Phife Dawg quotes
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“Now here's a funky introduction of how nice I am, Tell your mother, tell your father, send a telegram.”
-- Phife DawgSource : "Song: 'Check The Rhime'". 1991.
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“When's the last time you heard a funky diabetic?”
-- Phife DawgSource : "Phife Dawg: Farewell to the Five-Foot Assassin With the Roughneck Business" by Sarah Larson, www.newyorker.com. March 23, 2016.
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“When I hear the word 'documentary,' I don't think certain things should be left out. You've got to keep it 100 percent as much as you can, unless your group has a meeting beforehand and says, 'Yo - don't say this, 'cause boom, boom, boom.' Other than that, it's a documentary so let's document, you know what I mean?”
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“I'm doing a fun EP. It's called 'Songs in the Key of Phife: Eight Is Enough.' It's radio-friendly, but then a lot of it just has that raw hip-hop. Some of it will be vintage Tribe, but for the most part I'm just letting my voice be heard.”
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“I emcee how I feel for the moment. I'll always be influenced by Tribe, but my EP and LP have a lot of different flavors! I'll keep it vintage Tribe if Tribe decides to do another LP... which, in my heart, I'd love to do for the fans.”
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“A Tribe Called Quest was one of those things where it was supposed to be about growth. When I say 'growth,' I don't just mean with our sound or our product, but Tribe was supposed to grow as individuals.”
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“London is one of my favourite places to come to overseas.”
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“Yeah, me and Q-Tip is cool outside of the business, but you know, within the business sometimes it can get ugly, you know what I mean?”
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“Used to have a crush on Dawn from En Vogue. It's not like honey dip would wanna get with me, But just in case I own more condoms than TLC.”
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“Your whole appearance is a lie and it could never be true. And if you really loved yourself, then you would try and be you.”
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“Question: Why is that MC's be wack And major labels wanna sign that crap? A-yo...funk that!”
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“Styles be fat like Jackie Gleason, the rest be Art Carney.”
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“I like them brown, yellow, Puerto Rican, or Haitian Name is Phife Dawg from the Zulu nation”
-- Phife DawgSource : "Phife Dawg, member of A Tribe Called Quest, dies at 45". www.foxnews.com. March 24, 2016.
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“I instruct you to be the obeyer, A rhythm recipe that you'll savor, Doesn't matter if you're minor or major, Yes, the Tribe of the game, rhythm player, As you inhale like a breath of fresh air”
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“Straight from the heart, I represent hip hop, I be three albums deep, but I don't wanna go pop, Too many candy rappers seem to be at the top, Too much candy is no good, so now I'm closin the shop”
-- Phife DawgSource : "Song: 'We Can Get Down'". 1993.
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“Cuz if I don’t say I’m the best, tell me who the hell will?”
-- Phife Dawg
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