![]() ![]() Before launching into the story of A Tribe Called Quest, Abdurraqib relates a brief history of African and African-American music: "In the beginning, somewhere south of anywhere I come from, lips pressed the edge of a horn…In the beginning before the beginning, there were drums, and hymns, and a people carried here." In his phrasing of the migration of African music, Abdurraqib reminds readers that the vibrant evolution of blues, jazz, and hip-hop in America is ultimately rooted in one of history's greatest atrocities: slavery. ![]() Abdurraqib also includes elements of autobiography and social critique, billing the book as a "love letter to a group, a sound, and an era." The book’s title comes from a song on A Tribe Called Quest's 1990 debut album, People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm. In his non-fiction book Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest (2019), American poet and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib offers a critical analysis and history of the American hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest. ![]()
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