Electric Relaxation
A Tribe Called Quest Lyrics

@anthonylifrieri9558

I saw him too about 20 years ago--he prayed before he ate.

@kim1570

Interesting tid-bits in this thread. Seems like these old school hip hop cats were just built different.

@Piscesgurl18

Dope! When was this?

@mbm9907

I was 15 when this dropped! I skipped my first 3 periods just to stand in line to get the album, I'll never forget that ass whooping but it was worth it.

@mbm9907

Those were the days when Hip-Hop was at it's prime.

@waitwhat5745

when you said first 3 periods i thought you meant the shit you women go through, lmao but then i realized you ment the periods in school. lol that would have been dedication!

@mbm9907

Honey...

@waitwhat5745

Rashad Mitchell what

@mbm9907

Nothing prince..

Btw I love Coco Butter Kisses!! Super hot track.

@rschryn

as an electrician, I couldn't be more relaxed.

@metzitzabpeh

Good one!😂

@malamsofo9669

Most underrated and epic comment here 😅

@kyngpapi

😂😂😂🏆

@tbtnr9851

😂👏

@chevybee9086

Good one 💙🔥

@Jason-mk5lt

Early 90s NYC Jazz hip hop is the most chill type of music

@africanbella28

I totally agree💜🧡❤️

@ohshit635

@@PuffyMono lol loser

@thepurpleshade486

@@PuffyMono GAMER gate keeping!

@floyd4311

Uh greed

@k-rizza5541

No doubt about it.. trully givin' chill through your bones

@markmugi8242

Rest in paradise Phife.

@victoriajohnson3499

Which one is that on video that die

@ConniesCountryLivin

Yup, the GOAT

@ConniesCountryLivin

#already

@ikechinedu6184

Rest in peace, your impact is ever fresh

@LilUziVertFan690

You copied the comment above you ⬆️

@JFloatin

If Jazz hip hop isn't one of the greatest Genres ever, I don't know what is..

@jaamal6369

Facts

@tracydrummond2766

Hip hop is the love child of jazz and r&b.....thats why it has so many layers

@sheldoncooper8199

@ J Floatin
Its just Good Hip Hop not Jazz Hip Hop. Hip Hop is just Slow R & B and Slow Jazz

@gregbrowne6539

It's bullshit. Stay the fuk out of rok hall of fame. Bunch of fukin gangsters

@anabeliyasere2736

@@tracydrummond2766 u

@mankind71

If you weren't around in the 90s ,"you couldn't relate,you couldn't relate"!💯

@feliciawilliams5720

🎶✊🏾💜

@EvolveonMT

Kids these days don’t even know Seaman’s furniture. 😂

@fireguy615

Can someone explain to me how such a musically and culturally important group like Tribe is NOT in the hall of fame by now?!

@andysammy6129

Who cares about those empty titles?

@seattlepoet

They really need to be.

@SafetyNugget

They're not talked about enough, but if anything, that adds to their legend. They will be FOREVER legendary, especially further into the future we get.. Classics.. Pure gold.

@manoskok1810

They will be in the hall one day

@kayanono

@Kane Abel 30 mil views but i know what you mean

@13jcarey

It’s ridiculous that this song is still basically perfect after 30 years. Absolute musical masterpiece

@theruddyone6443

Truth

@deafmill

fact

@BroChill2K

Amen

@ratboy4169

Sky’s the limit 🙏

@matthewwheeler2231

100 agree 💯 👍 😊

@mrmartywaring

The nostalgia I feel when watching this. Everybody enjoying themselves, no phones, just good vibes

@anthonyinsani9914

no doubt

@lvp995

This is a music video why are you saying this like its a live performance or something

@woodroblue8332

Facts remember like it was yesterday good times in music

@sherloncloud6816

Let ppl now how we made it work

@Glocky99942

Better times

@LandonALeitner

Something bout the transition between phife and q tip at 1:00 just shows how smooth they are and the chemistry shows

@joemasters2270

I liked how back in the early 90s jazz was fused into hip hop. Had a beautiful sound. :)

@robertreeves7675

Douglas Vargas Davon Mc Neil

@naturalbornchiller158

@@robertreeves7675 Yeah, the sound was great. And it didn't sound like it was trying to hard either.

@lateshiachilds3640

Yes, I grew up listening to jazz thanks to my dad. Around early 90s when New york rappers was coming with the jazzy rap glow made me love jazz even more.

