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A Tribe Called Quest is a critically acclaimed and highly-influential United States|American hip-hop group, formed in 1988. The group is composed of rapper/producer Q-Tip (rapper)|Q-Tip (Kamal Fareed), rapper Phife Dawg (Malik Taylor), and DJ/producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad. A fourth member, rapper Jarobi White, left the group after their first album but appears to have rejoined the group since 2006. Along with De La Soul, the group was a central part of the Native Tongues Posse, and enjoyed the most commercial success out of all the groups to emerge from that collective. Their innovative fusing of hip hop and jazz has had a lasting impact on hip hop music, helping to expand the art of hip hop production. Many of their songs, such as "Bonita Applebum", "Can I Kick It?", "Scenario (song)|Scenario","Luck of Lucien", and "Electric Relaxation" are regarded as classics of the genre.
They released five albums in ten years, the first three of which were very highly acclaimed, and disbanded in 1998. In 2006, the group reunited and toured the United States|US and plan to release an album after some works in the studio. The group is generally regarded as pioneers of alternative rap music<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/atribecalledquest/biography A Tribe Called Quest: Biography : Rolling Stone<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref... read all