A Tribe Called Quest

USA, 1985–2016

New York hip-hop group (Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Jarobi White) and pillars of the Native Tongues collective. The Low End Theory and Midnight Marauders defined jazz-rap — warm, sample-based grooves and playful, thoughtful rhymes.

Influenced by

• Miles Davis
• Lou Reed

Influenced

• OutKast
• The Black Eyed Peas
• Fugees
• The Roots