Journey N 2 Sound Episode 5: A Native Tongues Decision

Sure, we just did a Queen Latifah episode. But who's to say when and how often we wanna go to the well?

For this episode, Jermaine and myself (joined by fellow music nerds Ali Elabaddy and Woody Black) get into a wide ranging discussion about the Native Tongues posse, the Afrocentric rap collective that counted Latifah amongst its ranks. It also includes the legendary groups De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest, the under-heralded Jungle Brothers, and a sea of other emcees and groups.

And here's your show notes!

Journey Into Sound #5 Show Notes

 

• History of the Native Tongues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XhBWa9ogDU

 

• The New York Times Presents: The Legacy of J Dilla

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8jnNE5fMgg

 

• Mobb Deep - Trife Life (actually produced by Havoc)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IEnYwGSIG0

 

• Norman Conners Sample - You Are My Starship

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S2HNjfeaj4

 

• “Got ‘Til It’s Gone” Controversy

https://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=5&topic_id=2946883&mode=full

 

• Jungle Brothers breakdown Native Tongues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OPQGDxIQIA

 

• De La Day from Webster Hall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwsxrG31XAk

 

• Bonita Applebaum (Hootie Mix)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8cbzERFuBo

 

• Project Blowed Documentary Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOv0v_fxJKc

 

• This is the Life Documentary Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTNrb3Bln9A

 

• Nas, De La Soul and the start of Underground HipHop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xycXyyA8-K4

 

• The Whatnauts - Help Is On The Way

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nJMgexFopg

 

• Fat Larry’s Band - Act Like You Know

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImRXjgr4dbs

 

• This is not the Real Native Tongues

https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Wx06JBjcDsBtBFLOuqZhW

 

• BET refusing to air videos

https://thegrio.com/2011/07/21/is-bet-in-the-business-of-silencing-smart-hip-hop/

 

• Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest

https://www.amazon.com/Beats-Rhymes-Life-Travels-Called/dp/B005LM7KP0

 

• Seaman’s Furniture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr-bjcccnhI

 

• DJ Maseo presents The Dugout

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