@Dondraper87104

Ahem to pimp a butterfly from Kendrick Lamar is a jazz rap album

@lateshiachilds3640

@@Dondraper87104 I love Kendrick he is dope and J cole

@eolaleye

This track is almost 30 years old. It epitomises everything that is hip-hop! Simply timeless

@firecoded8314

This is hip-hop. This is rap. Not a single weird ass chain, not a single fancy car. Just pure bars. The flows speak for themselves.

@VicenteLagos

Word!

@gregpuryear8163

Facts

@kellynash8289

93-95 was the golden age of hip hop. Raw & real.

@sirjer73

​@@kellynash8289Naw 86 through 93

@iamshyni69

@@kellynash8289 92-99, I prefer.

@loscar3656

The tribe always still hit even in 2025

@traviswright1920

ONE OF THE DOPEST SONGS EVER MADE PERIOD.

@PatinaEdochie

Agreed 💯🎶🔥💓

@Kaiden-9226

💯💯💯

@shawndon3622

Facts!!!!

@NYJ82Bklyn

No doubt!!!

@abeware8783

Hell yeah

@Philly_bul

This album ruled my life 93/94. Not just hip hop, but one of the best albums ever made, any genre. Period. Rip phife diggy.

@gravegifters4255

Well said. I like this as a album more than i like it for its element

@keenancurry8163

❤❤❤❤❤ ruled me too

@hggttffj

FACTS

@str8cash113

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@jazzjones4954

Hot sex on a platter 💯
92

@kimcarwell197

some laid back chilling with your lady/man...Smoking a blunt, breaking down each bar. Nothing like 90's Hip Hop.

@TheButSheFliEffect

YASSSSS! You hit the nail on the head with that one

@sammysung3326

Iskiza Muhaz true dat!!!

@nikki19820619

Iskiza Muhaz LMAO where are you picking your ladies from lol

@corylackland8377

Nothing like it! I concur. ✌🏾

https://youtu.be/f3a_si4A1vQ

http://li.sten.to/ubxBaIl

@grezzer1427

@@TheButSheFliEffect exactly I love the nostalgic feel and what is your favourite album from ATCQ?

@EvaGordonabetterlife

True hip-hop never dies. Classic music sounds great in 2024.

@anthonyinsani9914

No doubt

@Ramadan-4-b9h

​@@anthonyinsani9914... I was in the 8th grade when this first came out and i am now just finding out hes saying .... RELAX YOURSELF Please Settle Down........smh 😮😮😮 Wow

@onlybryan47_

I fuckin love the stories the 90's east coast rappers would tell. This is what music lacks nowadays. Rest in paradise phife 🎙

@anatole118218

Only J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar can save the Hip Hop.

@stevelettuce2733

+anatole118218 i really like modern rap music's beats but yeah its all shitty lyrics

@tiffanyjames4245

Bryan Juarez

@trnjbx6006

187 likes...

@carstarsarstenstesenn

anatole118218 ONLY COLE AND KDOT?? ONLY THEM? Kendrick is great, Cole is average but they are definitely not the ONLY people gtfo you don't know shit

@andrewo8356

I’ll never get sick of this song. What a beat.

@deromil4298

same bro

@kellikakes81

NEVER!

@ssjonupants

One of the very best.

@beastmode4ever502

ME EITHER!!!

@bigebreez7151

Yall should check out "j Coles forbidden fruit" and "capital STEEZ's 135" they sampled off of this artists beat and lyrics

@sandybeachblueskies

There is no hip hop group better than Tribe. I met Phife at ATL Airport back in summer of 1996. I had my walkman on me & had the Midnight Marauders cassette in my walkman
. He signed the liner notes & told me their next album was about to drop. Which i was already anxiously awaiting. I will never forget that moment

@lashedandscorned

Wu-Tang and Gravediggaz are pretty fucking good contenders. And MF DOOM too.

@T.Gundham

My favorite will always be OutKast but they are up there for sure.

@DaneWashingtonddtke

I wish I could have met phife like you did

@deathclaw-d1m

​​@@lashedandscornedконечно это вкусовщина, но для меня wu tang это хард рэп, в нем меньше спокойствия и расслабления, чего не скажешь про tribe called quest

@Tntmama

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@AM-FTK

Still listening in 2025 🔥🔥 RIP Phife Dawg❤❤

@piachavez5350

This is probably one of the coolest songs ever. Nothing put-on, just legit cool.

@roxburndi

One of those it's perfect songs.

