De La Soul, Tribe & Jungle Bros Changed Hip Hop
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- Опубліковано 18 січ 2023
- The Native Tongues represent an expansion within hip hop - a new musical sub-genre with a new focus. It’s an incredibly influential period of music history. It's also some of best music ever made.
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ADDITIONAL NOTES
At 1:05 - "Nixon's War on Drugs" - this is larger than just one President, as the "War on Drugs" was started in 1971 with Nixon (Controlled Substances Act, creating the DEA) but was expanded by Reagan (zero tolerance policies and increases penalties, resulting in an increase of non-violent drug offenders (predominantly Black Men) behind bars). This is a very large issue that spans decades and we're still seeing the results of today. While Reagan expanded the War on Drugs and was President in 1988 when Straight Outta Compton was released, the War on Drugs is larger than just him, so I chose the wording of "Nixon's War on Drugs"
At 10:19 - I misspoke - instead of Pharrell, I mean Kanye, who produced John Legend's "Get Lifted"
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The Native Tongues Review: amzn.to/3Xp5xBJ
Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest by Hanif Abdurraqib: amzn.to/3wbZ1CA
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TOPICS COVERED
The Jungle Brothers
De La Soul
A Tribe Called Quest
Queen Latifah
Monie Love
Black Sheep
Brand Nubian
Chi Ali
The Beatnuts
Da Bush Babees
Fu-Schinkens
Leaders of the New School
Q Tip
Phife Dawg
Ali Shaheed Muhammed
Mike G
Sammy B
Afrika Baby Bam
Posdnous
Trugoy
Maseo
Music History
Hip Hop
Bruh. 46 year old Black man here. Came to this video right after hearing Dove died. That movement was so important to me as a youth. Hoping Dove says hi to Phife Dawg in Hip Hop heaven. Thanks for preserving the history.
Bro you speaking for me as well ..native tongues was my outlet and felt I could relate too them away from gangsta rap....great comment bro
Same, except for the being a man and 46 y.o part LoL. Rest well Trugoy.
Near 48 and pale as can be, and the movement was still super important and major to me. Music was pretty much background the adults put on until i heard the fat boys and felt like i finally heard something happening for my generation, and when i heard pot holes in my lawn it light my brain again in much the same way. Loved de la soul, and tribe called quest, as well as what i heard from jungle brothers on yo mtv and bet, but unfortunately never did get their albums, but have near every busta rhymes album who was also up outta that scene.
The whole scene changed music fashion and philosophy of life. I've never cared about jewelry, and being a white kid i don't know that i would've bought one of the africa patch necklaces, but my best friend bought me one, and i wish i still had it. At the time the africa patches, amongst other things, helped change the fashion away from materialism in a way i still identify with, as i still rock kangols but never really would've been a big gold rope chain guy, and as a young white kid having an africa patch from best friend felt like another level of approval from him, despite my skin tone, and in a certain youthful way signaled a sense of belonging to the hip hop culture and that it was our culture, when i was mostly hanging around black friends, and that even though it was mainly black culture, it still didn't have to be a straight up division by race but more by our youth and view of the world at large, of what we were into and what we cared about, just as much as it signaled my virtues were more aligned with people who cared about equality and freedom, and most certainly was not aligned with symbols of oppression, like idk confederate flags or something. Their style and ethos has stayed with me and was certainly why i gravitated to outkast as well and though a huge biggie fan as well was majorly disappointed with how many clones came after bringing so much of it back to a lot of materialism, at a time when hip hop reached real mainstream acceptance, and sorta became pop. Threw me of to investigate other musical areas i had missed for a long time till i came back around to find a ton of underground under the radar hip hop that had been happening that still was pushing the boundaries of art music and thought
Also J Dilla and MCA !!
What did it feel like to see that movement fledge out and then burn out in real time
Digging the treats is the only UA-cam channel that can make such good quality video documenting history while still being so digestible. Hats off to you.
Thank you 🙏 Doing my best to pay respect to the music and have fun in the process
@@diggingthegreats you have inspired me to get into new music, super awesome stuff!
@@AlexanderDivineEmcee LMAO
@@AlexanderDivineEmcee I only realise that now! 😂
@@roccofilms2125 this video is about trash artists. Lmfao 😂😂😂
Fun fact: When OutKast rapped for LaFace records trying to get signed, they rhymed over the Scenario instrumental.
