Video: A Tribe Called Quest @ Rock The Bells
This is classic material right here kids. Tribe’s first New York performance in in 11 years.
I gotta tell you man, for a second there I though they were trying to pull a fast one on us with this Tribe set. Because it actually started out with just Q-Tip onstage doing some Tribe album verses and a couple of his solo joints with Mos Def as a hypeman. I felt like maybe they tried to bill it as a Tribe performance when it was actually a just a commercial for Tip’s solo project. I was all ready to go home and air a bunch of people out for exploiting Phife’s name. Don’t get me wrong, Q-Tip is that dude, but I’m not really interested in seeing him perform any of his solo shit except maybe Vivrant Thing.
Anyway, my aggravation turned out be premature because Phife and Jarobi ended up making a grand entrance after a short DJ Scratch intermission. Needless to say, I lost my fucking noodle. As you may know, the Five Footer’s health hasn’t been great in recent years, and he’s rarely seen in public these days, so it was really beautiful to see him onstage performing like he was 19 again.
Left field: One of the greatest moments in my short but illustrious career as the Greatest Blogger Alive came when I got to meet Phife’s mom at Brooklyn Bodega’s ATCQ panel at Powerhouse Books during last year’s Hip-Hop Honors week. She was really sweet and appreciative of all the love everybody was showing her son, and she complimented me on the Tribe t-shirt I was wearing. That was awesome.
Video courtesy of DJ Ness via Miss Info
Related: Backstage @ Rock The Bells Jones Beach
August 4th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
b-ease Says:
August 4th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
but then again, from what I’ve personally noticed, food down south tends to be A LOT saltier than what you encounter elsewhere, even in chain restaurants…
^^
conspriracy alert!
**LOL…I think it has more to do with appeasing the demographic…like McDonald’s in Boosie’s hood prolly has a McScrapple sammich….
August 4th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
I heard the Tribe set last night was one of the moments RTB.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
Left field: One of the greatest moments in my short but illustrious career as the Greatest Blogger Alive came when I got to meet Phife’s mom at Brooklyn Bodega’s ATCQ panel at Powerhouse Books during last year’s Hip-Hop Honors week. She was really sweet and appreciative of all the love everybody was showing her son, and she complimented me on the Tribe t-shirt I was wearing. That was awesome.
^ aww
August 4th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
As you may know, the Five Footer’s health hasn’t been great in recent years, and he’s rarely seen in public these days, so it was really beautiful to see him onstage performing like he was 19 again.
***How’d he look (none), at RTB? Kidney issues are no joke…
Tribe>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
August 4th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
like McDonald’s in Boosie’s hood prolly has a McScrapple sammich….
^^
*”…suicide is painless/it brings on many changes/and i could take…”
August 4th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
Tribe’s first New York performance in in 11 years.
^ wot
August 4th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Who’s coppin that new Q-tip album? Is A Tribe Called Quest the best hip hop group?
http://www.bombinmagazine.com
August 4th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
honestly, I was so tired by the time Tribe came on I felt like I was gonna die, but I soldiered it out. plus, and I know you feel me on this Big Homie, how are these motherfuckers gonna have a 12 hour festival at the beach with NO FUCKING ALCOHOL.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
This is classic material right here kids. Tribe’s first New York performance in in 11 years.
^ Really? Learn something new everyday. That is crazy. They was in DC for a show back in 2006.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Left RTB in MD right after Q-Tip came on. Was too drunk to risk sitting in traffic for 2 hours trying to get out.
*SH and boos self*
August 4th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
>>***How’d he look (none), at RTB? Kidney issues are no joke…
he looked good. he had a towel on his head so you couldn’t see his face too great, but he was running around like an animal keeping up with Tip’s hyper ass.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
^ Really? Learn something new everyday. That is crazy. They was in DC for a show back in 2006.
**yeah, they played Love..>I was mad at myself for not going…matter of fact, I haven’t been to Love since it was Dream….
August 4th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
^ Really? Learn something new everyday. That is crazy. They was in DC for a show back in 2006.
^ NY stays losing
*ducks*
August 4th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
NO FUCKING ALCOHOL.
