7 Brilliant Phife Dawg Tribute Mixes

Three weeks ago, Phife Dawg from A Tribe Called Quest died of complications from diabetes at the age of forty-five. Phife was the consummate punchline rapper, bringing a playfulness to his lyrics and balancing his rhyming partner Q-Tip’s more spiritual leanings. But the pair weren’t Flavor Flav and Chuck D —Phife wasn’t a hype man, he was a brilliant wordsmith and a beast of a rapper on his own.

Take a listen to the 7 mixes startin’ with The Beat Junkies – God Lives Through (A Tribute to Phife Dawg) via frank151