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  • De La Soul to Release Rare 1994 EP Featuring A Tribe Called Quest

    De La Soul to Release Rare 1994 EP Featuring A Tribe Called Quest

    De La Soul is set to drop a rare 1994 EP that includes a collaboration with A Tribe Called Quest

    De La Soul is on the verge of releasing a rare artefact-turned-mythical EP of the mid-1990s, Clear Lake Auditorium, which boasts a collaboration with A Tribe Called Quest. Legendary rap group De La Soul reissued their EP, originally distributed in 1994 through a unique promotional release for select DJs, and announced on Friday (January 10) that it would drop later this year.

    “Clear Lake Audiotorium has achieved near-mythical status among collectors,” said De La Soul. The EP includes four tracks from this era, two with unique and rare collaborations: “sh.Fe.Mc’s” with A Tribe Called Quest and “Stix & Stonz,” which features Tito of The Fearless Four along with Grandmaster Caz, L.A. Sunshine of the Treacherous Three, and Prince Whipper Whip.

    Clear Lake Audiotorium has been pressed for a limited 500 pieces and consists of six tracks in total. Most of these also appeared on Buhloone Mindstate, like “Patti Dooke,” “In the Woods,” and “I Be Blowin’.”

    This highly anticipated EP will premiere on streaming services on March 7, 2020. It will be available in both digital and physical form, making it an experience that true fans will converge on to enjoy a very rare gem in full.

    Intelligent responses and image uploads will be available online.

  • Dr. Dre’s ‘The Chronic’ was inspired by A Tribe Called Quest’s ‘The Low End Theory’ album

    Dr. Dre’s ‘The Chronic’ was inspired by A Tribe Called Quest’s ‘The Low End Theory’ album

    Dr. Dre, N.W.A., Q-Tip and A Tribe Called Quest’s influence on one another goes back to the early 90s

    Dr. Dre’s The Chronic is hands down a classic. The album — released in 1992 — is crisp in production and finds Dr. Dre pulling from directions that many didn’t expect. At the time, Snoop Dogg, Warren G, Nate Dogg, amongst others, respectively. The album’s muse was A Tribe Called Quest’s 1991 The Low End Theory.

    “It was listening to N.W.A’s Straight Outta Compton that inspired us to make The Low End Theory,” Q-Tip said in an MTV News interview. “And years later I spoke to Dr. Dre and he told me that hearing The Low End Theory inspired him to make The Chronic.”

    From New York City to Compton, the connection of coast were prominent, but might not be evident, in retrospect. Nonetheless, the two impactful groups (N.W.A. and A Tribe Called Quest) inspired one another.

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