CNN Showbiz — If "Can I kick it?" provokes an almost involuntary "Yes, you can!" and "You're on point, Phife" brings "All the time, Tip," then you're in the right place. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The actor’s first directing project, the new documentary ‘Beats, Rhymes and Life,’ is his bid to show A Tribe Called Quest’s ongoing influence on hip-hop. Over a dozen years since abdicating its spot as rap’s pacesetter, the New York hip-ho... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The documentary from actor Michael Rapaport is an absorbing exploration of the history of the long-running hip-hop collective, and where its members might go from here.An exploration of the history of a New York hip-hop collective, the documentary "B... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed took a trip to Hot 97 to promote the upcoming Tribe film that will be seeing the light of day this Friday in the States. Phife Dawg does call in during the interview. More importantly, all of the members say that the film has th... more info

Pop Candy — Happy Tuesday, everyone! I hope you celebrated America to the fullest last weekend -- I read a lot of books and saw Cave of Forgotten Dreams, ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Michael Rapaport's acclaimed documentary on legendary hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest premieres July 8 in New York City and Los Angeles. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Few hip hop documentaries have ever so cogently illustrated the dynamics of a hip-hop group like Michael Rapaport's "Beats, Rhymes and Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest" the Tribe Called Quest documentary that won the 2011 Los Angeles Film Fe... more info

Guardian Music — 1986: Number 43 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of Jazz musicGilles Peterson recalls DJing at Dingwalls in 1986. "We were mixing up hard bop with bits of funk, bossa nova, Diana Ross, all sorts. I remember dropping an Art Blakey tra... more info

Guardian Music — 10 February 2006: Number 47 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of R&B and hip-hop musicJames Dewitt Yancey, aka J Dilla, passed away in his bed at the age of 32. His untimely death was the result of a combination of rare blood disease ... more info

Guardian Music — Now Wave, ManchesterIt's not that DJ/promoters Wesley Killerbee and Jonathan Paul Wickstead don't like old music, but the raison d'être of their Now Wave brand is to showcase only new stuff, which they do at weekly cross-genre club nights and gigs a... more info