“Butter” is Phife Dawg’s semi-autobiographical lyrical showcase that addresses girl problems. Phife contrasts his personal experiences with the girls in high school to handle the same girls later in life as a smooth “mack.” At the root of Phife’s girl problems is the difficulty to distinguish love from being played. The song features minimalistic production behind a solid drum beat sampled from Chuck Jackson’s 1968 rendition of “I Like Everything About You.” During the album’s conception, Phife Dawg insisted that this song be his solo track on the album, due to his shortage of featu… read more
“Butter” is Phife Dawg’s semi-autobiographical lyrical showcase that addresses girl problems. Phife contrasts his personal experiences with the girls… read more
“Butter” is Phife Dawg’s semi-autobiographical lyrical showcase that addresses girl problems. Phife contrasts his personal experiences with the girls in high school to handle the same gi… read more
A Tribe Called Quest was an American hip-hop group formed in St. Albans, Queens, New York, in 1985, originally composed of rapper and main producer Q-Tip, rapper Phife Dawg, DJ and co-producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and rapper Jarobi White. The group is regarded as a pioneer of alternative hip hop music. In 1991, the group released its jazz-influenced second album, The Low End Theory, regarded for helping shape alternative hip hop in the 1990s. In 1998, the group broke up shortly before releasing its fifth album, The Love Movement, but in 2006, the group's original members reuni… read more
A Tribe Called Quest was an American hip-hop group formed in St. Albans, Queens, New York, in 1985, originally composed of rapper and main producer Q-Tip, rapper Phife Dawg, DJ and co-produ… read more
A Tribe Called Quest was an American hip-hop group formed in St. Albans, Queens, New York, in 1985, originally composed of rapper and main producer Q-Tip, rapper Phife Dawg, DJ and co-producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and rapper Jarobi Wh… read more
