Well, if you aren’t in support of the Beats, Rhymes, & Life documentary, here’s the alternative, a 1990 Dutch doc on A Tribe Called Quest and The Jungle Brothers. Dun Fact: Jungle Brothers’ “Straight Out The Jungle” single was DJ Pizzo’s third hip-hop 12″. via: DJP

Yessir! Nice collabo track here with Black Sheep featuring Q-Tip, Dave & Mike Gee. Native Tongues have officially been reinstated? Black Sheep – “Birds of a Feather” (MP3)

In an unexpected and seemingly unpromoted return to the full length fold, Mike G. and Afrika (Baby Bam) return to the flock with a fun knock that lands somewhere between their rap-religiously fabled Done By The Forces Of Nature and their somewhat embarrassing V.I.P. (with Propellerheads’ Alex Gifford on the boards). While it’s probably more of the latter, it’s [cont.]

 This year’s most surprising comeback award will undoubtedly go to the Jungle Brothers. What seemed like an impossibility, after a ten-year slump from the crew, has become a reality, on the group’s fifth album V.I.P., with much thanks owed to a European fellow named Alex Gifford. But before delving into the new Jungle Brothers album, [cont.]