@Mca110

Best instrumental in the history of Hip-Hop

@elliotpeka4133

Ivon64719 This sounds so much like Kendrick Lamar - These Walls I'm almost certain that Kendrick had intentions to have a beat similar to this

@chriskeys778

If I'm not mistaken, this is a J to the DILLA beat!

@KrpticUnknown

+Elliot Peka he used the original sample of the beat.

@officialpitusbeatz

dat flute...

@Troybranding

bold statement. But ill respect it.

@TheBeatboxChamp

"I like em brown, yellow, Puerto Rican or Haitian
Name is Phife Dawg from the Zulu Nation"

@mr.g302

I'm glad you got "Haitian" right.
So many people (including rappers) say "Asian." SMH

@kthanksbyeman2

Such a fucking great line

@iloveowls8748

Like Puerto Rican is a color haha

@cantrelate2757

Polar Bear it was never implied to be a color lol

@godflint

The thing that stands out to me about that line is that he didn't say he like em white. My man!!! Peace to Phife Dawg. A legend MC who loved the sisters.

I'm 16 and from Italy, so I'm from a totally different generation and culture...but this song, wow. I started listening to hip hop and rap a few months ago, and this 90s old school songs are the best! Love the chill and jazzy sound.

@RSXLad

Age is never a barrier to discovery...... its beautiful

@tjofwakanda8027

90s the best era..

@feliciawilliams5720

Listen to Moments in Love by Art of Noise if you love jazzy beats…..🎶 & The Roots old hip hop music

@mdsagould

I’ve been trying to convince my 15 & 16 old boys that this is real hip hop! They just roll their eyes at me because I’m a 42 yr old white mom and don’t know anything….as if I wasn’t a teenager in the 90s living off these beats.

@Nilessterner

Culture knows no border nor cares about your generation. This is fantastic song.

@gravitymusicproductiongrou260

Q-tip is the only producer that could produce such a sound in jazz especially in the early 90s q-tip is the only producer that can deliver such a sound that just sticks and lasts forever and hip-hop music

@keithwilliams9217

One Love, Give up the Goods are other ones like that.

@gravitymusicproductiongrou260

@@keithwilliams9217 now if LL COOL J's "pink cookies in a plastic bag" never dropped, i could souly gave it to Tip for that production for give up the goods, but Marley Marl produced it, so the rest is history

@ProdEhJay47

Who’s Q tip

@AdEonthemic

@@ProdEhJay47 the leader of ATCQ

@KardiFan2000

@@gravitymusicproductiongrou260 Tip's version is better though...more flavor in it (drums, bass, etc. were on point!)

@Jameslawz

Tribe is so criminally underrated. They had that smooth Hip Hop before all the gun bars and dissing, shame it was drowned out by all that noise. This is grass roots Hip Hop. They should be proud to be on the right side of Hip Hop history.

@Godbig7

Before all the gun bars and dissing? They came out in 91, the gun bars and dissing was there years before them.

@sonofmann

Tribe was never underrated everybody had this album

@jonathacirilo5745

@@sonofmann depends on what one means with "underrated" and "everybody"

@lovehate8286

Facts!!

@KardiFan2000

@@Godbig7 I think he means before the "gun bars" were prevalent. Yeah, there was gun talk back then, but there were more conscious, light-hearted lyrics before the gangsta-ism took over in the mid-90s.

@sleepeejack

The complex, jazzy AF guitar chords, the looping, ambiguous interaction of the bass line and beats... this track is beyond magical. Tip is a MFing genius with the production. Then add Phife's impish charm to it all? These kids opened a portal to a parallel, better universe.

@unstablegenius2325

I want NATO to control our sound. F main stream media .

@noaaahhhhhh9420

Guitar is sampled from mystic brew

@AM-FTK

Beyond Magical. That is a beautiful description.😁

@samonamoniquesavedbyjesus

Sets pretty nice.

@ronbarton7799

You said it all. Good analysis.

@imnotjerry2226

Somewhere in the afterlife, Phife still be riding that taxi in peace.

@SokzMusic

old school rap is so refreshing!

@lenkonwashington1041

Heck yeah.

@seanwjones07

The new school couldn't relate!

@mauricesako5332

Yea of course

@RocknrollaCZE

so true bro

@williehopscotch

Man that's even more true two years later.

@ldyluv6988

New York in the 90s was just classic. Period 🙌🏾

@user-bv2jy8jz2m

@BigBoy 5.56mm ok boomer

@uriahsimpson06

NY hip-hop from the 90's is pure fire

@LindaLinda-ls2fd

Dope. Hot 97 blasting from every store.

