# @okayplayer on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C-OBXB3MreE
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/21991172-okayplayer-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/23b972bc9d.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-08-03T19:13:25.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Okayplayer. (@okayplayer) — https://gondola.cc/okayplayer

## Caption

A look back at A Tribe Called Quest's 1996 album 'Beats, Rhymes and Life,' which turned 28 this year. 💿⁠
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Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Ali Shaheed (and sometimes Jarobi!) have one of hip-hop’s most celebrated catalogs. However, the addition of Q-Tip’s cousin Consequence and Phife’s muted presence on their fourth album left fans confused.⁠
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Time has been kind to 'Beats, Rhymes and Life.' What was seen as a disappointment in 1996, now–with almost thirty years of hindsight—looks like an important moment in the evolution of Q-Tip, the emergence of J. Dilla, and the story of A Tribe Called Quest.⁠
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Read more at the link in bio.⁠
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#ATribeCalledQuest #ATCQ #BeatsRhymesAndLife #JDilla

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atribecalledquest, jdilla, beatsrhymesandlife, atcq

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