RIP Phife Dawg

[JKL2000]

From A Tribe Called Quest, at age 45:

http://thin.npr.org/s.php?sId=471599058&rId=1001&x=1

(Ok, I admit I only wanted to be able to say "Phife Dawg"... Never heard of him.)

[Nijinsky Hind]

Phife Dawg... We hardly knew ye....

[WHORG]

Great and pioneering hip-hop trio that always distanced themselves from the "gangsta'" style so prevalent at the time . . .

[Rickenbacker]

Huge loss for hip hop & American popular music as a whole. Love their blend of socially conscious lyrics, humor, with a dash of jazz influence & clever use of sampling.
They truly were pioneering. That's why I get so angry when people say "rap is easy" "anyone can do it" "Takes no talent" etc.

[zravkapt]

Glad someone made a thread; I was going to make one myself. RIP dude. A Tribe Called Quest were one of the first rap groups to sample jazz records. Certainly one of the better hip-hop acts and I loved the interplay between Q-Tip and Phife. The Low End Theory is one of the best rap albums ever.

[viukkis]

Another 2016 death I wasn't expecting. The first three A Tribe Called Quest albums are absolute classics and jazzy hip-hop at its best. RIP Phife.

[JKL2000]

Phife Dawg... We hardly knew ye....

*I* hardly knew him, anyway...

[JKL2000]

Glad someone made a thread; I was going to make one myself. RIP dude. A Tribe Called Quest were one of the first rap groups to sample jazz records. Certainly one of the better hip-hop acts and I loved the interplay between Q-Tip and Phife. The Low End Theory is one of the best rap albums ever.

Just sounds like rap to me - very repetitive. But I guess it's me. (The second one doesn't work.)

[Nijinsky Hind]

*I* hardly knew him, anyway...

Same here... we cant know everyone!

[Poisoned Youth]

So you started an RIP thread for someone you didn't know and didn't care about. Can we think twice (or 3 times) before starting threads like these? Thanks.