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Blazing the other way. (interview with members of the rap music group A Tribe Called Quest)(Interview)

From: Interview  |  Date: 8/1/1998  |  Author: Ehrlich, Dimitri

Members of the rap music group A Tribe Called Quest have decided to compose and sing songs about love because of the apparent prevalence of hatred in society. The trio believes that they were able to produce coherent recordings because of their familiarity with a wide array of music genres.

A Tribe Called Quest don't rap about hard-core sex or violence, and their new album is devoted to, of all things, love. What gives?

In 1990, when rappers still wore thick gold chains and nobody had yet ...

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