A Death in the Family – R.I.P. Phife Dawg!

 
This week’s show is a memoriam to one of the dopest MC’s of all time – Phife Dawg or A Tribe Called Quest fame. Phife’s amenable style and unrelenting metaphors told a story from one of the art form’s most unique points of view. The 5-foot freak, told it like it was and made you understand that Hip Hop is a culture and rhyming is an artform, not only a bi-product of packing a gat or running a criminal enterprise. A part of the transformative Native Tongue crew – A Tribe Called Quest, Phife succumbed to complications tied to diabetes and passed away at 45-years-old. We play the whole discography from People’s Instinctive Travels to the Love Movement and stop to note Phife’s greatness along the way. So microphone check – 1,2 – who is this? This is all about Malik and how he changed Hip Hop on his own terms. He was on point. All the time – It’s Boom Bap Radio.

Da Play List

1. Buggin’ Out  – A Tribe Called Quest – 1991 – The Low End Theory
2. Electric Relaxation – Tribe – 1993 – Midnight Marauders
3. Clap Your Hands – Tribe – 1993 – Midnight Marauders
4. Can I Kick It?  -  Tribe – 1990 – People Instinctive Travels and the Path of Rhythm
5. Butter – Tribe – 1991 – The Low End Theory
6. Vibes and Stuff – Tribe – 1991 – The Low End Theory
7. Check the Rhyme -  Tribe – 1991 – The Low End Theory
8. Jazz – Tribe – 1991 – The Low End Theory
9. Scenario -  Tribe – 1991 – The Low End Theory
10. Push It Along – Tribe – 1990 – People’s Instinctive Travels…
11. Baby Phife’s Return – Tribe – 1996 – Beats, Rhymes and Life
12. Hot Sex – Tribe – 1998 – The Love Movement
13. Award Tour – Tribe – 1993 – Midnight Marauders