How A Tribe Called Quest Changed Hip Hop Forever
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For the first week of Camp Digs we’re breaking down the first album from A Tribe Called Quest, “People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm”! This is a classic album that not only earned the very first perfect “5 Mic” rating from The Source, but is also the birth of Tribe, setting them up for their next 2 albums – all the parts are there, it’s just Tribe in it’s infancy… or as you’ll see… their birth.
R.I.P. Phife
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:28 About Camp Digs
02:30 Longest Name in History
04:26 The Native Tongues
06:12 Luck of Lucien
08:26 Footprints
10:27 El Segundo Kinda Sounds Like…
11:53 Bonita Applebum
14:08 Pause Tapes
14:53 (Yes you can)
16:41 The Preview
18:18 Hearing From You
19:42 Livestream
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@olasefreeman
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
I turned 53 last week and TCQ was unique in my life. I’m here for it
@TheLoneMutant
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
I am currently 42-years-old and I felt the same exact way at the age of 7 that Morgan felt wen she was 11. Hip hop opened the world of music to me too that I never knew existed when I first heard it at the tender age of 5, and so I was very blown away at the age of 7 when A Tribe Called Quest's debut album came out in 1990. Great video as always. I will have to get caught up with the rest of your stuff soon as I've been extremely busy as of late.
@stefanofiorentino1599
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
I think it's pretty important to mention that the beginning of Luck of Lucien isn't just a sample from the Beatles song, it's also La Marseillaise, the French National Anthem…
@Alex_A7
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
Loved the 'Bonita Applebum' anecdote. Props to that Middle School Spanish teacher for incorporating it as a learning aid 👍
@sandrolecirque
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
I always learn something new! Question: how do you get away with playing all this music without copyright strikes? Do you fight every claim with fair use?
@MegaVern1
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
I was late to this album but during Covid I listened and was impressed! Glad I’m here for the breakdown
@flip1sba
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
In the first ATCQ album, Q-Tip is the first word or name that you will hear in the verse. What an introduction.
@WallStreet06
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
My name Frank. I first heard Hail Mary not 2pac 7day theory. And it was over. I was retroactively addicted to hip hop. Some kid from the office is going to have to explain how patron works. Cause I thought that was decent tequila.
Idk if yall are sticking to decades but you should do It’s Dark and Hell is Hot. That. That record was everything in like 98. Then Dre dropped. Good times .
@dkscott331
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
Was 13 when this dropped and wasn't "really" into hip hop just yet. When I heard Bonita…I was hooked. It was a vibe i could get into, just like Hey Young World earlier.
@hillcountrycrops1260
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
The cool thing about tribe back in the day was that you could put them on during a house party and just keep things going. There were so many fights and stuff back then and tribe kinda just erased it.
@ositofreitas
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
Classic Example of a Date Rape is by far the best song
@Vertigo11
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
Love this channel
@rashidaalsina
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
I just found your channel I have to say I can sit and watch all day long , always feels like a chill relaxing day
@Baboorecords
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
7:04 Ohhhh thats why
@uptowngal8748
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
Guys shut up my show is on
@borboletta
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
the first 3 ATCQ albums are my alltime HipHop faves…
@Slacquerr
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
12:44 Really sounds like you're saying Little Beat. Maybe you meant Little Beet, the eminent vegan classic rock group?
@blueknight5754
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
This is a must have..I was 17 when this dropped and as I listened it placed me on the streets with them..out at the dance that Bonita met Tip..I felt I belonged there..that stayed with me every time I hear that album.
@danieldean1806
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
I'm so glad you revisited this album it feels like a forgotten record compared to the next two…but this is the record that made me fall in love with tribe. I love the production and the way it flows… nothing sounded like this in 1990.
@enotide
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
"Fool Yourself" Little Feat
@apokalyp
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
THIS IS SOOOOOO GOOOODDD!!!!
@sheinernaranjo545
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
Description of a fool is a really good bop.
