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"My beef is, okay, you got De La Soul, Jungle Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest, and that whole new Afrocentric, boho hiphop posse and they're progressive, but the muhfuhkuhs put on the weakest shows in God's creation."

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De La Soul

"My beef is, okay, you got De La Soul, Jungle Broth­ers, A Tribe Called Quest, and that whole new Afrocentric, boho hiphop posse and they're progres­sive, but the muhfuhkuhs put on the weakest shows in God's creation."

Pazz & Jop’s fifth (or sixth) Year of the Woman: The 20th (or 21st) Annual Pazz & Jop Critics Poll

The 16th (or 17th) Annual Pazz & Jop Critics Poll

The ‘Queen of Soul’ was a favorite of producers from the Bomb Squad to Kanye West

"My beef is, okay, you got De La Soul, Jungle Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest, and that whole new Afrocentric, boho hiphop posse and they're progressive, but the muhfuhkuhs put on the weakest shows in God's creation."