Native Tongues

Dec 24, 2006 – – by Rick Kang

19 Comments

djkaohtix
1

December 26, 2006
all i can is each one of these albums are classics in there own way
they dont need these covers to be classic neither, even though it finishes it off nicely
tone
2

December 26, 2006
every time i see one off theese articles I always have a few of the covers. I am VERY proud that i can say I have every last one of theese :).
f.y.i.
REAL music is timeless.
tmass
3

December 26, 2006
You mean what ever happen to hip-hop and most of those covers are native tongue artist.
Antonio DePietro
4

December 26, 2006
All i can say is that i love all these albums so much (except the Blackstar joint…) and they are a huge influence on what i do today and how i realte to music in general. PEACE!
R. Villain
5

December 27, 2006
^^^ Son, how you have the Monie Love album and not the Blackstar joint. That cd’s dope and really does prove you are indeed a homosexual. Goodnight yall………..
ian
6

December 27, 2006
Common and Black Star were Native Tonngues-affiliated but not officially part of the Native Tongues clique. U did forget Chi Ali though.
Rick Kang
7

December 29, 2006
Word to Chi Ali…. did y’all know he appeared on America’s Most Wanted? I dunno if he capped someone or whut, but he apparently stole a “valuable” CD collection….

As a side note: anyone remember Jeff? He wuz a li’l (12 years old?) kid who appeared on a single with De La some time before Buhloone State, I believe…. Great single….

As Blackstar IS included in the pix, as well as Monie Love, I dunno why peeps can’t see…. could be all the homophobia in they eye….

For the record, also, Monie appeared on the Buddy remix, so she’s more O.G. than Blackstar (whereas Mos Def first appeared in Native Tongues shit on Stakes is High….)

Best 12″ cover (not included): Millie pulled a pistol on Santa…. shoulda put that one in for the holidays!
Dale Coachman
8

December 29, 2006
School’em Rick!!!
Andrew Emery
9

January 2, 2007
Cool, but get a different title. Hip-Hop Connection magazine did a column called Deep Cover for 3 years about hip-hop artwork. I know because I wrote it.
Rick Kang
10

January 2, 2007
To Andrew Emery:

Yikes! Our bad, I guess…. hip Hop Connection — the U.K. rap mag? Cool… Plagarism unintentional, fa’ real… If you wrote in the HHC with RA the Rugged Man on the cover about Quas’ 1st album, I read yer shit….

Anyhow, apologies…. think of it as subliminal flattery or summat…. the appropriate authorities have been notified!
mARC
11

January 7, 2007
YOU Can find cool artsy RAPPERS LIKE THESE TODAY.
You have Pidgeon John, LA Symphony, COUP, Ladybug Mecca, Diggable Planets, J Live, Mos Def , ROOTS, K-OS, Ghostface, Kool Keith, Jean Grae, rappers from Stones throw Records like Madlib. and thousands all over the globe. Do not despair fellow hip hop fans dont dwell on the radio.

Nevertheless, the albums posted above are classics.
Lady T
12

January 8, 2007
Rick!

man it’s funny how no matter how much love and shine is put into an article, someone ALWAYS has something negative to say. Corrections and/or feedback don’t require hate. But then again some people don’t outgrow their hater stage until later on in life. Either way we all love this music. Well i say, THANK YOU for showing love to the Native Tongues and this mag is dope.
Tha Guru
13

January 22, 2007
mARC,
so… you listed some pretty tight artists there. Diggable Planets, Ghostface? Not gonna lie, thats ill. However, what does you listing off your favorite hip hop artists have to do with this at all? I mean, this is about Native Tongues Posse and great cover art from great albums of a specific time period and cultural movement. Tell me what Jean Grae has to do with that. Thats all. Native till death. Face that Moment of truth.
The Abstract Prosaic
14

January 24, 2007
Re the “Jeff” comment… I always thought that Jeff (the Brainwashed Follower) and Chi Ali were the same kid.

Listen to De La’s “Brainwashed Follower” then Black Sheep’s “Pass the 40.” I swear it’s the same kid.
Rick Kang
15

February 15, 2007
Hmmmmm — is “Jeff” rilly Chi Ali? Who knows the answer to this?

Damn — we gotta do some hip-hop investigative reports! (like on GZA’s first album).

Is hip hop dead? I mean, I like some current artists, but it’s moreso that the artists I liked from back-then are still doin’ shit now (Ghost, Doom, Madlib, etc.). But I’m an old man — y’all youngstas got any suggestions for a gran’pa?
Joe Buck
16

February 20, 2007
Jeff and Chi Ali are not the same people. Jeff is Trugoys nephew or cousin. De la are good friends of mine that’s the only reason why I know that (lol). I also do a lot of graphic design for them. I did the “De La Soul is Dead, Ring Ring Ring…, and the Satursday’s covers as well as the De La Mixtape.
khy boogie
17

March 7, 2007
yo joe buck! where you get all the good fonts from?
Joe Buck
18

March 7, 2007
Digging thru old font books , as well as customizing existing fonts etc.
kola3000
19

June 4, 2009
Common and mos def were native tonguers. They were the second generation. Look inside the stakes is high cd booklet they are in they with the rest of the native tongues and recently they were involved in the N.E.R.D she like to move (native tongues remix).

Native Tongues

Related Posts

19 Comments

Leave a Comment