Beats, Rhymes & Fights…

I can’t tell you how much i’ve been looking forward to this new A Tribe Called Quest documentary.  A Tribe Called Quest’s cd “The Low End Theory” was the first cd i ever bought.  I didn’t even own a cd player at that time but i knew i had to have that album. This documentary is supposed to shed some light on the life and times of the Tribe members as well as the problems they’ve had and are still having as a group.  It’s brought to us by another huge hip hop fan, Michael Rapaport.  The film is supposed to debut sometime in early 2011 which can’t get here any sooner. The following is taken from the official movie website as well as the trailer for the movie below: http://www.atribecalledquestmovie.com/

“Beats, Rhymes and Life: The Story of A Tribe Called Quest is a documentary film directed by Michael Rapaport about one of music’s most influential and groundbreaking pioneers in hip hop. The story is told by the members themselves as they reunite after two years during the 2008 Rock the Bells tour to deliver sold out performances . On the tour they re-discover that their own personal differences may overpower their love for the group, countless, hard-core fans, and its ability to survive the pressures of fame, the record industry, and simply pursuing other interests in life. Rapaport, himself a hard core Tribe fan from the first album, panics when Q-Tip tells him “ this could be the last show” after mounting tension erupted at the event in San Francisco. Thus, begins a journey to go back and appreciate the huge contributions made by Tribe to the “whole structure of hip hop” as stated by Amir from the Roots, one of the many artists in the film influenced by Tribe’s unique sampling and layering of obscure jazz loops mixed with hip hop beats, as well as their playful but clever lyrics. Chronicles told of songs like “Scenario” and “Check the Rhyme” paint a vivid picture of what it was like coming up in Queens as young folks living and breathing hip hop in the early nineties.”

Back In The Day…

I had to post this pic i found over on Shawn Stussy’s blog, http://www.shawnstussy.com.  Yes that Shawn Stussy.  And yes he’s back with his own brand “S/Double” after a 10 year or so break living it up in Hawaii after selling Stussy.  You need to check it out and see what he’s turning out.  Nice clean and simple goods with that stussy vibe to it.  Grown folks wardrobe yet still with the young feel.  Anyway, he had this great pic of Rev. Run and Mike D hanging out kicking it in every sense of the word “old school”.  I’m guessing this pic was snapped in 87 or so?  Check out the classic clothes in that pic.  Run rocking the leather black on black adidas jacket, kangol bucket and trademark dookie chain with that holy grail gold shelltoe!  And of course Mike D sporting the Def Jam/ Beastie Boys black letterman’s jacket and high sitting ball cap.  I bet you money they were both wearing Lee jeans on top of all that and of course, classic adidas kicks.  So 80′s hip hop and so simple but all so classic, to this day.

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