A Tribe Called Quest – Scoremore Shows

Today in Hip-Hop History

On this day in 1996, A Tribe Called Quest released their fourth album Beats, Rhymes and Life. Though not as highly regarded as ATCQ’s other albums, particularly Midnight Marauders and The Low End Theory, this album had some impressive flows and lyrics, and it introduced the world to Consequence. The entire album was produced by The Ummah, which consisted of Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Q-Tip and the late great J Dilla. This album also made some new moves for ATCQ. It went in the direction of the rest of the mid-late ’90s with hard-hitting beats and sweet female vocals. Faith Evans and Tammy Lucas were big reasons why the singles “Stressed Out” and “1nce Again” did so well on the charts.

Wiz Khalifa – Electric Relaxation (Phife Dawg Tribute)

Wiz Khalifa has joined the list of hip-hop artists who have honored the legendary Phife Dawg, who passed away on Tuesday at the age of 45. The entire Hip Hop community has definitely come together to mourn and celebrate the life of a rap pioneer. Furthermore, Wiz has shared a tribute remix of “Electric Relaxation,” a track by Phife and A Tribe Called Quest on the classic 1993 album, Midnight Marauders, in the wake of Phife’s death.

The homage to Phife was posted on the Taylor Gang official website, and Wiz recently dropped a video for the track to pay another tribute to Phife. Out of respect to A Tribe Called Quest, which was co-founder by Phife, Wiz kept the original beat and reworked some lyrics of his own. Check it out below:

A Tribe Called Quest debuts 3 remixes

The 25th Anniversary edition of People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhyme releases this Friday. The release will include re-mastered recordings of the original material and a few remixes of some of the biggest hits off the album. Pharrell Williams, Cee-lo Green and J Cole put fresh spins to the classics. Check them out below.