VIDEO: A Tribe Called Quest @ Rock The Bells

NEWS: Rock The Bells Line-Up Announced

The Rock The Bells tour is back (check photos from last year's here). The bills is a little lighter than last year but still a cannot-miss level event.

Performers: A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Mos Def, De La Soul, Rakim, Method Man & Redman, Raekwon & Ghostface Killah, Immortal Technique, Dead Prez, Murs, Kidz In The Hall, Spank Rock (blegh, they better be booed off stage), Santogold, Kid Sister, Wale, Flosstradamus, Jay Electronica, The Cool Kids and it will be hosted by B-Real (Cypress Hill) and Supernatural.

Rock The Bells Tour 2008
7/19 Chicago, IL
7/20 Toronto, ON
7/26 Boston, MA
7/27 New York, NY
8/2 Miami, FL
8/3 Philadelphia, PA
8/9 Los Angeles, CA
8/16 San Francisco, CA
8/23 Denver, CO
8/30 Vancouver, BC

LISTEN: Jay-Z - Classic Gangster (Full Mixtape)

DOWNLOAD Jay-Z - Classic Gangster (Full Mixtape) (MP3)

I swore to not post any more Jay-Z/American Gangster mashup albums anymore, but with a cover like that how could I not post this one?



Jay-Z - Classic Gangster
01. Jay-Z vs. Ice-T - Intro
02. Jay-Z vs. Boogie Down Productions - Pray
03. Jay-Z vs. The D.O.C. - American Dreamin’
04. Jay-Z vs. Big Daddy Kane - Hello Brooklyn 3.0 feat. Lil Wayne
05. Jay-Z vs. Kool G. Rap - No Hook
06. Jay-Z vs. Public Enemy - Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)…
07. Jay-Z vs. A Tribe Called Quest - Sweet
08. Jay-Z vs. Slick Rick - I Know
09. Jay-Z vs. Beastie Boys - Party Life
10. Jay-Z vs. Eazy-E - Ignorant Sh*t feat. Beanie Sigel
11. Jay-Z vs. Too $hort - Say Hello
12. Jay-Z vs. D-Nice - Success feat. Nas
13. Jay-Z vs. Run D.M.C. - Fallin’
14. Jay-Z vs. Eric B. & Rakim - Blue Magic
15. Jay-Z vs. N.W.A. - American Gangster
Props to BrooklynBodega.

NEWS: Internets Celebrities Strike Back

DOWNLOAD iC's Video Of The VH1 Scenario Performance (MOV)

The Internets Celebrities's guerrilla video of the VH1 Hip Hop Honors A Tribe Called Quest tribute performance of Scenario was yanked off of the youtube by.....VH1's parent company Viacom. Even though it probably created more genuine hype to watch the show among the internet Hip Hop community than the corporate PR machine that is no longer trusted or depended on.


Read what the iC's have to say about it in If sharing Scenario is wrong, I don’t want to be copyright, one of the more cohesive, clever and intelligent pieces on any Hip Hop blog in quite a while. Download the video in question above.

NEWS: Q-Tip On Fiascogate

Q-Tip spoke to HHDX about Fiascogate. This should be over now.


“...we all spoke on the phone with VH1,” continues Tip, “in a creative conversation, and everybody seemed cool. I got there the day of [the performance] and [I was] told that Lupe had some problems with the lyrics. So then I went to his trailer, just trying to extend myself, and I was like, ‘So I understand that you never heard a Tribe Called Quest joint?’ He smiled and said, ‘Well that’s not true. My sister used to listen to it. I didn’t really [listen to it], but my sister had the album with all the faces on it.”

He proceed to call the lyric mess up “No big deal, people mess up lyrics,” and has spoken to Lupe since to get additional clarification on post-performance comments. “I called him and I said, ‘You know, I just wanted to speak to you man-to-man so you know that I don’t have no beef with you. And he was like, ‘They attacking me.’ He explained himself to me, and I listened. We spoke about doing a tour together actually.” Now that would be a great end result of this bs moment in Hip Hop.

LISTEN: A Tribe Called Quest Final Show (1999)

DOWNLOAD A Tribe Called Quest Final Show (1999) (MP3) via TSS


Not the most current item, but nevertheless something to add to every Tribe fans collection.

A Tribe Called Quest Final Show Bootleg (1999)
01 Intro 3:19
02 Busta's Lament 3:25
03 Buggin' Out 1:41
04 Pad and Pen 2:56
05 Oh My God 2:18
06 Da Booty 3:13
07 Find A Way 2:56
08 Bonita Applebum 4:48
09 Common Ground (Get it Goin' On 1:01
10 Start It Up 2:37
11 Sucka Nigga 1:40
12 Jazz, We've Got 3:18
13 Steppin' It Up w- Busta Rhymes 6:49
14 Phony Rappers 2:50
15 Steve Biko 1:48
16 Electric Relaxation 3:05
17 Can I Kick It 4:52
18 Award Tour 1:45
19 Scenario 1:36
20 Check The Rhime 7:01
21 Rock Rock Y'all 3:10