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  • Craig Mack • “Get Down (Q-Tip Remix)” • 1994

    You can’t bite my style cause my style ain’t a style that is a style so I can go buckwild.” Craig Mack, “Get Down (Q-Tip Remix)”, 1994

  • Q-Tip • “The Remedy” • 1996

    There’s divinity within because we come from the divine, A force that’s not seen, but you feel it every time: When the wind blows, and the world turns, And the rain drops, and the baby cries, And the bird flies, and the ground quake, And the stars gleam. Q-Tip, “The Remedy,” from Get on the…

  • 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…

  • Rappers hate each other, not the labels that got rich, Don’t care about culture, they only want profit. If your album sell slow, bet you’ll get dropped quick; Q-Tip warned us: the industry’s toxic. For reference, check out BDP’s Sex and Violence. Cormega, “Industry,” Mega Philosophy, 2014

  • 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

  • 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…

  • 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

  • All we want in this life is peace, prosperity and a little paper. Q-Tip, “Peace, Prosperity and Paper,” from High School High Soundtrack, 1996

  • We got to stay awake for all these lizards and snakes; Some of them come as friends, some of them come as Jakes. Q-Tip, “Ill Vibe,” from Busta Rhymes’ The Coming, 1996

  • You never know: rain, sleet, hail, snow, See you gotta accept that’s how things go. Prepare for the rainy day, or the sun’s glow, But there’s clouds movin’ in and the clouds gonna blow. Q-Tip, “Keep it Moving,” from Hi-Tek’s Hi-Teknology 2: The Chip, 2006. Hurricane Sandy resources: How to Prepare for a Hurricane (Ready.gov).…

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • We got to mediate our greedy levels, Cause the lust of currency can have us sleepin with the devil. Q-Tip, “Peace, Prosperity and Paper,” from High School High Soundtrack, 1996

  • 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

  • One step at a time, a man walked on the moon. One record got played, Kool Herc said, ‘Boom!’ Q-Tip, “Life is Better,” The Renaissance, 2008. Thoughts and prayers are with DJ Kool Herc, the Father of Hip-Hop battling a heart condition in the hospital right now. More info >

  • Shorty thought she subtle but she really was blatant… When she shook her thing and violated, Now these wolf-like thoughts are formulated. Q-Tip, “Vivrant Thing,” Amplified, 2000. More from Tip…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…