^^
Woah. What do you mean no alcohol? I was paying exorbiant prices for Captain Morgan shots and flat beer.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
eskay Says:
August 4th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
>>***How’d he look (none), at RTB? Kidney issues are no joke…
he looked good. he had a towel on his head so you couldn’t see his face too great, but he was running around like an animal keeping up with Tip’s hyper ass.
***Cool…that Hip Hop Honors appearance had me worried…I swear, man, i take my health for granted…
August 4th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
***Cool…that Hip Hop Honors appearance had me worried…I swear, man, i take my health for granted…
^ nah, you eat right anfd work out.. big homie & boosie on the other hand…
August 4th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
# icon (trillbert arenas) Says:
August 4th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
**LOL…I think it has more to do with appeasing the demographic…like McDonald’s in Boosie’s hood prolly has a McScrapple sammich….
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Lol, nah but It has spicy McChickens instead of the regular ones up north….
Anyways I don’t care for Mcdonald’s except for their breakfast menu…They got the worst burgers….If want a burger I head down to the arab joint where they hook you up and the food is a lot fresher.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
I smell a new ATCQ album in the works……do it for hip hop, not money
August 4th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
WRALL RALL like a dungeon dragon!!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Left field: One of the greatest moments in my short but illustrious career as the Greatest Blogger Alive came when I got to meet Phife’s mom at Brooklyn Bodega’s ATCQ panel at Powerhouse Books during last year’s Hip-Hop Honors week. She was really sweet and appreciative of all the love everybody was showing her son, and she complimented me on the Tribe t-shirt I was wearing. That was awesome.
^^^
Awwww (hands Eskay a nasty booger tissue)
August 4th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
They got the worst burgers….If want a burger I head down to the arab joint
^^
LOL, that seems ironic to me for some reason…
August 4th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
# eskay Says:
August 4th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
honestly, I was so tired by the time Tribe came on I felt like I was gonna die, but I soldiered it out. plus, and I know you feel me on this Big Homie, how are these motherfuckers gonna have a 12 hour festival at the beach with NO FUCKING ALCOHOL.
^^
Wrd i had no voice or strength in my lower body by then..q-tip was 2 dam hyper..BLOW THE WHISTLE!!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
green eyes Says:
August 4th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
***Cool…that Hip Hop Honors appearance had me worried…I swear, man, i take my health for granted…
^ nah, you eat right anfd work out.. big homie & boosie on the other hand…
***Word…I try to do the right things, but I’m just thinking out loud…I have a cuzzo who’s in a wheelchair (car accident), and his life has been an uphill battle for the past 5 yrs, and he’s still in his 30s…I only get sick like once a year, maximum…my sister’s not even 30 yet, and she’s had to deal with cancer (she beat it, thank God) and recuperating from a (separate) car accident…
August 4th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Sangraal
August 4th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
the show was indubitably dope.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
bernie mac died?
August 4th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Anyways I don’t care for Mcdonald’s except for their breakfast menu…They got the worst burgers….If want a burger I head down to the arab joint where they hook you up and the food is a lot fresher.
***Mc Donald’s is cheeks…in the DC area, 5 Guys (no New Edition before Johnny Gill) got ‘em beat by a mile…
back in the days when I was younger/hunger/looking to fill me belly with that Rally’s bullshit (c) Big Boi
August 4th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
lunchtime…
August 4th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
Traffic was a bitch after the show. Which is why I left early for during Glow in the Dark.
Icon – yea it was at Love. Show was crazy and packed. First time I seen that club on a Friday night where half of the people were white. But of course after the show ended at 12 and the regular club heads came, that all changed..lol. SMH at me being there from 7pm to 4am LMAO
Greenie – I eat right and work out now.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
icon (trillbert arenas) Says:
August 4th, 1000 2008 at 1:56 pm
Anyways I don’t care for Mcdonald’s except for their breakfast menu…They got the worst burgers….If want a burger I head down to the arab joint where they hook you up and the food is a lot fresher.