@brobot500

BigBoy 5.56mm
Acting like being homosexual is bad LMAO

@calvintyson9481

The realest comment I've read all day!

@the_local_bigamist

All the beefing and the nonsense going on at that time in hip-hop, Tribe were just vibing. Every track they made still sounds crisp and fresh to this day. Timeless, some of the best music made in any genre.

@Ken-ek5im

Filmed in the Black and White,.. genius.🤗

@larryghelms5675

Hearing this really takes you back to a more simple time in life when Hip-hop was real...you could feel the music in your soul.

@MrBrucewayne78

Say it louder for the people in the back!

@nachc6459

Feel the music and not your phone. Just looking at people walking down NYC during that time, speaks volumes

@tazaman2009

Yesssssss !!!

@theonlyjefebuddy4931

And things were affordable and our clothes weren’t tight, and women didn’t need surgery and dudes didn’t have to be rich just to get a woman’s love

@Bamfism

💯💯💯

@GilMikalian

I was going to college. It's 1993. Bought this CD the day it dropped and promptly went back to my dorm. Couple of friends hear me bumping this, and we all sat down for an old-fashioned record party. Good times. Good vibes. I played Tribe way to much but it wasn't enough. I miss their music.

@xmdload

I wish I got to experience this for myself. I'm in college and it's just not the same with music anymore... it's all so stale and unoriginal nowadays. I love 90s hip hop so much.

@ross1880

@@xmdload Good thing you can still listen to this.

@adriennedavidson7042

I was a sophomore in college in 93. I know I go back to the past but it sure does feel good 😊. Living the single life with no dependents. When rap was actually rap and you could understand what the rappers were saying. If I could go back just one more time . 😊😊😊😊😊😊

@milesb9359

@@xmdload You wrong bro you just need to find it

@xmdload

@@milesb9359 pmo then

@trrch5149

This song is one of the 15 best all time hip hop songs ever.. so smooth with barz... where is music like this Today..

@suckapunch

TR RCH People Under the Stairs, Binary Star, Dilated Peoples, Stahhr just to name a few off the top of my dome. It's just too bad the good stuff never reaches air time.

@sakhekilenikelo3996

TR RCH check pro era you will find music like this e.g. joey bada$$.

@curtisJaMMes

Dem atlas. Atmosphere. Look them up if you like this, these dudes are real as real gets

@Zudo

TR RCH www.dashogunz.com

@xXDamolaXx

Forbidden Fruit J cole lol, think he used the exact same beat

@misterscott4038

Who listening to this today, that beat is hard.

@FoampositePewter

Been listening since November 1993

@marcellrentz9046

🫡

@lisalopes1273

Nostalgic for 90's ❤

@markgolding-nd1qd

Am listening today and

@purvistanner2254

Me🎤🎤🎤🎤

@jamiahsimmons9368

That beat is so relaxing
"I like em brown, yellow, Puerto Rican or Haitian
Name is Phife Dawg from the Zulu Nation"

@Brewnoe

lotsa loving .. relax yourself
peace out to man

@Thelostsoul556

"Told you in the jam how we can get down"

@davidmuhammad8960

you forgot black, he says black before brown

@ERICF66

David Muhammad no he didn’t 0:44 listen again...

@davidmuhammad8960

@@ERICF66 yeah he did

@centerfold8

The 90s was one of the most lit decades for music

@anthonydurham763

Always will be GODDEZZ

@kitsontuli2713

Definitely

@jam_b00gie

I miss them #90s

@centerfold8

@@jam_b00gie me too

@Im-Done-Playing

This wasn't the 90s.... this was early 2000's..... The Wayans Brothers used this song as their shows intro....

I was in college....I'll never forget the vibe of this time period..... if you wasn't there, you'll never understand....

@TheYunghawk

RIP Phife Diggy.... in 93 I was a 13 year old in the south up late nites on the phone talking to a chickenhead with this playing in the background living off every word Phife said.... Peace God

@ricardobjj24

A reason why I love Tribe is because you dont need big speakers to enjoy their music

@amdavad

This is one of the best hip-hop songs EVER put on a record.

@dtg5909

JRA RAPPER! Agreed. It’s perfection.

@jonathanclarkston5444

HELL YEAH!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@pattersonbanks768

That beat is hypnotizing!

