Roberto Flack Has Moved

So at first I was thinking, "Ehhh...so he messed up a line on Electric Relaxation...no big deal". But boy have the tides risen from backlashes from Phonte (Little Brother) to Lupe's comments in a recent interview in Vibe Magazine's website where he in little words puts MC Hammer over Tribe. Read for yourself:

"[Tribe] didn't sell 10 million records, so why would people think they had a blanket on the world like that? MC Hammer was way more popular to me than Tribe Called Quest."
It's all about hip hop vanity, Lupe explains. "Because there's kids in Harlem who right now would never ever listen to Midnight Marauders, I don't give a fuck what you do, they'll never listen to Q-Tip and they want to be rappers and they want to talk about positive things. So why would you shoot them down?"

Now I don't think in the end this is going to kill his fan base, but the general consensus with Lupe was he had worked with the likes of Kanye West & Pharrell who are admitted big Native Tounge fans. So naturally with his look & his music one would "assume" he had to know those songs. But I guess 8Ball & MJG had a bigger impact on Lupe than Tribe did (did 8 Ball & MJG ever tour outside the US...?)

At this point, I really don't care too much to look at Lupe any different. Dude makes good music for the most part. My advice though is to watch your words carefully before questioning how relevant a group like ATCQ when they're world renown and have timeless classics. I'm not saying listen to everything they ever put out, but know your history dude. Years from now you'll be in ATCQ shoes...or will you?