in case I own more condoms than TLC. Phife Dawg, “Oh My God,” from A Tribe Called Quest’s Midnight Maruaders, 1993. Rest in forever peace, Malik Taylor, the rapper known as Phife Dawg, who…

  • The thing that men and women need to do is stick together, Progressions can’t be made if we’re separate forever. Q-Tip, “Verses from the Abstract,” from A Tribe Called Quest’s The Low End Theory, 1991. More from the Abstract…

  • As the night seemed darker, cops is on a hunt, They interrupt your cipher, and crush your blunt. See, you left your work at home so they pat you down for nothing; Why in the hell does 10-4 keep fronting? Q-Tip, “Midnight,” from A Tribe Called Quest’s Midnight Marauders, 1993. More from the Tribe…

  • Asparagus tips look yummy, yummy, yummy, Candied yams inside my tummy. A collage of good eats, some snacks or nice treats, Apple sauce and some nice red beets. This is what we snack on when we’re questin’. Q-Tip and Phife, “Ham n’ Eggs,” from A Tribe Called Quest’s People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of…

  • Baby, baby, baby, I don’t wanna be rude, But I know the cause of your bloody attitude. I know why you act that way, It usually happens on the 28th day. I respect that…crazily, When you’re done with the pads, can you come check me? Q-Tip, “The Infamous Date Rape,” from A Tribe Called Quest’s The…

  • I know I’d be the man if I cold yanked the plug on R&B…but I can’t, and that’s bugged. Q-Tip, “Buggin’ Out,” The Low End Theory, 1991. More from ATCQ…