Would love to hear that
Jungle Brothers deserve way more recognition there first 2 albums are masterpieces
J Beez Wit the Remedy was ahead of its time. Every review back then slammed it, but I remember being confused. Like, what are these people not hearing? Though it wasn't great, it was really good to my ears.
Done By the Forces of Nature is, literally, my favorite album of all time.
Definitly also put a big mark on the early house/rave/hiphouse scene back in the day with I'll House You that was HUGE here in Europe with the first house party's.
They do deserve way more recognition, but they didn't find their sound until the 2000s with 'VIP'
Their first two albums are trash😂
But they are the some of the greatest hip hop artists of all time.
Wit The Remedy has some CRAZY production, crazy weird, but crazy interesting! I wish JBeez was more NY and less European with their latest sounds though.
The Native Tongues movement (1988 - 1993) will never be forgotten in hip hop history.
RIP Trugoy. Hope you’re in paradise freestyling with Phife.
RIP Dave. Sad AF. Why this brother got to go.
@@seankessel3867 yes
Man, this was such a great video about the Native Tongues! Also, thank you for shouting out our book "The Native Tongues Review", which I co-wrote with my labelmates at Everybody's Hip-Hop Label, including my man Iomos Marad! We do a bi-monthly streaming chat session with various artists who we feel respect the hip-hop culture, and we'd love to have you on as a guest one day. ☮️
Yes, what Joe said:)
Native tongues is the entire reason I fell in love with hip hop. Tribe and DeLa are still at the top of my list. Got to see the jungle brothers in the 90s. Feels good man
You can't forget Tribe's last album We Got It From Here. Jarobi is all over that. He also did an album with Dres from Black Sheep a few years ago. They called themselves Evitan, Native spelled backwards.
Hearing Jarobi on that opening track to We Got It From Here ("Space Program") was so gratifying. It made up for years of wanting him to flow on a Tribe track (especially after I heard rumors years back that he originally had a verse on "Scenario"). That and hearing Phife posthumously made listening to that album made it such an emotional, bittersweet experience. I knew about the Evitan project with Dres around the time it came out, but I didn't get a chance to get into it. Not at all for lack of interest though, my mind and heart were just elsewhere.
Digging the greats loves the era of the 90's. But I understand why, the native tongues where not just a group it was a movement. Thank you for this one
So much incredible music to cover!
@@diggingthegreats Because it was the best era for rap music.
I was in heavy a really heavy funk rabbit hole for a few years, mostly James Brown, P-Funk, Bootsy, EWF, Brothers Johnson, etc. I was amazed at how much of a novelty society and pop culture painted that genre as being. Granted, they were wild like everyone else in the 70’s, Parliament Funkadelic should be held to as high of a regard as any other famous group then. Their musical movement reminds me so much of what you have covered about the Soulquarians and Native Tongues and how they were the next steps after them, and unfortunately overlooked by many people but still heavily influential.
& they played instruments lol
Rest in Power Dave! You helped create the soundtrack to my life ✊🏽
I'm just a short curvy white chick who stumbled into hip hop love in the late 80s/early 90s, helped by the Beastie Boys in 1986 with 'License To Ill', and their tour with Run DMC in summer 1987 (I still have the tshirt I bought at the show). I grew up in a town with almost no black folks. But I was lucky in that I had MTV to bring me music that I couldn't find in my classic rock centric world, plus I worked at a music distributor and was exposed to more than just white people rock. I'm in my mid-50s now, and realizing how important hip hop was to me, even tho' it was on the edge of my musical life. Queen Latifah's "Ladies First" has stuck with me since I first heard/saw it on MTV; same with De La Soul's "Me Myself & I". As I get older, I'm finding that delving into the roots of music that's inspired me is the most important thing when it comes to what I listen to and what I purchase. That means it ranges from Fleetwood Mac to Jungle Brothers to Pat Benatar to Grandmaster Flash to Beastie Boys after 'License to Ill'.
Thank you for this video; I'm looking forward to working my way through the rest of your stuff.
The 90s was the best era of hip hop because of the whole native tongue lineage. The fact that they were making a lot of the music because they wanted to and not because they were expecting each track to make them rich is what gave it soul. After 2001 the industry got its claws in hip hop and now mostly turns out fast food hip hop with no nutritional value for your mind.
