Native Tongues collective

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hip hop collective music collective

Native Tongues collective was a late-1980s and early-1990s New York–based hip hop collective known for its Afrocentric, socially conscious lyrics and innovative, jazz-influenced sound, featuring groups like A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, and Jungle Brothers.

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Label	Occurrences
Native Tongues collective canonical	14
Native Tongues	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	hip hop collective ⓘ music collective ⓘ
activePeriod	early 1990s ⓘ late 1980s ⓘ
associatedAct	Black Star ⓘ Brand Nubian ⓘ Common ⓘ Leaders of the New School ⓘ Mos Def ⓘ Talib Kweli ⓘ The Pharcyde ⓘ The Roots ⓘ
city	New York City ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalMovement	Golden Age hip hop ⓘ
era	Golden Age of hip hop ⓘ
genre	alternative hip hop ⓘ hip hop ⓘ jazz rap ⓘ
influenced	alternative hip hop ⓘ conscious hip hop ⓘ jazz rap ⓘ
influencedArtist	Black Star ⓘ Common ⓘ J. Cole ⓘ Kanye West ⓘ Lupe Fiasco ⓘ The Roots ⓘ
knownFor	Afrocentric themes ⓘ collaborative spirit among member groups ⓘ jazz-influenced production ⓘ positive, upbeat image ⓘ socially conscious lyrics ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
location	New York City ⓘ
lyricalFocus	Afrocentrism ⓘ social consciousness ⓘ
musicalStyle	eclectic sampling ⓘ jazz-influenced sound ⓘ playful, positive tone ⓘ
notableMember	A Tribe Called Quest ⓘ Black Sheep ⓘ Chi-Ali ⓘ De La Soul ⓘ Jungle Brothers ⓘ Monie Love ⓘ Queen Latifah ⓘ The Beatnuts ⓘ
originatedInScene	New York City hip hop scene ⓘ
state	New York ⓘ

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Mos Def → influencedBy → Native Tongues collective ⓘ

Q-Tip → notableCollaboration → Native Tongues collective ⓘ

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DJ Red Alert → associatedWith → Native Tongues collective ⓘ

Golden Age of hip hop → associatedMovement → Native Tongues collective ⓘ

Yasiin Bey → influencedBy → Native Tongues collective ⓘ

Kamaal Ibn John Fareed → associatedAct → Native Tongues collective ⓘ

The Abstract → memberOf → Native Tongues collective ⓘ

Kamaal the Abstract → associatedAct → Native Tongues collective ⓘ

Jonathan William Davis → associatedAct → Native Tongues collective ⓘ

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Phife Dawg → associatedAct → Native Tongues collective ⓘ

Little Brother → influencedBy → Native Tongues collective ⓘ

The Beatnuts → memberOf → Native Tongues collective ⓘ

All Hail the Queen → partOfMovement → Native Tongues collective ⓘ