@pembertonjones8135
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
What about that Bonita Applebum Remix? One of the best remixes of all time.
@JhBrax
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
Great video 👍🏾
@marbleblue5127
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
Sugar Ray was absolutely biting, but rock in the 90s freely borrowed some styles and instrumentation from hip-hop. It sometimes came off a little corny, but it was cool how intertwined pop music was back then.
@abelabera8502
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
You keep saying Q-Tip and Ali but the fact remains.. Q-Tip did all of it for the first 3 albums except large pro(kept it rolling) and skeff anslem (everything is fair) Tip was always about the unit and put down produced by a tribe called quest instead of Q-Tip. He also hand drew the tribe called quest logo and came up with the albums names and art covers.
@TeresaL-t7b
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
Why am I just finding out about this channel now? Where have you been all my life. ❤ Big ups! Love what you do
@renman3000
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
This album coincided with my weed smoking.
PUUURFECCT
@skeelo69
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
My fave phife and Q interaction is in the rap 'Scenario' which happens to be my favourite rap EVER….and my favourite TCQ song is Award Tour…that Bass is badass.
@skeelo69
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
Big up to the Sitar 😊
@skeelo69
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
Donald Byrd 'Think Twice ' was also sampled by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with their song 'Let the beat hit em'😊
@t.breeze8659
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
Great video series but why no Sly Stone video. With his passing, we’d love your take on his legacy. And as a bassist, you would appreciate the influence of Larry Graham’s work with the Family Stone.
As for Peoples Instinctive Travels, Phife was hardly part of that album. It’s as if Phife didn’t get serious about it until Low End Theory.
@williamgibson1320
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
Hey sir do you have any tips on how to learn abelton? Any suggestions about any online teaching to something please 🙏🏾 and thanks
@cashflowhustles
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
RIP Phife Dawg
@SinjaTheArchitect
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
Is slim shady LP a classic we could do? Or devils night??
@ollylove5727
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
Sleep overs in Mo Kolours and Reg Mamode’s bedroom, obviously there’s more to this
@bennisford1712
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
Five Mic 🎤 album!!! 💪
@melundank1039
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
doubt tip made bonita beat in 1985 on a pause tape….NOBODY was really even sampling then let alone loops….lol
@Jared4Love
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
11:33 I thought it was gonna be “Mind playin tricks on me”.
@stephenheath8465
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
Footprints is just an incredible song just straight fire🔥🔥🔥🔥
@al4i1
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
❤
@PaulGSKMB
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
About Luck of Lucien:
The intro is an excerpt of a Beatles song which happens to have borrowed notes from the French national anthem called La Marseillaise.
Lucien ended up in jail for arson and manslaughter: he burnt somebody’s doormat, somebody who owed him money, but the door and then the apartment ended up catching fire and somebody ended up dead.
@gizmosoblivion
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
NEED bizzareride. much love !!!
@patricknichols4670
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
Masterfully done, as always.
Question, could someone tell me what type of guitar that is in the background? My daughter wants to start playing but i dont really know the different types
@chrisg8995
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
THE perfect album to choose for the 90’s. Well done.
@wcorowitz
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 am
ATCQ is my favorite group of ALL TIME and this is the album that did it for me. This album is like a time capsule. I was a Native Tongue fan, but this is my favorite HIP-HOP album of ALL TIME!!! The collection of samples on this album was so eclectic and fresh. It contained samples two of my favorite artists of ALL TIME before they became my two favorite artists of ALL TIME: (Intro of Description of a Fool) Jimi Hendrix (Rainy Day sample) AFTER HOURS – Sly Stone (Remember who You Are sample). They were a lot of quirky and comedic moments on this album, right along with some really deep introspective gems. I still feel like DESCRIPTION of a FOOL is the precursor to Arrested Development's Everyday People. Thanks for covering my favorite album right out of the gate and showing ATCQ so much love on your channel. I feel like this album (FOR ME) represented what Woodstock felt like for the 60's generation.
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