Ali Shaheed Muhammad is an American hip hop DJ, record producer, rapper and bass guitarist, best known as a member of A Tribe Called Quest. With Q-Tip and Phife Dawg, the group released five studio albums from 1990 to 1998 before disbanding; their final album was released in 2016. He was also a member of the R&B group Lucy Pearl, and is known in recent years for his jazz collaborations with producer Adrian Younge.
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"Next joint, Friends of Distinction. Now, this is a compilation. I was hoping to find the original. Oh, they have it right here. Crazy. The reason why I grabbed this is because of a gentleman named Jerry Peters who wrote this song called Going in Circles, which is probably their biggest hit."Watch this moment
"I heard this record? It's a reissue. These guys are a trip. How can I explain it? Well, if you're into like hip-hop and digging in the crates, they are going to have something that's super trippy that hopefully will give you some exploration."Watch this moment
"Weather Report, Mysterious Traveler. It is a journey. Cover says it all. It's a journey. So, love Weather Report."Watch this moment
"I have not heard this. Eddie Henderson, Witness to History. I'm looking forward to checking this out 'cause this was recorded in 2022. When you have luminary jazz artists and they're still lending us their souls, I think it's a beautiful thing."Watch this moment
"Michelle is one of my favorite artists. Humble soul, completely free as an artist, as a poet, someone who channels energy and shares it with the world."Watch this moment
"Mustafa. Now this young artist is from Toronto. He is Muslim and incredible poet and a great songwriter. I've been waiting for his record to come out and then coming in today I'm like, 'Oh my god.'"Watch this moment
"It's a really simple song on here, Make it Last Forever. You got to be in that soulful disco kind of a zone. I want to make it last forever."Watch this moment
"Angela and her brother Brandon are incredible songwriters from a younger generation. Not enough shine. So I saw that and I'm like, let me cop one."Watch this moment
"Thanks, Ursula. This is your connection to modern-day soul music, hip-hop that started a new subgenre of black American music. It's all to you."Watch this moment
"Donald Byrd's music is just a part of the hip-hop backdrop. This album in particular, I picked it up again because of Jerry Peters. They changed the scope of Blue Note Records with their songwriting and productions."Watch this moment
"Ralphie Pagan. Again, as a New Yorker, you had a mixture of jazz, funk, soul, R&B, and then you had this contribution, the Puerto Ricans, the Cubans, the Dominicans, the New Rican soul is the label that was placed on it. Just the mixture of soul music with Latino music. This gentleman danced well, merging the cultures and the genres."Watch this moment
"I'm happy to see this here. We had a great time with Ebo. He's out on tour right now playing some of his great just another beautiful soul who's sharing his gift still."Watch this moment
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