@isaiah_ballin1212

Relax yourself girl

@digitalmusicalart3494

Indeed!!!

@brianclark4796

no models. no expensive clothing. no guns. just good music. this is my era and i miss it so much.

@rigger49er

Hope it comes back

@anthonydurham763

Word up GOD

@lovehate8286

It literally hurts that it’s gone.

@Dennis_Reynolds_Golden_God

@@rigger49er this is one of the songs on the playlist that I have for my toddler. It's up to us to bring it back making the next generations familiar.

@rigger49er

@@Dennis_Reynolds_Golden_God facts

@alcantarainterior8078

When ppl where real. No cravings to be liked by thousands of ppl who doesn’t know you anyway; No fillers, no filters… Pure and raw interaction with people “No bull s**t. Those were the times

@AM-FTK

I,m 54 and was so lucky to live through the Golden Age of hip hop. Tribe are 1 of my all time fave bands. Luv 'em! 💚💚💚💚

@AM-FTK

True Dat!!!!!

@shhh1025

Hey can I ask what is ur best bands ?

@AM-FTK

@Sh Hh  Hi. I luv many genres of music.
Hip hop, rap, electro, punk, pop, rock, jazz, soul, rockabilly, disco, techno. In the hip hop /
rap world my faves are Tribe, Public enemy, EPMD, Snoop dog, Cypress Hill, NWA,
Eric B & Rakim, Beastie Boys, Stetsasonic.
Hip hop is my favourite genre of music. Growing up in Glasgow, Scotland not many people were listening to hip hop in the early 80's. I introduced it to all of my friends. Who are your faves Sh Hh?

@shhh1025

@@AM-FTK THANKS! Ur music taste is elite

@shhh1025

@@AM-FTKi love u

@paullombard00

I hate to sound like an old person, but I wish kids today were all down with this. <3

@MdMannan-tm3vr

Paul Lombard CD

@SmellyDonutSpawn

Qwavario Ford just cuz you like old songs doesn’t mean today’s songs are trash lmfao

@savenido1

im 11.......

@derpypopo

I'm 12, my dad introduced me to the good music, and in my opinion today's music isn't really that good, but if you search you can find good music

@joekate121609

@@derpypopo make sure you put your friends on as well

@Ironman-lu9sr

watching wayans brothers and listening to siri and alexa by stann smith brought me here. both took me back to this 💖

@lauraboyd1404

wayans brothers put me on to this

@wynelltinner2052

same here

@jaymearbour9725

siri and alexa used the same drums i think

@TheAlFrisco

underrated

@maxwelltruesdalejr855

Glad you could join us

@geauxbayoutigahs

The Wayans Bros intro 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@grod7

Yessir wayans bro

@derrisEbynum7182

Oh yeah, brings back memories

@aaronanthony3046

Electric Relaxation is the perfect title for this track. That's exactly what it is...good vibes.

@phantombunny

Sometimes i feel hip hop doesn't have room for good vibes just anger.

@LoveMyPeople04

@@phantombunny and aggression

@guiwtt

this is art, golden era.

@shigarmusic8120

this is pure gold, real authentic and original hiphop. true art

@pampamdnf3422

Art

@thomaslazarski3596

So many fond memories return to me when I hear that jazzy groove

@brianreynolds3176

I'm a guy from Ireland and believe me this rhythm and beat saturates my bones and removes this crazy world from my mind for short while,,
thank you so much

@dr.carnival3489

Is it just me or is their entire discography flawless

@andypatterson5055

Right? Not a skippable track

@rudebwoytroy

their* and yes

@josephsullivan9588

Chee-Z Wins them and Duran Duran.

@dr.carnival3489

you tube dummy control division Thanks buddy

@ebMusicTv

WILL BURN 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🌎 https://youtu.be/yV6bxEq5R44

@sg4hire

Congrats ATCQ for being inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame

@johngarth2511

Even in 2019, this never gets old or dated. Long live tribe, long live Phife.

@joeng4057

Word!

@Thelostsoul556

5 foot assassin

@nataliamiaomiaos1205

john garth... Yes, a true classic😊

@kellifrumento8992

Straight up

@AndrewRock3431

Yes

@joshuagarcia2218

I can't entirely explain it but this is one of the songs that is absolute perfection. All the elements align so harmoniously, the production, the lyrics, the complimentary cadence by these two legendary emcees.

@Hislordshiphish

I cannot get over how hip hop used to talk about women with such respect. Going through a hip hop youtube session whilst working and I'm blown away. This music is legit compared to what we are exposed to today.

