Soulquarians Vol. 1 by D.J. Enjay

Kind of Like: A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, Common

Genres: Neo-soul, Hip-hop

Preview: Listen To My Vibe

For some reason I didn't discover this musical collective from the late 90's/early 2000's until just recently, which is pretty lame of me, since it inclues some of my favorite neo-soul and hip-hop artists, such as: Questlove, Common, Erykah Badu, Mos Def, Q-Tip, and Talib Kweli. They have produced numerous albums either whole or partially over the years.

A guy by the name of D.J. Enjay, who deems himself a "hip-hop specialist", mixing R&B, new soul, funk, and soul music, put together a Podcast of their most memorable hits - a continuos track that's about an hour and a half long. It's a pretty chill collection. I challenge anyone to listen to it and keep from bobbing their head along to the infectious rhythms. If you like this mix, or even if you just feel like finding some more good hip-hop, it's worth checking out his website here. He has featured artists from Detroit, as well as a tribute mix to A Tribe Called Quest.

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(Classic) Native Tongues (Part One)

Kind of Like: De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers
Genres: Hip-Hop
Preview: Boobtube


Yesterday we drove out to Birmingham and caught Beats Rhymes, and Life, the documentary about A Tribe Called Quest directed by Michael Rapaport.  What's this, you ask?  I featured it here a little while ago when I first heard about it.  It's a must see for anybody that appreciates hip-hop, especially early hip-hop.  Not to mention the movie was edited and directed very well.  In lieu of seeing that movie, I decided to post this.  It's a collection from the collaboration known as Native Tongues. The Native Tongues is a collective of late 1980s and early 1990s hip-hop artists known for their positive-minded, good-natured Afrocentric lyrics, and for pioneering the use of eclectic sampling and later jazz-influenced beats.  Its principal members are the Jungle Brothers, De La Soul, and A Tribe Called Quest.  I may or may not have pulled that straight from wikipedia.  There also were many other flagship members, and later affiliations.  Seeing that this was a collaboration that had a massive amount of material related to it, I am going to split it up into parts.  This part I found on another site looks to be remixes of early Native Tongues songs.  I want to do another part that has related artists further down the line like J Dilla, The Beatnuts etc etc

Tracklist:
A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It? (Extended Boilerhouse Mix)
Queen Latifah - Mama Gave Birth To The Soul Children (The Infant Mix) (Feat. De La Soul)
Black Sheep - Without A Doubt (Salaam's Mix Edit)
De La Soul - Me Myself And I (Oblapos Mode)
A Tribe Called Quest - Lyrics To Go (Tumblin' Dice Remix)
Fu-Schnickens - Ring The Alarm (Extended Mix)
Leaders Of The New School - The International Zone Coaster (L.O.N.S. Ultra Shandilere Tango-Trixx Mix)
Jungle Brothers - How Ya Want It We Got It (Roc Raida's Native Tongues Remix) (Feat. De La Soul & Q-Tip)
De La Soul - Ego Trippin' (Egoristic Mix)
Monie Love - Work It Out (Platinum Vocal Extended)
A Tribe Called Quest - Oh My God (UK Flavour Radio Mix)
De La Soul - Keepin' The Faith (12'' UK Mix)
Da Bush Babees - Swing It (Jazziness Version)
Shortie No Mass - U Like My Style (Da Beatminerz Remix)
Chi-Ali - Funky Lemonade (The Beatnuts Remix)
A Tribe Called Quest - Check The Rhime (Mr. Muhammad's Mix)
De La Soul - Buddy (Native Tongue Decision Version) (Feat. A Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers, Monie Love & Queen Latifah)
Jungle Brothers - On The Road Again (My Jimmy Weighs A Ton) (Q-Tip Remix) (Feat. Q-Tip)
Leaders Of The New School - Case Of The P.T.A. (Cut Monitor Milo Remix)
Black Sheep - Strobelite Honey (Maybe We Did Mix)
De La Soul - Eye Know (The Know It All Mix)
Jungle Brothers - What 'U' Waiting '4'? (Love Ride & Orchestra Mix)
A Tribe Called Quest - Jazz (We've Got) (Re-Recording Radio Version)
De La Soul - Say No Go (New Keys Vocal)
Queen Latifah - U.N.I.T.Y. (QD III's Big Titty Mix)
A Tribe Called Quest - Public Enemy (Saturday Night Virus Disco Mix)
Fu-Schnickens - La Schmoove (K-Cut Remix) (Feat. Phife Dawg)
De La Soul - Breakadawn (Foncett Power Radio Mix)
Da Bush Babees - Remember We (Salaam Remi Version)
A Tribe Called Quest - Scenario (Young Nation Mix) (Feat. Leaders Of The New School)
Monie Love - It's A Shame (My Sister) (Monie Dee Mix) (Feat. Ultra Naté)
Jungle Brothers - Doin' Our Own Dang (JB's Mix) (Feat. De La Soul, Monie Love, Q-Tip & Queen Latifah)
Chi-Ali - Roadrunner (ATCQ Puberty Mix)
De La Soul - A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays" (Dave's Home Mix) (Feat. Q-Tip & Vinia Mojica)
A Tribe Called Quest - Butter (Hip Hop Mix)

Sorry, this is a multiload, not mediafire.   It's 237 MB so it's too big to fit on mediafire.

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Double Medium: Beats Rhymes and Life by A Tribe Called Quest (1996, 2011)

Kind of Like: Common, The Roots, MF Doom
Genres: Hip Hop


Get geeked.  Here is the trailer for the new documentary about the hip-hop pioneers A Tribe Called Quest, and then after that a link where you can get the album by them that the documentary is named after.

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P.S.: Here is also a link for Anthology, their greatest hits album. Ta ta for now.

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