I saw an interview the other night on MTV News about the Tribe getting back together again for a reunion album which might drop before the end of the year. It took me awhile to appreciate them, but they are one of the most influential hip-hop artists of the 90’s.
From MTV News:
The group’s notoriously shortest member, Phife Dawg, says he, Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammed have been seriously discussing a reunion project. Even Jarobi, who swapped his mic for a frying pan when he left to attend culinary school following the release of the group’s 1990 debut, is back in the fold.
“We’re about to start this Tribe album pretty soon,” Phife said Wednesday in Atlanta. “I’m not sure when, but pretty soon it’s gonna be jumpin’ off. We’re talking right now, taking baby steps.”
Phife said despite rumors that members of his crew stopped getting along, he and his former bandmates have always maintained some kind of contact with each other.
“It’s been back and forth,” the self-proclaimed Funky Diabetic explained. “It’s not that we weren’t really talkin’, it’s just that Ali and Q-Tip live in New Jersey, and me and Jarobi are out here in Atlanta. But we connect every now and then. I can’t speak for everybody else, but for me, I felt like it was a must to do [after] the whole Jam Master Jay thing. That just brought everything to the forefront for me.”
You can read the full article at MTV News
The Tribe have been split-up for around 5 years.. their last album was not that great, but I’d love to see them put together another one.
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