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Show ivra-Ba- 30. Y, MARCH 30, 2016 dixiesunnYws.com 1 n nr" ifi tj i 1' il il M f 1 , , 111! - 9 f ! BY AUSTIN CLARK AustinDSU On my 9th birthday, was able to meet Godsmack and ZZ Top. My sister did laundry for the bands in Vegas. was able to megt them, talk to them, and even played with them. played Stand Alone" for Godsmack and "La Grunge" for ZZ Top. even got a signed pick from them and a shirt that the 1 bassist from ZZ Top wore." Jaye Warnes, a junior biology major from Henderson, Nevada St.1' v5- -- -- J sj - $ V t When was 0 years old, was diagnosed with Type diabetes, and was really 1 I 1 sick for a whiie. My ly and friends were always there for me, and having that support really helped me get through that, and am extremely grateful for the people in my life." i on for irer "The most beautiful things I've seen in my life really are just the small random acts of kindness witness every day." JtahWry fami- f V .V 1 ' v ,T7T AT rf, . 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I studied every 1, every beat, and I just me immersed in their fe discography. I have S to thank for that. I'd to dedicate this edition jinesday to pay homage me of my favorite Phife s and to show how eful I am to have the rtumty to listen to him ; he was still with us. st in peace, Malik e off- Easily the most recognizable Tribe song, Electric Relaxation has (fellow emcee of ACTQ) and Phife going back and forth talking about their excursions with women. I feel like there are five songs that embody what '90s p represent, and this is one of them. Phife boasts onto the track; I like em brown, yellow, Puerto Rican or Haitian. Name is Phife Dawg from the Zulu Nation, and, along with just floats over the smooth, jazzy instrumentation. Q-T- ip hip-ho- Q-Ti- p, Dawg Taylor, 'e Dawg - Dear Dilla fe penned a beauti-hammibute to the late, great Tip - 3' "'Git-base- create d ieless ng irnong producer Dilla Yancey in Dear Dilla. I in-- d this song in particular Dilla influenced a ation of producers with phife ulful production, and ong fe3'113' influenced a generation itro andcees with his unique ach to rap. Two grand perience cal ise A Tribe Called Quest Check the Rhime -- You on point, Phife? All the time, Tip. You can't help but just agree. Along with Bug-gi- n Out, my favorite Phife verse comes from this song. He doesn't waste a single beat trying to get in what he needs to say, yet it doesn't sound rushed or forced at all Phife is a perfect example of the technical skill that comes with being able to rap. Rapping isn't just saying words over a beat in rhythm. Your vocal inflection, the way you string syllables together, your ability to not overpower the instrumental but also to not let the instrumental oveipower you, and also saying stuff with some sort of significance all play a part into this art, and Phife had the art down with near perfection. This song is a prime example. A Tribe Called Quest - Scenario A great posse cut is hard to pull off, yet ACTQ and Leaders of the New School managed to pull it off with Scenario. The emcees from both groups rhyme with charisma and chemistry that's off the charts. You can tell these just aren't some random big names thrown together on a track for the sales, there's a genuine friendship between these artists. With a snapping boom-ba- p beat and a vibrant, chanting chorus, this song is one that will get everybody up out of their seats to get rowdy. Out of the five rappers, Phife was the one who shined the brightest to me. It's more than likely he laid his verse down first and everyone who followed him had an opportunity to hear it before writing theirs. However, even with that preparation, none of them came close to touching Phife, and that's what makes this verse outstanding. A Tribe Called Quest Buggin Out -- I mentioned this song earlier, but I need to give it more shine simply because of the significance it had on Phife Dawg's career. On ACTQ's first album, People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, believe it or not, people didn't rate Phife too highly. It's not that he was necessarily lackluster, but it didn't seem as if he was capable of being a superstar emcee. However, all that changed when people heard Buggin Out from ACTQ's second album, The Low End Theory. It was from this moment on that Phife was a force to be reckoned with as Tribe's popularity grew, and he became embedded p into the hearts of fans everywhere. hip-ho- |