***Mc Donald’s is cheeks…in the DC area, 5 Guys (no New Edition before Johnny Gill) got ‘em beat by a mile…
back in the days when I was younger/hunger/looking to fill me belly with that Rally’s bullshit (c) Big Boi
^^^
those breakfast chicken Bisc.sammaches are the shit
August 4th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
foekist Says:
August 4th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
bernie mac died?
^
I thought he was just in the hospital…..not sure why…but he died?
August 4th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
I hope you people are using an Iron cast skillet to cook your food?…..The quality of the spices and seasonings taste better in an old school skillet and some aluminum piece of shit.
If you are cooking some vegetables, fry some bacon and cook the vegetables in the bacon grease or go to a amish owned meat market and get some Fat back and cook the vegetables in that…..It taste extra good
Seasonings you need to use at all times…
1. Old bay
2. Tony’s seasoning salt
3. Anything mcCormicks
4. Anything seasoning that that light green top
5. Some chinese seasoning (looks like salt)
August 4th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
those breakfast chicken Bisc.sammaches are the shit
***I’ve only tried it once, but co-sign…not good enough of a reason to stop at Wack Arnold’s, though…
August 4th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
consequence kept hanging around on stage during some of this set and i swear i could see his damn teeth from the nosebleeds
August 4th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
LATEST: BERNIE MAC is still alive and recovering in hospital from a bout of pneumonia, contrary to false stories stating he had died.
The comedy star’s publicist confirmed on Friday (01Au08) that MAC was being treated for the deadly illness at a clinic in his native Chicago, Illinois.
The media has since been inundated with stories claiming the 50-year-old Ocean’s Eleven star – real name Bernard Jeffery MCCollough – had passed away.
But Danica Smith insists, “Bernie MAC is still alive and being treated in a Chicago hospital for pneumonia and is expected to make a full recovery.
“We once again ask that the press respect his privacy and that of his family.
“Mr. MAC is responding well to treatment and will be released soon. He asked that his privacy and that of his family is respected while he gets well.”
http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/bernie%20mac%20not%20dead_1076219
August 4th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Grand Theft Auto IV is one of the most popular video games of 2008. However a lot of controversy has been surrounding the game due to its content. MADD, Mother Against Drunk Driving, recently spoke out about the drunk driving content of the game soon after it launched earlier this year.
Reuters is reporting today that a Thai video game distributor has pulled the Grand Theft Auto IV off the shelves after a teenager confessed to robbing and killing a taxi driver in an attempt to recreate a scene from the video game.
“We are sending out requests today to outlets and shops to pull the games off their shelves and we will replace them with other games,” Sakchai Chotikachinda of New Era Interactive Media, told Reuters.
After further investigation, Police said the teenager, a big fan of Grand Theft Auto, showed no signs of mental problems and had confessed to committing the murder of the taxi driver because of the video game.
The teenager said that he did not mean to kill the taxi driver but wanted to see how easy it was recreate a scene from the game and stabbed the driver to death when fought back.
reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSBKK22888820080804?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews
August 4th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Greenie – I eat right and work out now.
^ i know. i meant more the drinking and the smoking. i just dont want you to die young. because i care
August 4th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
I don’t go to mcdonalds cause the quality of the food is low, you people don’t go because you are health freaks…..You people make me laugh..You know what, we all die.
August 4th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
>>Woah. What do you mean no alcohol? I was paying exorbiant prices for Captain Morgan shots and flat beer.
where?
my boy did sneak in 4 of these bad boys though:
http://www.pocketshot.net/home/index.php
August 4th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
If you are cooking some vegetables, fry some bacon and cook the vegetables in the bacon grease or go to a amish owned meat market and get some Fat back and cook the vegetables in that
***You gotta be kidding me…my chest hurts just reading that***
August 4th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Five Guys is my top choice when I prefer to eat a beef pattie
*blank stare*
There burgers are off the hook. And ODing on the fries is a plus.
August 4th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
fuck all your tax dollars
http://tinyurl.com/6runpb
August 4th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Boosie Says:
August 4th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
I hope you people are using an Iron cast skillet to cook your food?…..The quality of the spices and seasonings taste better in an old school skillet and some aluminum piece of shit.
