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The seminal rap group A Tribe Called Quest brought jazz into the genre, resurrecting timeless rhythms to create masterpieces. This narrative follows Tribe from their early days as part of the Afrocentric rap collective known as the Native Tongues, through their first three classic albums, to their eventual breakup and long hiatus. Their work is placed in the context of the broader rap landscape of the 1990s, one upended by sampling laws that forced a reinvention in production methods, the East Coast-West Coast rivalry that threatened to destroy the genre, and some record labels' shift from focusing on groups to individual MCs.Â
Throughout the narrative, poet and essayist Hanif Abdurraqib connects the music and cultural history to their street-level impact. Whether he's remembering The Source magazine cover announcing the Tribe's 1998 breakup or writing personal letters to the group after bandmate Phife Dawg's death, Abdurraqib seeks the deeper truths of A Tribe Called Quest, truths that - like the low end, the bass - are not simply heard in the head but are felt in the chest. Digging into the group's history, Abdurraqib draws from his own experience to reflect on how its distinctive sound resonated among fans like himself. The result is as ambitious and genre-bending as the rap group itself.
Read Online Go Ahead in the Rain Notes to A Tribe Called Quest Audible Audio Edition Hanif Abdurraqib Ron Butler LLC Dreamscape Media Books
"Hands down, an incredibly beautiful and poetic read. It's one part history lessons, one part autobiography, and one ATCQ. Even if you aren't a fan of the group, this book is so well written that you'll be getting down to Low End Theory in no time."
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Go Ahead in the Rain Notes to A Tribe Called Quest Audible Audio Edition Hanif Abdurraqib Ron Butler LLC Dreamscape Media Books Reviews
- I cannot express how much I love this book. Finished it, started it over kind of love. Hanif Abdurraqib has an unbelievable ability to connect what music means to our smallest selves and how it impacts to our largest issues. In a word Brilliant.
- My wife bought me this book because of my love of ATCQ. Within the first chapter I realized that I am also a fan of Hanif Abdurraqib! This "love letter" is a really powerful work about how our love of art impacts and shapes our lives. Much more than a simple bio of Tribe, this book is a reflection on growing up in the late 90's and entering adulthood after the turn of the century. While there is more than enough information contained within to please any fan of A Tribe Called Quest, Mr. Abdurraqib uses this as a jumping off point to look at how our admiration of artists whose works touch our lives and the "relationships" that we have with those artists can affect us on a far more personal level. Beautifully written from cover to cover and a joy to read. We all need more of this kind of writing in our lives. I will be checking out Hanif's other work!
- When you find someone who loves the same music you do for the same reasons you do with the same intensity you do, it’s molecular. This book, the first I’ve read by Abdurraqib, is plain stellar.
For several reasons. As I said, listening to Abdurraqib wax poetic about and TO the members of Tribe is like curling up next to a stove. But what really moved me about this book is it’s sublimity.
The sentences are so beautifully crafted; the stories, both about the author and the band, vibrate with empathy and urgency; and the book is about so much more than Tribe. Or maybe it’s more accurate to say that Tribe is about more than Tribe. And so is any music we love. For Abdurraqib, ATCQ is about his own brothers, being a nerd, growing up black with cassette tapes, Leonard Cohen (YES!!!!!), underdogs, excellence, punching and percussion. To name a few.
Needless to say, I’ve already ordered Abdurraqib’s book of essays and his book of poetry. The essays begin with an introduction by someone asking Abdurraqib to join a Death Cab For Cutie cover band!!! They want to be friends with him so desperately. I’m starting to feel the same way.
It’s pathetic, I know. So I’ll just keep reading. - What do I say? I read this book in one day, and I was drawn in and moved at nearly every page. I appreciate an author who can express deeply about a subject without the need to profess perfect understanding. Honestly I just finished it and am still working out the ways in which this book is fantastic.
- Hands down, an incredibly beautiful and poetic read. It's one part history lessons, one part autobiography, and one ATCQ. Even if you aren't a fan of the group, this book is so well written that you'll be getting down to Low End Theory in no time.
- "They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us" was a masterpiece, so I jumped into Hanif's next work without any real background or attachment to A Tribe Called Quest. And I still couldn't put it down. Powerful prose, emotional memories and stories, and the added bonus of getting me super into a hip-hop group.
Two major takeaways I'm a Day One purchase for Hanif's next, and I can't stop listening to Midnight Marauders. - Hanif,
Thank you for your words, for your thoughts, and for your meditations. As you reflected on the impossibly great music that Tribe produced, you created the impossibly great book explaining, contextualizing, and honoring that music. This is the book that we all wish we could have written. - Beutiful.
