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Notes to A Tribe Called Quest
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Ron Butler
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Hanif Abdurraqib
About this listen
The seminal rap group A Tribe Called Quest brought jazz into the genre, resurrecting timeless rhythms to create masterpieces. This narrative follows Tribe from their early days as part of the Afrocentric rap collective known as the Native Tongues, through their first three classic albums, to their eventual breakup and long hiatus. Their work is placed in the context of the broader rap landscape of the 1990s, one upended by sampling laws that forced a reinvention in production methods, the East Coast-West Coast rivalry that threatened to destroy the genre, and some record labels’ shift from focusing on groups to individual MCs.
Throughout the narrative, poet and essayist Hanif Abdurraqib connects the music and cultural history to their street-level impact. Whether he’s remembering The Source magazine cover announcing the Tribe’s 1998 breakup or writing personal letters to the group after bandmate Phife Dawg’s death, Abdurraqib seeks the deeper truths of A Tribe Called Quest, truths that - like the low end, the bass - are not simply heard in the head but are felt in the chest. Digging into the group’s history, Abdurraqib draws from his own experience to reflect on how its distinctive sound resonated among fans like himself. The result is as ambitious and genre-bending as the rap group itself.
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- The Story of Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip
- By: Michael Barclay
- Narrated by: George Stroumboulopoulos
- Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
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From our talent-rich neighbor to the north comes this biography of one of the most successful Canadian rock bands, The Tragically Hip, which announced a year-long tour after sharing the news of lead singer Gord Downie’s inoperable cancer. Now available to US listeners, The Never-Ending Present details what led up to the memorable night when music fans all over the world watched Downie’s heroic final performance.
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Hometown Heroes
- By Tommy Garou on 12-13-18
By: Michael Barclay
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Paul McCartney
- A Life
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- Narrated by: John Lee
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The best-selling author of the definitive biography of former Beach Boy Brian Wilson offers new insight into the life and music of Paul McCartney, one of the world's most popular and influential musicians. Informed by new, exclusive interviews with friends, bandmates, and collaborators, the book describes McCartney's many triumphs as well as his failures, from the Beatles era through his decade with Wings and his subsequent solo career.
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Great...But
- By Diego on 05-02-10
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My Life with Earth, Wind & Fire
- By: Maurice White, Herb Powell
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
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The late Grammy-winning founder of the legendary pop/R&B/soul/funk/disco group tells his story and charts the rise of his legendary band in this sincere memoir that captures the heart and soul of an artist whose groundbreaking sound continues to influence music today. With a foreword by David Foster.
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Maurice--Earth, Wind and Fire
- By Linda Ealey on 02-28-17
By: Maurice White, and others
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Born to Run
- By: Bruce Springsteen
- Narrated by: Bruce Springsteen
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In 2009, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed at the Super Bowl's halftime show. The experience was so exhilarating that Bruce decided to write about it. That's how this extraordinary autobiography began. Over the past seven years, Bruce Springsteen has privately devoted himself to writing the story of his life, bringing to this audio the same honesty, humor, and originality found in his songs.
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Me Springsteen's book moved me beyond words...
- By Ellen O'Brien on 12-12-16
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The Emperor of Sound
- A Memoir
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- Narrated by: William Harper
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It's called a De-esser
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By: Timbaland, and others
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Walk This Way
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- By: Geoff Edgers
- Narrated by: Geoff Edgers
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A MUST LISTEN/READ
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By: Geoff Edgers
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Dreaming the Beatles
- A Love Story of One Band and the Whole World
- By: Rob Sheffield
- Narrated by: Rob Sheffield
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
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Dreaming the Beatles is not another biography of the Beatles or a song-by-song analysis of the best of John and Paul. It isn't another exposé about how they broke up. It isn't a history of their gigs or their gear. It is a collection of essays telling the story of what this ubiquitous band means to a generation who grew up with the Beatles' music on their parents' stereos and their faces on T-shirts. What do the Beatles mean today? Why are they more famous and beloved now than ever? Find out.
