A Tribe Called Quest Releases A Perfect Meditation On The Sad State Of America

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While it seemed that virtually everyone, regardless of their political beliefs, was utterly shocked when Republican candidate Donald Trump won last week’s presidential election, iconic hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest saw it coming.

“I knew it was gonna happen,” Jarobi White told Vanity Fair last week. The outcome was predicted on A Tribe Called Quest’s latest album, “We Got It From Here … Thank You 4 Your Service,their first release in 18 years.

The album, available for streaming below, features Jarobi White, Q-Tip, Ali Shaheed Muhammad and the voice of late member Phife Dawg, along with guest appearances by artists including Elton John and André 3000.

Although there is a song titled “The Donald” on the record, the track “We the People ...” features lyrics that will surely resonate the most with those who opposed Trump. The song’s chorus sums up present-day America in simple and scathing verses:

All you black folks, you must go
All you Mexicans, you must go
And all you poor folks, you must go
Muslims and gays, boy, we hate your ways
So all you bad folks, you must go

The band performed “We the People ...” and “The Space Program” last weekend during their first performance on “Saturday Night Live.” Check it out, and stream the whole thing on Spotify, below.






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I didn't think Tribe could do it after a long layoff, but this album surpassed my expectations. I've had on repeat since 11/11.
Q-tip is without doubt one of the top 3 greatest hip-hop producers of all-time.
 
I didn't think Tribe could do it after a long layoff, but this album surpassed my expectations. I've had on repeat since 11/11.
Q-tip is without doubt one of the top 3 greatest hip-hop producers of all-time.
idk about top 3 , but tip is one of the greatest most underrated producers in the genre. i had no expectations based on the last tribe effort. but man did they put out a great product. one of the year's best albums.
 
The fog in the smog of new media that logs
False narratives of GODS that came up against the odds
We not just nigga rappers with the bars
It's kismet that we cosmic with the stars

You bastards overlooking street art
Better yet, street smarts but you keep us off the charts
So motherfuck your numbers and your statisticians
Fuck you know about true competition?.....
 
Melanated shrouded in complexity
Brain charge shocking like 'lectricity
Mouth translate happens organically
The media relates it what it thinks it sees
Judging steps in shoes of a path they never walked

Shot down in a blaze of a phrases is how they talk
Dark skinned, walk with a bot portrayed villain
I'm chillin', felon down to the DNA crime willin'
Subliminate their youth, hyper-sexualize their women
They ain't got the strong enough hold, so they built the prisons
Pumping false religions to all of these niggas' systems

Every voice devoid of the truth
Come on, listen
 
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