You guys are real musicians. So imma help you understand the wizardry of A Trine Called Quest. Imagine how cool yet utterly impossible it would be to make 1 song composed of elements from 3 of your fav songs, from 3 different bands-regardless of genre-from across time/place…together… in 1 room. Mind blowing. Nearly impossible. Impractical. Time consuming. Expensive. Well, Q Tip did that through genius sampling, production and music wisdom. This song was EVENTUALLY able to be played acoustically years AFTER the initial release when the success of his albums showed the world what could be done
“What the F is this?” It’s a song by The Average White Band, sampled, accompanied, twisted and distorted with synthesized music and Hip Hop Dj tricks to make and intentionally disjointed Hip Hop song. It’s all the crazy things that make Jazz so freaking amazing…in a Hip Hop format.
i was born in '87 and i discovered the whole 90's jazz rap/alternative rap in late 2000's. they have been my favorite group since then. So glad to see people discover these groups present day.
Your guess is WRONG!!! It was not played, it was sampled!!! I respect the fact that you recognize that this song starts with real, acoustic-based music vs synthesized sounds. “Live” is what EVERY hip hop artist wanted in the beginning but couldn’t get either because a) they didn’t have access to enough great bands/instruments; b) the talented local bands that they DID connect with couldn’t play the world of music available on albums. So, one of Q Tips greatest contributions to hip hop was that he had a broad musical knowledge and treasury of records that he knew forward and back. He sliced/diced/sampled so many sounds from older songs. He did it in a way that only a few could do like him. Eventually he helped create a genre that the industry had to catch up, then reverse engineer over time with by recruiting live bands from all over the world willing/able to do acoustically what he wanted out the gate
I was born in 91 and with all my heart I love classic hip-hop of the 90s since the beginning of the 00s. I make music myself (I write instrumentals, I record friends in my studio, and I have been in this field for a long time from the inside and my view of music is not “wow, what a cool track, it rocks” , I’m rather looking for an interesting sound) I listened to everyone I could, but only a couple of years ago I realized how much magical music A Tribe Called Quest made. Few instrumentals contain such a pleasant pack of sounds. this is the most underrated hip hop in my opinion
Q-tip has one of the best voices in rap one thing Eminem doesn't have naturally and is obviously not included on this channel I also think Wordsworth has one of the best voices in rap. And Loon, unfortunate Diddy association be damned.
You guys are real musicians. So imma help you understand the wizardry of A Trine Called Quest. Imagine how cool yet utterly impossible it would be to make 1 song composed of elements from 3 of your fav songs, from 3 different bands-regardless of genre-from across time/place…together… in 1 room. Mind blowing. Nearly impossible. Impractical. Time consuming. Expensive. Well, Q Tip did that through genius sampling, production and music wisdom. This song was EVENTUALLY able to be played acoustically years AFTER the initial release when the success of his albums showed the world what could be done
Totally!
“What the F is this?” It’s a song by The Average White Band, sampled, accompanied, twisted and distorted with synthesized music and Hip Hop Dj tricks to make and intentionally disjointed Hip Hop song. It’s all the crazy things that make Jazz so freaking amazing…in a Hip Hop format.
Using jazz pretty loose. It’s cool tho
Bro!!! They rocked ENTIRE FREAKING STADIUMS to this!!! Look it up! The mellow vibe, ironically, had/has crowds jumping through the roof! Seriously.
I believe it!
"you on point Steven?" "No not at all" 😂😂😂 (tribe goat). W pick from yall. I recommend find a way by them
Will do! Haha
Phife was having a diabetic incident when he was performing there if I'm not mistaken.
It was Jive, with a hard J, Records! 😂
i was born in '87 and i discovered the whole 90's jazz rap/alternative rap in late 2000's. they have been my favorite group since then. So glad to see people discover these groups present day.
It's been in my head ever since!
Let me give y’all a clue. Follow the drums when listening to Hip-Hop. It’ll make better sense. You’re welcome 😉
Q-Tip's production was definitely new to us when he came out. Like RZA, he was just different
Your guess is WRONG!!! It was not played, it was sampled!!! I respect the fact that you recognize that this song starts with real, acoustic-based music vs synthesized sounds. “Live” is what EVERY hip hop artist wanted in the beginning but couldn’t get either because a) they didn’t have access to enough great bands/instruments; b) the talented local bands that they DID connect with couldn’t play the world of music available on albums. So, one of Q Tips greatest contributions to hip hop was that he had a broad musical knowledge and treasury of records that he knew forward and back. He sliced/diced/sampled so many sounds from older songs. He did it in a way that only a few could do like him. Eventually he helped create a genre that the industry had to catch up, then reverse engineer over time with by recruiting live bands from all over the world willing/able to do acoustically what he wanted out the gate
Thanks for the knowledge
And C; they wanted it to sound like the records from the park jams the DJ’s were cutting up and bands ( like Sugar Hill) couldn’t give that flavor
If you have to ask you'll never know...
I was born in 91 and with all my heart I love classic hip-hop of the 90s since the beginning of the 00s. I make music myself (I write instrumentals, I record friends in my studio, and I have been in this field for a long time from the inside and my view of music is not “wow, what a cool track, it rocks” , I’m rather looking for an interesting sound) I listened to everyone I could,
but only a couple of years ago I realized how much magical music A Tribe Called Quest made. Few instrumentals contain such a pleasant pack of sounds. this is the most underrated hip hop in my opinion
Thanks for taking my suggestion!
A Tribe Called Kwest helped raise me 😊
We will figure it out eventually! We are slow to the game! Haha
Q-tip has one of the best voices in rap
one thing Eminem doesn't have naturally and is obviously not included on this channel
I also think Wordsworth has one of the best voices in rap. And Loon, unfortunate Diddy association be damned.
It was later on in the first sampled track. Again fun watch,.
When looking for hooks, you didn’t play The Average White Band long enough. Gotta hear the horns kick in
i love tool but don’t ever call tribe called quest that again😂
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I like you guys cuz of your musical prospectives which I don't have. I listen to the Barz and just think that the beats are dope.
The beats are dope!