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Wonderful ramble
- By Tad Davis on 05-18-17
By: Rob Sheffield
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Dig If You Will the Picture
- Funk, Sex, God and Genius in the Music of Prince
- By: Ben Greenman
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
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Ben Greenman, New York Times best-selling author, contributing writer to The New Yorker, and owner of thousands of recordings of Prince and Prince-related songs, knows intimately that there has never been a rock star as vibrant, mercurial, willfully contrary, experimental, or prolific as Prince. Uniting a diverse audience while remaining singularly himself, Prince was a tireless artist, a musical virtuoso and chameleon, and a pop-culture prophet.
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Reads like a indepth career review & analysis
- By herb on 05-18-17
By: Ben Greenman
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High Voltage
- The Life of Angus Young – AC/DC's Last Man Standing
- By: Jeff Apter
- Narrated by: John Derum
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The first biography to focus exclusively on Angus Young - from his remarkable rise from working-class Glasgow and Sydney to the biggest stages in the world. Angus Young, the cofounder and the last remaining original member of AC/DC, has for more than 40 years been the face, the sound and sometimes the exposed backside of the trailblazing rock band.
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Excellent book
- By Anonymous User on 09-21-18
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Wild Tales
- A Rock & Roll Life
- By: Graham Nash
- Narrated by: Graham Nash
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From Graham Nash - the legendary musician and founding member of the iconic bands Crosby, Stills & Nash and The Hollies - comes a candid and riveting autobiography that belongs on the reading list of every classic rock fan.
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The Best of the Recent Rock Biographies
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By: Graham Nash
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Torment Saint
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Elliott Smith was one of the most gifted songwriters of the 90s, adored by fans for his subtly melancholic words and melodies. The sadness had its sources in life. There was trauma from an early age, years of drug abuse, and a chronic sense of disconnection that sometimes seemed self-engineered. Smith died violently in LA in 2003, under what some believe to be questionable circumstances, of stab wounds to the chest. By this time fame had found him, and record-buyers who shared the listening experience felt he spoke directly to them from beyond: astute, damaged, lovelorn, fighting, until he could fight no more.
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Almost interesting, often overwrought, poorly read
- By PerpetualGeorge on 01-27-14
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1965
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- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
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During 12 unforgettable months in the middle of the turbulent '60s, America saw the rise of innovative new sounds that would change popular music as we knew it. In 1965: The Most Revolutionary Year in Music, music historian Andrew Grant Jackson (Still the Greatest: The Essential Songs of The Beatles' Solo Careers) chronicles a groundbreaking year of creativity fueled by rivalries between musicians and continents, sweeping social changes, and technological breakthroughs.
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Seems like a good overview
- By wylie smith on 01-12-23
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Anger Is an Energy
- My Life Uncensored
- By: John Lydon
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
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John Lydon is an icon - one of the most recognizable and influential cultural figures of the last 40 years. As Johnny Rotten, he was the lead singer of the Sex Pistols, the world's most notorious band. The Pistols shot to fame in the mid-1970s with songs such as "Anarchy in the U.K." and "God Save the Queen". So incendiary was their impact at the time that in their native England, the Houses of Parliament questioned whether they violated the Traitors and Treasons Act.
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I Just Can't
- By notamatopoeia on 12-30-15
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Who I Am
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From the voice of a generation: the most highly anticipated autobiography of the year, and the story of a man who wanted The Who to be called The Hair; wanted to be a sculptor, a journalist, a dancer and a graphic designer; became a musician, composer, librettist, fiction writer, literary editor, sailor; drank too much and nearly died; detached from his body in an airplane, on LSD, and nearly died; planned to write his memoir when he was 21; and published this book at 67.
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Glad To Meet You
- By Mel on 10-12-12
By: Pete Townshend
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Shine Bright
- A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop
- By: Danyel Smith
- Narrated by: Danyel Smith
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A weave of biography, criticism, and memoir, Shine Bright is Danyel Smith’s intimate history of Black women’s music as the foundational story of American pop. Smith has been writing this history for more than five years. But as a music fan, and then as an essayist, editor (Vibe, Billboard), and podcast host (Black Girl Songbook), she has been living this history since she was a latchkey kid listening to “Midnight Train to Georgia” on the family stereo.
