{"id":32946,"date":"2011-05-24T14:14:03","date_gmt":"2011-05-24T12:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=32946"},"modified":"2011-05-24T14:14:03","modified_gmt":"2011-05-24T12:14:03","slug":"interview-with-phife-a-tribe-called-quest-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/interview-with-phife-a-tribe-called-quest-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Phife (A Tribe Called Quest) Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"100%\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/YM-E5YYNpuI?fs=1&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In part 2 Phife speaks on his upcoming EP and LP, Songs in The Key of Phife, spits a couple bars from the cut he hopes will be the first single, offers his thoughts on writing lyrics down vs. not, how the definition of \u201cfreestyle\u201d has changed, the possibility of a new Tribe album and much more.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Previous: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/interview-with-phife-a-tribe-called-quest-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\">Part 1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In part 2 Phife speaks on his upcoming EP and LP, Songs in The Key&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interviews","category-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - 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