A Tribe Called Quest was an American hip hop group formed in St. Albans, Queens, New York in 1985, originally composed of rapper and main producer Q-Tip, rapper Phife Dawg, DJ and co-producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and rapper Jarobi White. The group is regarded as a pioneer of alternative hip hop music. In 1991, the group released its jazz-influenced second album, The Low End Theory, regarded for helping shape alternative hip hop in the 1990s. In 1998, the group broke up shortly before releasing its fifth album, The Love Movement, but in 2006, the group's original members reunited and toured the United States. In 2016, the group released its sixth and final album, We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service, which was still incomplete when Phife Dawg died suddenly in March 2016, and was completed by the other members after his death.
| Origin | Queens, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Hip hop, alternative hip hop, jazz rap, East Coast hip hop |
| Years active | 1985–1998, 2006–2013, 2015–2017 |
| Labels | Jive, Epic |
| Associated acts | Native Tongues, Busta Rhymes, Consequence, J Dilla, Rashad Smith |
| Past members | Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Jarobi White |
关于A Tribe Called Quest
Pioneers in hip-hop, they won a Special Achievement Award at the Billboard R&B Hip-Hop Awards. Their album The Low End Theory received the 5 Mic Album award from The Source.
A Tribe Called Quest的成就
Rapper Phife Dawg died of diabetes on March 2016. Their November 2016 album We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service featured vocals from Andre 3000, Kendrick Lamar and other prominent rappers.
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