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July 25, 2011

Its the tribe y'all

Checked out the new Tribe doc today. Brought back a lot of memories. I remember buying Midnight Marauders in High School and listening to it every night for months on end. I could recite every lyric of that whole album front to back. Before this time period however I remember me and my brother being at a homeboys house looking through his tape collection when I stumbled upon "The Low End Theory". We through that joint in and I was floored. The jazz, the lyricism,  the artistry, and as we called them then the 'jams'. Can I kick it, scenario, etc. I became a lifelong fan that moment. It was a pleasure watching the doc and understanding the behind the scenes dynamics to seminal moments in the career of one of the greatest hip hop groups ever. However there was vital info left out in my opinion. Like right around Beats, Rhymes, and Life how Q-tip , Ali, and the late great J-Dilla formed the production co. "The Ummah" which produced that album. J-Dilla was a legend it would of been nice for the general public to see where he got his start. The inclusion of Consequence on this album and Phife's feelings about it were also something that should have been included. Other than those omissions all in all great film for music fans and particularly fans of real hip hop done artistically from the heart. XL