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Encyclopedia > Native Tongue Posse

The Native Tongues Posse is a group of late 1980s and early 1990s hip-hop artists known for their positive-minded, good-naturedly Afrocentric lyrics and jazzy beats. Mostly based out of New York, they were inspired by earlier, similar rappers, especially Afrika Bambaataa, and came together in order to cooperate on each other's projects and help bring socially conscious hip hop to the mainstream. The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ... Germans dancing on the Berlin Wall in late 1989, the symbol of the cold war divide falls down as the world unites in the 1990s. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... Afrocentrism is an academic, historical approach to the study of world history introduced by Dr. Molefi Kete Asante. ... Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans at around the start of the 20th century. ... Official language(s) None Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... Afrika Bambaataa (born Kevin Donovan on April 17 or October 4, 1957 or 1960)[1] is a DJ and community leader from the South Bronx, who was instrumental in the early development of hip hop throughout the 1970s. ... Conscious hip hop is a subgenre of hip hop music (usually hardcore hip hop or underground hip hop) that focuses on social issues. ... Mainstream is, generally, the common current of thought of the majority. ...

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Founding members

The Jungle Brothers are an American alternative hip hop group who pioneered the fusion of jazz and hip hop. ... De La Soul is a Grammy-award winning hip hop group from Long Island, New York. ... Prince Paul (born Paul Huston) is a legendary DJ and hip hop producer. ... A Tribe Called Quest is an influential rap group of the 1990s. ...

Other flagship members

Latifah on the cover of her 1999 autobiography Also see the Arab singer Latifa Queen Latifah (born Dana Elaine Owens on March 18, 1970) is a Grammy-winning American rapper/singer and Academy Award-nominated actress. ... Monie Love (born Simone Wilson on July 2, 1970 in London) is an English rapper and the sister of techno musician Dave Angel. ... Black Sheep is an alternative hip-hop duo from Queens, New York, consisting of Andres Dres Titus and William Mista Lawnge McLean. ... Chi-Ali (born Chi Ali Griffith) is an American rapper, best known musically for his album The Fabulous Chi Ali which he recorded at the age of 14. ...

Key additions (c. 1998)

1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Black Star is an alternative hip hop group formed by MCs Mos Def and Talib Kweli. ... Mos Def (born Dante Terrell Smith on December 11, 1973) is a critically acclaimed rapper and actor. ... Talib Kweli (born Talib Kweli Greene in Brooklyn, NY on October 3, 1975) is an American rapper from Brooklyn, New York. ... Common (formerly Common Sense, born Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. ... Da Bush Babees are members of the late 1980s to early-mid 1990s rap alliance known as the Native Tongues Posse. ...

Peripheral Members

The Beatnuts are a hip hop crew from Queens, New York City. ... Kelvin Mercer (born August 17th, 1969) is a rapper, producer, and one-third of the groundbreaking hip hop trio De La Soul. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Leaders of the New School were an American hip hop crew composed of Long Island, New York natives Charlie Brown, Dinco D, Busta Rhymes and Cut Monitor Milo. ... Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr. ...

External links

  • Native Tongues Album Cover Breakdown
A Tribe Called Quest
Members: Q-Tip | Phife Dawg | Ali Shaheed Muhammad | Jarobi White
Albums: People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm | The Low End Theory | Midnight Marauders | Beats, Rhymes and Life | The Love Movement
Compilations: The Anthology | Hits, Rarities, and Remixes
Singles: "Bonita Applebum" | "I Left My Wallet in El Segundo" | "Can I Kick It?" | "Check the Rhime" | "Jazz (We've Got)" | "Scenario" | "Hot Sex" | "Award Tour" | "Electric Relaxation" | "Oh My God" | "1nce Again" | "Stressed Out" | "Find a Way" | "Like It Like That"
See also: Native Tongues Posse | The Ummah

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Beatnuts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (431 words)
The only Latino members of the Native Tongues Posse, they have had long-standing involvement with the crew's activities.
Early on in their career they produced whole albums for Posse members Common and Chi-Ali.
Their production is noted as some of the finest and most accomplished, if unheralded, in all of hip-hop, often intricately detailed (as in their finely honed work for Mos Def on two tracks from Black on Both Sides) but more regularly barnstorming, club-friendly, flourish-laden party music.
rhapsody rock school: 01/16/2005 - 01/22/2005 (939 words)
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the New York City-based hip-hop collective the Native Tongues posse kicked out some of the most ill, groundbreaking music of the day.
Native Tongues members performed together and promoted & collaboated on each other's work (on songs like ATQ's "Scenario," De La Soul's "Buddy," and Jungle Brothers' "Doin' Our Own Dang") as a way of collectively breaking through to the mainstream.
This playlist includes music from members of the Native Tongues posse.
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