![]() ![]() Got to hold the real-life final copies of this book today. VIBE spoke to Hanif Abdurraqib by phone from his native Columbus, OH about grieving for Phife, paying tribute to Tribe, and the deep cut that gave his book its title. It’s a book for anyone who has secluded themselves in headphones, pressed play, and heard themselves singing back in someone else’s voice. It’s a tribute to A Tribe Called Quest and a tribute to the power music has to grow with the listener. ![]() It’s illuminating for fans of the group, but even hip-hop novices will be moved by Abdurraqib’s book. Go Ahead in the Rain further functions as a pocket history of a hip-hop golden age, illustrating Tribe’s importance through collaborators and rivals. ![]() Tribe’s albums, infused with the jazz from their own parents’ record crates, were among the few hip-hop works approved by Abdurraqib’s parents in an era where media scaremongering around N.W.A. Consequence Blasts Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame For Second A Tribe Called Quest SnubĪbdurraqib ambitiously blends the universal and the personal: the first chapter traces the roots of hip-hop and jazz back to rhythms preserved by enslaved Africans in the Americas, and the author crystalizes those centuries of history into a story of his father rebuking a micro-aggressive middle school jazz teacher. ![]()
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