Just like there is a difference between trendy ‘rap’ and intelligent ‘hip-hop,’ these is also a difference between average dudes on the mic spitting rhymes over loops and the thoughtful, even transcendent qualities unearthed when one encounters the four-man collective known as A Tribe Called Quest. It’s been over a decade since Phife… Continue reading Michael Rapaport: “Beats, Rhymes & Life” and His Complicated Place In The Tribe