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A Tribe Called Quest

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The group is one of the seminal hip-hop acts of their era, but when A Tribe Called Quest first came out, several critics bashed them for not being catchy enough. In his review of ATCQ's first album People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, one Rolling Stone writer called the disc "one of the least danceable rap albums ever" and said it was "impossible to imagine how people would put this music to use."

A Tribe Called Quest founding member Q-Tip lost his home and record collection in 1994. A fire that started at a house party spread he was hosting spread and incinerated his whole pad. Fortunately, nobody was hurt and several of Q-Tip's good friends, such as Pete Rock, helped him rebuild his house and his spirit.

At first, Atlanta rapper T.I. began performing locally under the moniker Tip. Once he began to gain notoriety, he quickly changed his name so that fans wouldn't confuse him with Q-Tip, the founding member and rapper from A Tribe Called Quest. Q-Tip created his stage name by combining "Q" – which stands for Queens, his home borough in New York City – with "Tip," a nickname he earned in high school.

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