@cHAWELO3

As a young black South African girl (29 years old), A Tribe Called Quest is a group that has always inspired me. I've never traveled abroad but feel like I have whenever I listen to their music.

@SuperMiLoOoO

Hello fellow Southy! They were a pretty cool group! The music lives on, thankfully

@cHAWELO3

@@SuperMiLoOoO hey Southy! We're so fortunate to grow up to great music 🎶

@theaphextriplet

another SA resident here and SAME!!

@Andy-bf8os

Cape town

@bdubz01

Whats amazing is this song is 30 years old!!!! But you could play it right now and would never know that. Atcq is timeless and will always be relevant.

@Theodore-e4z

This song is the jam

@vtp3332

I feel like crying every time i here this song. The beat is so soulful and beautiful. It captures everything the 90s was. R.I.P PHIFE! You will be missed forever

@gramblor1

"Captures everything the 90's was" That's a great way to put it.

@pieroscaruffi7429

I believe Kanye West once said ATCQ was what made him recognize hip hop as not just music, but a form of art. And he's damn right.

@chiefblanko

Hip hop is and always will be art and more than words, it goes threw graffiti, break dancing, Dj'ing and producing, to rapping. I only wish Kanye would come off the bullshit he's been with.

@pieroscaruffi7429

Soul Fu Admit it, though, TLET wouldn't be half the album it is without all that jazz sampling. Not to say Q and Pfife aren't amazing MCs, but hip hop is 70% MC and 30% production.

Kanye's not onto bullshit. Yeezus was just a shock album, he'll come back hard on his upcoming album.

@chiefblanko

Yea i agree. And Kanyes album wasn't a shock it just sucked, and I'm not just talking about yeezus, he's been acting like a God though the only thing legendary is his beats. And he needs to stop hanging with those mainstream niggas rapping about money ain't what he should be doing. I'm not saying Kanye sucks, but come on you know he's on sum bullshit.

@pieroscaruffi7429

Soul Fu I look at this way. You and I are smart. We know a lot about our respective interests. Kanye is a genius. A genius innovates and influences, and that's what Kanye does. In order to maintain the mindset, he's convinced he's a god so he can keep going.

But I agree on the guests. Kid Cudi and King L are aight but they have nothing on Kweli or Def.

@chiefblanko

Like to fulfill his ego. And hands down mos and kweli are greats

@BobbySacamano

It's weird; I am getting older and I identify times, spaces, and places in my life; things I was doing, ladies I was with, and people who lived and died. The one constant is music. I am open to new shit and I really think music in and of itself is my roots. I play, I listen, I rock out, I chill out. The feelings though, are usually the same, thanks to music like this. It is simultaneously beautiful, real, dirty, sweet. It keeps me on a path. I believe it is a good one.

@HumanCarBomb

Beautifully written! 👍👍

@1990hennesy

Music is something yet to be explained by scientists: it doesn’t feed us, it doesn’t hydrate us, but still we need it no less than food or water! Beautiful.

@famofks

Relatable 100%

@theprepfactory171

All of this. (Wistful sigh)

@leila1705

Music is timeless

@LoveHata

This song and video has to be preserved as one of the most beautiful pieces of ART ever.

@lucist

It is because it's been 30 years and we're still listening! Also, Jaydee's MPC is preserved at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in DC! There's no Dilla without Tribe!!!

@cariannette1

Soooo beautiful.... Notice the power and potency of the lyrics with absolutely no nakedness to be seen in the video? Man.... Can we go back to this???

@nachc6459

This was black creativity! Beautiful art before the white jew high jacked our culture in the name of mass profits

@leehossain8339

These guys and De la Soul where a different kind of hip hop. Very cool and refreshing

@mechanoid2k

and del the funkee homosapien

@bladesofderp4649

and he pharcyde

@GabrielRodriguez-gf3pr

And The Roots

@light_describes777

And Arrested Development and Fugees

@oaam430

zulu nation, that´s it

@michaelbull4639

i like how the atmosphere in the diner is so relaxed and serene no drama shooting fighting arguing etc....it s nice too see black ppl all in the same place enjoying each other's company

@freebasereese6478

Michael Bull I agree with you.. Everybody just enjoying everybody’s energy.

@lachlan1580

rarely happens in the real world ever but I wish I could be in a situation were it was happening

@dr.b1346

i love how fully clothed this woman is!!! leaves something to the imagination!

