*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Nappy DJ Needles (Handout) The Native Tongues, a revered collective of progressive rap acts that includes A Tribe Called Quest, ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Reporting on Africa, its diaspora, and hip-hop's class acts today. After being nominated three times, A Tribe Called Quest became ...

The 45-minute conversation finds Paul reminiscing on the collective and its members, how the memorable posse cut remix for "Buddy" came about, as well as the collective's dissolution. Toward the end ...

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