If you are cooking some vegetables, fry some bacon and cook the vegetables in the bacon grease or go to a amish owned meat market and get some Fat back and cook the vegetables in that…..It taste extra good
Seasonings you need to use at all times…
1. Old bay
2. Tony’s seasoning salt
3. Anything mcCormicks
4. Anything seasoning that that light green top
5. Some chinese seasoning (looks like salt)
^^^
88′s Rule of Thumb, if its gotta be cooked or heated up, Add Seasoning Salt. on Frys too.
August 4th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
Boosie Says:
August 4th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
I don’t go to mcdonalds cause the quality of the food is low, you people don’t go because you are health freaks…..You people make me laugh..You know what, we all die.
***I’m not scared of dying…I just don’t want to be a old man with one foot, boo-booing on myself, with a hospital bed in the living room (c) forgot who–Mike Epps?
August 4th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
yo i seen ninjas drinkn what i thought was some fruity lookin drink or very flat beer. I had to roll after rae and ghost. all them hours and no drink. Damn i wish i had known it was flat beer,lol
August 4th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
I don’t go to mcdonalds cause the quality of the food is low, you people don’t go because you are health freaks…..You people make me laugh..You know what, we all die.
^ *just realizes I had a Big Mac Meal and 10 piece nuggets last night at 9pm*
August 4th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
eskay Says:
August 4th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
>>Woah. What do you mean no alcohol? I was paying exorbiant prices for Captain Morgan shots and flat beer.
where?
my boy did sneak in 4 of these bad boys though:
http://www.pocketshot.net/home/index.php
^^^
Gatttt!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
# Big Homie Says:
August 4th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Five Guys is my top choice when I prefer to eat a beef pattie
*blank stare*
There burgers are off the hook. And ODing on the fries is a plus.
^ they just opened one down here, ive been tempted to try it
August 4th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
i know. i meant more the drinking and the smoking. i just dont want you to die young. because i care
^^* tears up*
August 4th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
# icon (trillbert arenas) Says:
August 4th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
If you are cooking some vegetables, fry some bacon and cook the vegetables in the bacon grease or go to a amish owned meat market and get some Fat back and cook the vegetables in that
***You gotta be kidding me…my chest hurts just reading that***
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Lol actually I’m not, If you tried it you probably will like it and you wouldn’t even know….It basically just vegetables with a much better flavor…
August 4th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Pocket Shot created the “Shot In The Pouch” spirits beverage category in 2000 with the introduction of a line of Pocket Shot top shelf spirits. Now adults with an active lifestyle have a brand new way to enjoy their favorite hard liquor, in a safe, environmentally-friendly way. Consumer’s no longer have to carry full size bottles, or small, breakable glass miniature bottles when they go out. Now you can have it one shot at a time, any place, anywhere.
***FLOOR*** remins me of those “Sneak-a-toke” keychains
August 4th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
green eyes Says:
August 4th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
# Big Homie Says:
August 4th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Five Guys is my top choice when I prefer to eat a beef pattie
*blank stare*
There burgers are off the hook. And ODing on the fries is a plus.
^ they just opened one down here, ive been tempted to try it
***Best burgers ever, period…
August 4th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Eskay makes a lot of posts now because he wants to stomp out the nigel dude from real talk ny
August 4th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Bush or Batman
http://www.snotr.com/video/1459
August 4th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
>>yo i seen ninjas drinkn what i thought was some fruity lookin drink or very flat beer. I had to roll after rae and ghost. all them hours and no drink. Damn i wish i had known it was flat beer,lol
it wasn’t, it was red bull or some shit. I ran up on like 3 people with those like an alcohol starved animal. meanwhile, we had a 3/4 full Heineken keg in my boy’s trunk. smh.
August 4th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
qtip sucked @ RTB miami…i left after 5 minutes of seeing him wearing that gay ass bookbag and singing that gay ass higher song
August 4th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
they had beer in the VIP “hospitality tent.”
eskay, you weren’t rolling VIP?
April 8th, 2010 at 1:30 pm
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