Native Tongues was the first time I saw myself in hip hop, like not a version of myself but me. Them coupled with how P.E. made me say it with my whole chest gave an early teenage me a confidence that wasn't there for us black kids who were being demonized.
me too...❤ De La literally saved my life...
My wife wants me to give her an overview of the music I listen to. I point her to this channel! It’s insanely well put together bro. Also, Aquemini and Bonita Applebum parallel = 🔥🤯🔥
Not sure where TF you came from or what took you so long to get here but this is one of thee best music channels on the whole damn site already…
Hahaha thank you 🙏 doing my best to pay respect to the music!
Been waiting for you to cover this era, so many of my favorites tracks come from this group. Keep it up, nobody is doing it like you. 🙏🙏🙏
Such an incredible era! Stay tuned - more Native Tongues on the way
It must be illegal for this channel to have so few subscribers, ish. Digging The Greats always delivers, and people really need to know this stuff. It's history of the modern culture delivered in the best way possible.
So, basically, Native Tongues brought me into hip hop. In AZ in high school everyone loved NWA, and I wasn't feeling it because I saw them fulfilling white audience expectations. Native Tongues felt encouraging for me to be me (as Pharrell said in other words). Loved all of those albums and De La is still my fave hip hop group. It *kills* me that younger people don't know anything about them. Thanks for this one. It's great as usual.
It's hard to explain how fertile the years 88-92 were for music. Hip hop/sampling allowed for so much experimentation and evolution in those days, every week there was something new to listen to that pushed the boundaries of music farther.
Not gonna lie. I thought you was mixed this whole time 😅 love and respect👍🏿
Favourite UA-camr rn. Great video as always
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33 year old black man here. Don't change the recipe, I love your videos. Thank you.
This is my go-to channel for hip-hop documentary. I was a teenager in the early '90s and so much of this music was a staple of my teen years; this channel is like a time-warp!
Perfect timing brother RIP DOVE.
You published this just in time. Bittersweet. A trip down memory lane. When 3ft came out they blew my ears off, Then People dropped and did it all over again. Then buddy came out and made it a thing. I'd love some more deep dives on Native tongues. That was the golden age...and it seems so f***ing long ago. Pease and love to David and Phife
😢 RIP David Jolicoeur 🕊️
Rest in Peace J Dilla, Chris Lighty, Phife Dawg, And Trugoy the Dove
I’m loving this hip hop education the native tongue is my favorite rap group of all time. I think De La and Tribe were so underrated, they spit them bars.
89-93 ❤️ this is gold! So happy to see you start to cover the NT groups! Glad De La Soul is ‘finally’ getting to get heard bbthe streaming generation 😍
So many amazing bands, in all genres in those years!!
Yours was a random suggestion by the UA-cam algorithm and I'm glad I hung around cos this was great! Back in the day I saw the JBs, Stet and De La live, but I never got to see ATCQ. Q-Tip gets mentioned so frequently in your analysis that you gotta wonder if he was the glue that held the NT together. Someone else commented on the JBs being underrated and how their first two albums were masterpieces. I could not agree more. By the time they came out I'd been into hip hop for years already (since Kurtis Blow, who I saw live too), but they were truly a breath of fresh air. Meanwhile, Mos Def is in my top three list of greatest rappers of all time. Sorry for the long post, your video got me psyched! From a proper old school hip hop head.
"He did it for us" rip Dave!
so glad to have been awake and alive during this era.
Absolutely love ALL this... It gave me so much freedom to be me when I was a teenager! PRICELESS! 📻🎧
R.I.P. Trugoy The Dove
I would love to just sit in a room with you and geek out on music that I've either forgotten about or didn't listen to because of one reason or another when I was younger. I cannot express just how much watching your videos on old school hip hop and everything connected makes me feel. I portion of me wants to cry knowing that there is someone out there who is not like me that knows as much about my peeps music as I wish I could have. Thank you for being here on UA-cam. I need every video you make.
And I mean it... I'm gonna make it a goal that one day I can geek out with you on music one day.
Man, this means so much, thank you 🙏 We will make it happen at some point in the future!