@SweetyShanice96

This is the smoothest hip-hop/rap song ever 😍❤️

@rhuttrho88

You are correct!

@baxtronx5972

Try EPMD So Watcha Sayin'

@lynnlynn9124

I never knew who sang this bc I worked in a club and never got to see what was being played. Every time this came on I had to open my office door to listen. I finally just looked up the main line "I like em brown, yellow....".

@perc30julio12

Baxtron o So Whatcha Sayn is more of an upper tempo song, both classics tho!!!

@leocastrillo759

I vote late night hype

@Devotionorange

We love u Five foot Assassin.

@alfredocalderon1174

+Danny Zapfinger i know

@gallardorsq

Feels like its been a few weeks

@miked.336

wayans bros. show is what always comes to mind when I hear this lol

@39Hundred

We're brotherrrs. We're happy and we're singing and we're colorrred. Give me a HIGH FIVE! 👋🏾

@ShotCallaMcGavin

that show was the shit lol used to watch it all the time

@damellman

and New York Under Cover

@robertacosta5201

that was a good TV show

@TheButSheFliEffect

Yep! lol....I luv this song ...it has a really koool and chill vibe to it.

@lifeisawaffle

This was our last movement. We gotta get back to this unity

@mertholomy8414

Fr

@jordannewsom3606

One of the most chill hip hop songs of all time

@matthewwheeler2231

100% agree 👍 👏 💯 👌 😊

@SugarW1thC0ffee

Any other recommendations? 🥵

@VivaLeMoi

I remember walking to work downtown and listening to this on my burned CD. I grew up in the 80s and 90s and can honestly say I miss those times so much. The city was a different place. If you were not there it is something completely unexplainable. Peace and Love

@Urban4resh

No doubt, i'm 85 baby. Those days were special. Even in harder times watch some MTV or Def Jam and see music videos and actually hear music😭

@blersiann

i want that childhood so much. I grew up in the 2000's and the 90s seem so much better

@killvamply-

legends

@Miccaylah

I’m 23 and this is out of my time, yet I find this song one of the best hip hop songs of all time it’s so relaxing

@axelnava7457

23 too and feeling it

@scorpionxp139

I'm 15 and I feel the same

@CaptainKneegrowMan

As an old nigga that's been listening to hip hop since the 80's...trust me midnight marauders is 1 of the best hip hop albums ever made

@carrascosalaureanne5235

@Kiki's World 😎 So relaxing nightdrivin' .

@Arthur_Moreira99

Almost 23 .. amazing song

@suniaharris8781

So happy for da Hall of Fame for y'all. Deserved....I "relate" !

@PowerfulE

That beat is so relaxing

@kbwordsmith4446

エンジEngi, Its a jazz cut sample.

@ayare5465

It’s in the title of the song

@lynetterice7842

Lmao right!! My eyelids always start to get heavy when I listen to this.

@mynameisnotrick3829

Mystic Brew look up Blue Jazz Note Recordings

@themountainsandthesea4121

Yes it is. I listen to it to destress after work.

@gregoryjohnson4899

The female featured in the video is Crystal Blake. She is a well respected photographer in NY and has been in the game for quite some time. Stop with the vitriol and get ya lesson sons! 20+ years later and the video still cranks, and Crystal was and still is dope.

@djgummogg

Gregory Johnson now that's some trivia!

@danielfernandez4133

thank you bro, i was obsessing over this woman in the video

@FearTubeDE

@@danielfernandez4133 same here but now i am disappointed that i am not the only creep in this world :)

@thaxtonwaters8561

History & Scholarship. Thank You

@XiloChannel

Super props for putting everyone on that.

@djibsondasilva454

This song never gets old in my opinion. 28 years later and it's still the JAM.

@Reg24779

The goat of rap is tribe called quest and noone can tell me otherwise

@ForeverVersatile

One of the dopest beats ever.

@kingjordancb23

Facts!!!!

@opinionpublica7784

The dopest

@caronanderson99

Yup

@TheGorillafoot

They don't make them like this anymore. Everything by Tribe is timeless. There isn't a generation that is not going to appreciate this group. The 90s was such a great time for music in so many different genres.

@chas4105

That’s it @Doughnut Spaghetti. They don’t make music this God any more! And this applies to ALL GENRES. Rock, Hiphop, Rap, R’n’B, electronic/dance… all was good!

