As the hip-hop community continues to mourn the recent lost of A Tribe Called Quest’s founding member Phife Dawg, a memorial service was held in his honor last night at NYC’s famed Apollo Theatre. Many artists spoke about how Phife impacted their lives and careers, one being André 3000.
One half of the Atlanta-based duo, Outkast, André 300 dropped some “interesting but disappointing” news on the audience during his speech. He said, “About a year or two ago maybe, we were talking about doing a Tribe Called Quest and OutKast album.”
Unfortunately the album didn’t happen because of personal issues, but the recent passing of Phife Dawg definitely taught André an important lesson. He continued, “Please people, don’t let the time go by. That’s one of the biggest things that I regret now. For whatever reason we didn’t do it, it was on our plate and we just… let it go.”
He also talked about how much of an inspiration A Tribe Called Quest was to Outkast and how they considered themselves the street version of the group. “Imagine me tryna rob n*ggas! We wanted to be like a street Tribe. Like a hood Tribe. So I guess that’s what we ended up being, in a way,” he said jokingly.
A collaborative album with the two groups would have definitely been iconic.
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Source: http://www.missinfo.tv/index.php/andre-3000-reveals-outkast-a-tribe-called-quest-album/