Once again, you killed it! You mentioned that more Native Tongues-related videos are coming...how about a breakdown of Q-Tip and his wide-ranging influence as a producer and MC? To me, he's the archetype for so many HUGE hip hop acts over the years...Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Kanye West, Pharrell, Lupe Fiasco, Andre 3000, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar, and arguably Drake in his early years.
Agreed, tribe’s importance and influence on rap today is largely forgotten
@@jakuk8104 I don't think it's forgotten, it's just not mentioned enough!
Nah fuck get Kayne and Drake off the fucking list
@@djdarq6311 Why? Their current output is trash, sure, but they've made dope shit in the past
RIP Dave De La Soul forever ❤
To be a white boy, your pretty accurate about your information. I'm a 43 year old Black American male from North Philly. So I'm definitely an EXPERT on my culture.
Another great video. Organized Konfusion would be a great video topic, too. Pharoahe and Po's flows alone are like a multi-layered instrumental track.
Co-sign.
Yesss!!!!
Big time
R.I.P. Trugoy.
#Plug1Plug2
#DeLaForever
Yo! Thank you so much for this video and thank you for referencing our book, The Native Tongues Review. We really appreciate that. Peace!
I went to the show that De La Soul and the Jungle Bros. met. It was at the rock club The Channel in Boston. I was able to meet the Jungle Brothers they were some cool down to earth brothers. I was blessed to witness Hip Hop History.
Native Tongues records expanded my world and blew my mind. My favorite hip-hop movement.
As a HUUUUGE ATCQ fan, I NEED a deep dive video on tribe stuffs loool
Big up to you man!!! Good stuffs!!! Enjoyed it a looooot
I was a baby when this music came out. But my moms put me on game early. De la and tribe are a big part of my early childhood. #goodmemories
Always love hearing about the Native Tongues. It’s amazing how much I don’t know about their movement, despite how much Tribe I listen to
Rest in Peace Dave Plug2 MC from @DeLaSoul.. So sad to hear about Dave passed way :(
Rest in peace to Trugoy the Dove of De La Soul
Just happened upon this, had to watch becuz ur doing my favorite and what I think is the greatest clique/crew/squad in all of hiphop history the Native Tongues! A few minutes in I'm like dude on point I need to subscribe, then at 6:40 when u went on ya tangent about de la soul I said yup I'm sold, confirmation! This guy is on point and has genuine love for the culture and did his research! I been waiting for March 3rd 2023 since the advent of streaming!! It's a crime the complete discography of De La Soul is not on any platform. Def will be binge watching this page for now on!
Jungle Brothers were the most under-rated of the bunch. That's saying a lot considering they are part of the Native Tongues collective. Most of their catalog outside of "Straight Out The Jungle" deserves a periodic mention.
NATIVE TONGUES FOR EVER
If you grew up knowing this history and experiencing the music you were blessed.
🙏🏾😔💔 Rest In Peace Trugoy The Dove.
Still get chills every time on Stakes is High, "that's why the Native Tongues has officially been reinstated"
R.I.P. Trugoy
RIP Trugoy 🙏🏾😭🌹
De La Soul is Dead is still amazing! So great so underrated! I can't wait until they are streaming!
Love the cultural humility in your videos! I be learning a lot from them and I’m Black 😂
Grew up in the BX in the 90s and was too young to appreciate these tracks and the history. Thank you for putting this together. I am learning so much.
Right in time for De La to get there music back! This is one of the best channels on UA-cam. Keep up the great work 👊
Brilliant dive into the Native Tongues. They were the soundtrack to my life, still are.
Your channel has been the best thing I’ve seen lately. As a 76er this music has defined my life. And as a musician, I love your breakdowns. Thanks!
Fellow 1976er agrees 👍🏿💯
@@jonnycatbxny6046 De La is the sound of my youth. I can still recite almost every line of 3FH&R
Please do a whole video on the Fu-Schnickens they are critically underrated
Omg I just shouted out “YES!” hearing that De La Soul’s discography is finally gonna be on streaming! Didn’t know till now!!! FUCK YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻
You have combined two of my favorite things history and music! Could not love this more! ~A GenX nerd 🤓
This has got to be THE best UA-cam channel out there
Three Feet High and Rising never left my Sony Walkman until the tape popped. I just went and got another tape and kept it moving! RIP Dave! De La Soul got better with each album and Pos & Dave are certified REAL MC's.