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Ok might have been better reading the hard copy
- By cde on 06-18-22
By: Danyel Smith
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- Jeremy
- 01-13-23
A Beautiful Tribute to ATCQ
This is by far one of the most beautifully written books I’ve ever read, across all literary genres. The lessons of love, loss, and life that are interwoven into this beautifully told story transcend ATCQ and hip hop. It is a poetic tribute to friendship and and remaining true to one’s self in an ever-changing world.
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- Robert
- 08-28-20
Pronunciation errors
Great story, good reading. In the future, especially when dealing with popular culture, all names and cultural references should be cross-checked for pronunciation before reading. It is unforgivable to pronounce the God MC, Rakim (rah-kim) as rah-keem, and the Fugees (foo-jeez) as fyoo-jeez. It takes you out of the storytelling, as if the reader isn’t knowledgeable.
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- Charlie DeMarco
- 02-20-21
Someone please help the narrator...
How do we end up with a narrator who doesn’t know how to pronounce the names of the artists in the book? These aren’t the obscure names of long-dead artists in some forgotten language. Hit up YouTube or ask somebody who actually listens to hip-hop.
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- Alejandro Iragorri
- 06-21-20
Not your typical music bio
I’m not a big band biography guy, with few exceptions. I loved the fact that the author is a poet, not your typical music journalist. That perspective lent the book a personal quality I appreciated. He weaves the history of the group, the cultural context of the time and his own personal relationship to the music into a compelling narrative.
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- vanessa
- 04-25-23
Beautifully written
Hanif’s ode to a Tribe Called Quest is deep, touching, educational and all around magnificent.
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- Michael Garske
- 04-02-24
deeper appreciation for music you've loved for a long time. If you're a hip-hop fan, you'll find something to enjoy.
I didn't have expectations for this book. I learned about Tribe in the context of broader history and opinions. There wasn't anything I didn't like here. the references expanded beyond the scope I imagined for the work and pointed me in a few new directions. the personal anecdotes grounded this for me in a way that only my favorite authors know how to do.
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-05-19
Great book!!! 'Meh' on the narration (sadly)
Incredible and beautiful recounting of a love for hip hop and for the phenomenal rap group that is A Tribe Called Quest. The narration (almost) killed it though. And not 'killed' in a good way. Next time hire someone who knows how to pronounce Eric B and RAH-kim and The Fugees correctly. Just being black doesn't qualify you to narrate a book on great hip hop.
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- Muva
- 06-24-19
Amazing book, somewhat detached narration
This book is interesting, personal, and also incredibly well researched on the history of various hip hop groups and various points in rap history. The book is not just the history of ATCQ, but contextualizes how they came together and created their work. Abdurraqib is a huge music geek and it really shines through in his writing.
The narration is good, very clear, but the performer (not the author) seems detached from the music. He pronounces some names wrong, and seems like he hasn't listened to some of the music quoted in the book. It would've been really cool to have the author doing the narration -- to hear a little more passion in the material -- but this narrator was ok.
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- Mr. Buy Alot
- 11-12-24
Outstanding
This book is a love letter to Tribe. Very well written and thoughtful. I actually knew the author when he was in high school. I worked with his older brother, who was also a big Tribe fan- we argued about The Love Movement album when it was released (I liked it).
This is written with a great prose. I found out Hanif was writing because we had anticipated article about him in our local paper. He's been winning awards for a good reason. If you like hiphop, check this one out.
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- MVV
- 04-19-19
Beautiful narration, beautiful words
Not only did I learn all about A TCQ and the history of hip hop; I also enjoyed the incredibly thoughtful and beautiful reflections on cultural history (including but not limited to music), growing up a sibling, nostalgia for the 90s and for childhood/formative years, recent politics, and much more. Beautiful writing, absolutely wonderful narration.
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