Native Tongues Posse
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The Native Tongues Family is a group of late 1980s and early 1990s hip-hop artists known for their positive-minded, good-naturedly Afrocentric lyrics and jazzy beats. Mostly based out of New York, they were inspired by earlier, similar rappers, especially Afrika Bambaataa, and came together in order to cooperate on each other's projects and help bring socially conscious hip hop to the mainstream. Though not confined by the genre Jazz rap, many Native Tongue groups experimented with, helped develop and are often associated with this related style.
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[edit] Founding members
- Jungle Brothers along with Kool DJ Red Alert
- De La Soul along with Prince Paul
- A Tribe Called Quest
[edit] Other flagship members
[edit] Key additions (c. 1998)
- Black Star consisting of Mos Def and Talib Kweli
- Common
- Da Bush Babees
[edit] Peripheral Members
- The Beatnuts
- Shortie No Mass, protege of Posdnuos
- The Violators
- Lucien Revolucien
- Leaders of the New School which included Busta Rhymes
- Gray Oakes AKA Third Degree
[edit] Debated members and associated acts
- Brand Nubian (considered members by Q-Tip and Dres)
- Nice & Smooth (see above)
and various others.
[edit] External links
| A Tribe Called Quest |
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| Members: Q-Tip | Phife Dawg | Ali Shaheed Muhammad | Jarobi White |
| Albums: People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm | The Low End Theory | Midnight Marauders | Beats, Rhymes and Life | The Love Movement |
| Compilations: The Anthology | Hits, Rarities, and Remixes |
| Singles: "Bonita Applebum" | "I Left My Wallet in El Segundo" | "Can I Kick It?" | "Check the Rhime" | "Jazz (We've Got)" | "Scenario" | "Hot Sex" | "Award Tour" | "Electric Relaxation" | "Oh My God" | "1nce Again" | "Stressed Out" | "Find a Way" | "Like It Like That" |
| See also: Native Tongues Posse | The Ummah |
| Common |
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| Discography |
| Studio albums |
| Can I Borrow a Dollar? (1992) | Resurrection (1994) | One Day It'll All Make Sense (1997) | Like Water for Chocolate (2000) | Electric Circus (2002) | Be (2005) | Finding Forever (2007) |
| Singles |
| "Take It EZ" | "Breaker 1/9" | "Soul by the Pound" | "I Used to Love H.E.R." | "Resurrection" | "The Bitch in Yoo" | "Retrospect for Life" | "Reminding Me (Of Sef)" | "All Night Long" | "One-Nine-Nine-Nine" | "Car Horn" | "The 6th Sense" | "Funky for You" | "The Light" | "Geto Heaven Remix T.S.O.I. (The Sound of Illadelph)" | "While I'm Dancin'" | "Come Close" | "The Food" | "The Corner" | "Go!" | "Testify" |
| See Also |
| Soulquarians | Native Tongues Posse | Lonnie Lynn | GOOD Music | List of Common songs | Smokin' Aces | American Gangster |
| Mos Def |
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| Studio albums |
| Black Star (1998) | Black on Both Sides (1999) | The New Danger (2004) | True Magic (2006) |
| Singles |
| "Definition"/"Twice Inna Lifetime" | "Respiration"/"Respiration (Flying High Mix)" | "Ms. Fat Booty"/"Mathematics" | "Umi Says"/"Universal Magnetic" | "Sex, Love & Money"/"Ghetto Rock" |
| See Also |
| Soulquarians | Native Tongues Posse | Black Star | Def Poetry | Selected filmography |
| Soulquarians |
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| Groups |
| Black Star | Reflection Eternal | Slum Village | The Roots |
| Members |
| ?uestlove | Bilal | Common | D'Angelo | Erykah Badu | J Dilla | James Poyser | Mos Def | Q-Tip | Talib Kweli |
| See also |
| Native Tongues Posse | The Ummah |
| De La Soul |
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| Posdnuos | Dave | Maseo |
| Studio albums |
| 3 Feet High and Rising (1989) | De La Soul Is Dead (1991) | Buhloone Mindstate (1993) | Clear Lake Audiotorium (EP) (1994) | Stakes Is High (1996) | Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump (2000) | AOI: Bionix (2001) | Live at Tramps, NYC, 1996 (2004) | The Grind Date (2004) | The Impossible: Mission TV Series - Pt. 1 (2006) |
| Singles |
| Potholes in My Lawn| Plug Tunin'| Buddy| Eye Know| Me Myself And I| Say No Go| The Magic Number| Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)| A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays"| Millie Pulled A Pistol On Santa / Keepin' The Faith| Breakadawn| Ego Trippin' (Part Two)| Fallin'| Stakes Is High| Itzsoweezee (HOT)| 4 More| Oooh.| All Good?| Thru Ya City| Baby Phat| Shoomp| Shopping Bags (She Got From You)| Rock Co.Kane Flow|Feel Good Inc. |
| Related articles |
| Native Tongues | Prince Paul | Spitkicker |