@Reeceline

You should check out 'Cookin Soul' channel here on YT. He makes boom bap beats the old school way. There are a few artists out there that keep carrying the torch but yeah the old days were so good.

@TheGorillafoot

@@Reeceline I'll check that out.

@DaneWashingtonddtke

This why I love being young in the 90's

@harlemworld2083

I like em brown, yellow, peurto rican or haitian - my name is PHIFE DAWG from the zulu nation! Man...RIP 5 foot to the 5 foot assassin. Heaven gets all the greats.

@maxmiller5370

It's just "Five-Foot Assassin," no inches lol, RIP one of the GOATs

@frankeinstein1

The Five Footer...R.I.P. Phife Miss You Bruh!!” Never Forgotten though Word Life!!”

@ronsworld250

RIP, PHIFE DAWG. I got a t-shirt w/I like em Brown, Yellow, Puerto Rican or Haitian. You should have seen the looks and smiles I got from people reading the shirt. Long live ATCQ!!!!!!!!

@mamaluvbug987

matt murdock - I want one! Where'd u get it?!

@connorkennedy8176

Listening to this while they are getting inducted to rock and roll heaven. Well deserved boys changed the culture. "Thank you for your service"

@melo4087

Love the jazzy feel that tribe has in their music!

@ozlit930

YES!

@chessnotcheckers1086

Hell yea. Easy listening.

@namafarm

brilliance.

@charlita25

I second that

@rottie615

We Got Tha Jazz 😍😍

@mg42plasma13

This is legendary Black culture.

@jasminehill6312

Yes and I miss it!!

@7eyesopenwide168

Yes so much better than the corporate death cult vibe of today.

@jebj1

Oh, so white people can't listen to this ? I grew up listening to music like this. I guess if I can go back in time I'll have to change that.

@7eyesopenwide168

@@jebj1 don't be silly. That isn't what anyone is saying by acknowledging that this music is born out of black culture. Though truly, all sub cultures are influenced by the greater culture and other sub cultures. We are all connected. The OP is a true statement and I did not read it as saying this is only for black people. I would hope that awake brothers and sisters in black communities understand it is going to take unity for the species to survive. Music is a key to that survival. It's one thing to be 'othered' it is something else to other yourself.

@emen5933

@@jebj1 literally nobody said white people cant listen to it so stfu

@TheReviewSpace

Used to bump this joint in high school many, many years ago.....The early 90s was the best era of hip hop music, IMO.

@arwenj56

Agreed

@thisisddb6225

As a tribute to the Tribe,  I made a song inspired by this song to bring that vibe back. Thank you for the appreciation, hatred, and all. https://soundcloud.com/thisisddb/ddb-the-vibe-feat-hiiidef-prod-hiiidef

@denistonetiger5084

AMEN!

@melissarosario9950

Yeah n mid 90s

@levleon3578

not your opinion . a fact :)

@tomaszrogowski8052

I remember being like 14-15 when this came out and singing " relax yourself to a piece of eclair" 😂😂😂

@sambanelly25

This has got to be the most mellow Hip-Hop song of all time. 😌🎶

Rest Easy Phife 🙏🏾

@ozrivera

Almost 30 years later this song is still euphoric. Such a great feeling you get

@KPMJamie

I come back to music like this to keep me calm and relax with all the bullshit going on in this world ❤️

@OnlyOriginalSongs

man fuck this fake world

@supergeeism

Mee too

@abrahampalmer8761

Same

@nenalucero4444

❤️❤️❤️♠️

@ronoo7617

Absolutely, this always soothes my mind and soul.
Man i miss this era sooo soo much 😢 it was the best ever

@Darrin-h1l

Takes me back when an 2 cousins listening to this in mom's Regal early March, R.I.P Jerry miss you cuz

@joywilliams2064

This was my freshman year of high school, I was a new 14 year old and so in love with this beat. I miss this golden era of Hip Hop, when we African Americans were so raw, so ourselves and so communal. The 90s was real

@DeathmetalPersian

It's a shame what social media has done to our culture

@kelmelprevail6684

Q tip is a genius..he really made this song like an original composition... And its a loop.

@DBat-sp1tp

1993 what a great time for music. I was 22 that year and hip hop, drum and bass, acid jazz, house and even grunge were 🤩. I remember going to Tower Records on payday and dropping a good part of my check on music and concert tickets. What a great time to be young and for music.

@Super13177

Always will be one of my top 10 of all time!! Best rap ever. I was so lucky to be growing up with music like this to vibe with as a young dude in NYC!!