![]() ![]() It was believed that the person to cause their death, Sirius Black, had led You-Know-Who to Godric's Hollow where the family lived. The posse cut includes performances from Black Sheep's Dres and De La Soul's Dave (back when he was Trugoy), but Phife murders it with his trademark sports references (sorry, Bills fans) and a conclusive shout-out to Prego pasta sauce. Twelve years ago the Potter family was killed, all but their one year old daughter, Melinda Potter currently a third year Gryffindor at Hogwarts. Phife was no Busta Rhymes-while his track record was longer than a DC-20 aircraft, he only occasionally graced others' songs-but when he did, he always stood out.Ĭhi-Ali, "Let the Horns Blow" The Black Sheep affiliate's one-and-done debut album may not have had much to recommend it, but this track is an overlooked classic. Now that some time has passed, though, it's time to look at some of Phife's less-appreciated work, by which I mean his guest appearances. Forgotten Souls 'Sirius 12' released on Mighty Music / Target Distribution October 29th 2012.Polish experimenters strike again with their fourth full-length. Nevertheless, it was a great opportunity to marvel anew at Phife's joyous energy, and he will always be remembered as the punchy yang to Q-Tip's smoothed-out yin. As his self-descriptions made clear-"the 5-foot assassin," "funky diabetic"-Phife was one of the first MCs to make a rallying cry out of what would otherwise be considered physical shortcomings, and it was tragic that his diabetes would eventually silence him. Here he was, declaring that Bo don't know jack, because Bo can't rap. Here he was, sitting in the back of a cab and wooing females brown, yellow, Puerto Rican and Haitian. Here he was, wearing weird goggle-things in the video for Buggin' Out. When the Internet learned of the death of Malik "Phife Dawg" Taylor-cofounder and member of the legendary hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest-it quickly and appropriately flooded social media with the diminutive MC's best verses. ![]()
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