RIP Dave. Ngl, your music helped me to become a responsible adult.
this is one of the best youtube essays ive ever seen. This guy needs more subs now
Such a great presentation, thank you. The Native Tongue had an influence outside the U.S. especially in countries with an African & West Indian diaspora. Growing up in France it reinforced our pride in our African roots. Groundbreaking on so many levels. I guess we all felt represented through them. Another song that featured many Native Tongue members was "Doin' our Thang".
Native Tongues are the reason why got into hip hop in 1989 was a massive ATCQ and De La Soul fan.
I miss those times when Hip Hop went so many experimental directions, and The Native Toungues collective had such a unique sound. Love De La Soul with what they called here Hippie Rap. Funny, clevar lines and catchy happy tracks. Great history video :)
one of the best YT channels. Period.
Respect to you! I was there through it all. We was not a group but the Violators was like the old brothers of The Native Tongues! Peace
🌻🙏🏾❤ The very ☝🏾1st time hearing De La Soul was on a cassette tape single that came in a cardboard sleeve. 🌻The cassette belonged to my sister, I just remember the bright colorful cover making me feel very happy. 🎤From "Say NO, GO" to "Me, Myself & I" all the way to the secret release of "Smell The Da.I.S.Y." with J-Dilla. 🔥 De La Soul has had such a impact on myself and how I viewed myself being different than other people, that it was ok ❤ to think outside the box and to like what you like. To not follow 💪🏾 trends but to be a trend setter, not be a follower in life but to be a leader. 👑 Trugoy, Posdnuos and Maseo were teachers in my life through Sight, Sound, Consciousness and Beautiful vibes! ❤ Dave you are missed, may you rest in Glory. Blessings to your family, friends and fans......Signed Houzeofwaxx 🌻❤🙏🏾🎤
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RIP to Trugoy 🕊️🥺💔
Can't believe you're still under 1 million subscribers, one of the best channels about hiphop history on here!
RiP Trugoy.....Soundtrack to some great parts of my life.
I don't know your channel. Just came across this.....and to be honest, I clicked on this thinking "here goes another hipster dude, late to the hip hop game, who thinks he's some expert on hip hop because he accidentally "discovered" it one weekend." But no.....not that you have anything to prove to me, but I'll be checking out your channel from here on out. Native Tongues were like my religion growing up, and has been a huge part of my life. So glad De La's music is going to finally be available.
Quick turnaround on this one. Love it.
I grew up on this. Now I'm digging through boxes looking for all the cassettes and CDs. I swear i had all these albums.
I was 16 in 88 when this all started out I was into punk,ska, oi and this along with PE blew my mind and opened me up to so much. ATCQ became one of my top 5 groups of all time RIP Phife
I still have my CD copy of "3 Feet High and Rising" from 1989. Thanks, Columbia House!
The quality of this content is unreal. Amazing production, amazing history of golden era hip hop. Keep it coming bro!
Done by the Forces of Nature and JBEEZ WITH THE REMEDY are my all time favorite Jungle Brothers LPs. These guys seriously need to be documented in depth but....this is lovely :)
Nobody ever talks about Done by the Forces of Nature
That album is sooooo good
These videos are more Edutainment if anything. A term KRS-One used. Not only do you learn something you get hear great music. Bruh you keep doin these mixes tho lol. Put them on Soundcloud or something lol. Thanks again for more great content. Salute.
Top notch hip-hop history channel. Thanks for your work
👑 Keep Calm ... and Watch DtG!! ✌🏽
SUPERB documenting, Brandon. 🔥
Literally all the music that raised me. Thank you for this.
Man, Chuck and Flav, did more than any other act, to make hip hop socially conscious from a Militant point of view. I did get into the Natives tongues, beats and all, but when is PE gonna get a damn bio movie!
RIP trugoy 🕊️🕊️
Bro you are embodying some of the most important and influential parts of hip hop that are almost lost in todays hip hop world. Let alone your skill in clarity when putting this content together. Keep going. I’m buying a mug. ☕️
Rest in paradise, Trugoy.
Good Music, Good Natural Vibes! Peace!
The way my mouth dropped with the very first blend! 😮😵💫😵🤯
When youtube gives you something you didn't know you needed 🥺
Rest well Dave 🙏