Over two years ago fans of A Tribe Called Quest first learned that Nas and New York actor Michael Rapaport (Higher Learning, Bamboozled) were working on a documentary on the seminal Native Tongues outfit.
In a recent interview with Soul Assassins radio on Shade 45, Rapaport gave an update on the film. “I’m finishing up this documentary about A Tribe Called Quest that I been directing,” he said. “It’s a rock and roll-style documentary which is about Tribe—which is one of my favorite groups. It’s been fun and hopefully we’ll have it done and ready for 2010.” [Watch below]
Back in ’08, XXLMag.com spoke with former group frontman Q-Tip about the project. “I think this is gonna be the first motion picture documentary done on a hip-hop group, which is an honor,” he said. “…Nas spoke to me a while ago and was like, ‘I want to shoot a documentary on you dudes.’ Michael Rapaport saw us perform in LA and said the same thing, so they combined forces. They basically are shooting it. They got backstage footage. They got old archive stuff. They’ve been interviewing everybody.”
“It’s weird ’cause they got everybody from [Jonah Hill] to Ghostface,” he continued. “It’s interesting. It’s gonna be their take or whatever. And there’s a part in the film where they follow Phife into a surgery for his kidney transplant. So, it’s a deep movie.”
As of press time there is no set date or title for the film. —Elan Mancini
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November 30th, 2009
at 1:17 pm
SOUTHSIDE A-TOWN says:
i cant help but think of that UGLY ass face dude made in Higher Learning. LMAO!
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November 30th, 2009
at 1:38 pm
sealsaa says:
I’ll be looking forward to it.
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November 30th, 2009
at 2:27 pm
Enlightened says:
Good look, as long as they don’t sugarcoat a lot of it and give us a fairytale version.
A lot of people forget (or don’t know) that Phife Dawg put out a dis track about Q-Tip a little while after “Vivrant Thing” hit.
Also, who the fuck is the dude Jarobi really? And how did they keep considering that nigga a member of the group whenhe didn’t tour with them or record with them after the first record?
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December 1st, 2009
at 3:35 pm
latino heat says:
@ Enlightened
i agree about the Jarobi comment. the last 2 times i’ve seen ATCQ live though Jarobi has performed Busta’s verse from Scenario. not cool.
shout out to Jarobi though. he was a trail blazer for weed carriers for generations to come. without Jarobi there would be no Tony Yayo or Freeky Zeeky or even Uncle Junebug.
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December 1st, 2009
at 3:41 pm
Tony Grands says:
“& here to present Jarobi with the ‘weed carrier’s lifetime achievement award’ is, Spliff Star!”
(Comments wont nest below this level)
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November 30th, 2009
at 2:51 pm
patkilpat says:
My favorite rap group ever.
I hope the keep it one hundred
Michael Rapaport is a true hip hop head, I remember he was at a video shoot with Dilla, I think it was a MED video.
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December 2nd, 2009
at 12:46 pm
jbr05ki says:
He was in the “McNasty Filth” video haha.
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November 30th, 2009
at 2:59 pm
Tony Grands says:
I know @ least a couple of y’all remember Michael Rapaport’s character from “Zebrahead”. See that movie, if you haven’t.
@Enlightened
Nah, I didn’t know that shit. I need to hear it. You know the name?
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November 30th, 2009
at 3:16 pm
sealsaa says:
@ Grands
What’s good?
The song’s called Flawless. Phife didn’t go at Tip hard, he just accused him of being commercial. Dope song.
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November 30th, 2009
at 3:56 pm
Tony Grands says:
Good looks, seal. I guess I’m so used to the drama, I was expecting Phife to be calling his mom names & questioning his sexual orientation.
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December 1st, 2009
at 7:27 am
SW PHILLY says:
Hell if they can make a documentary on Little Wayne then they damn sure need to make one on this legendary group.
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December 2nd, 2009
at 12:19 pm
A Tribe Called Quest Documentary in 2010? « says:
[...] Via XXLmag [...]
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December 4th, 2009
at 1:16 pm
XXLmag.com - » Q-Tip Rolls into 2010 Sundance Film With New Flick says:
[...] hasn’t appeared on the big screen since 2004’s Spike Lee film, She Hate Me. Yet, as previously reported, Michael Rappaport and Nas are currently working on a documentary about his celebrated group, A [...]
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January 14th, 2010
at 2:57 pm
XXLmag.com - » Ghostface, Jay Electronica & Talib Kweli to Play Free Diabetes Benefit Concert says:
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January 21st, 2010
at 2:07 pm
XXLmag.com - » A Tribe Called Quest Reunite for Phife Dawg Diabetes Benefit [With Exclusive Video] says:
[...] “This is one of those nights that make me rekindle my love for hip-hop,” said actor and event host Michael Rapaport, who’s been working on a Tribe documentary. [...]
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