Native Tongues

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风格: #另类说唱　#东岸说唱
地区: 欧美

艺人介绍

Native Tongues是八，九十年代的一个HipHop组织，主要成员有Jungle Brothers，Da La Soul，A Tribe Called Quest等等。他们以积极进取的，进步的，非洲中心论的歌词而闻名，他们高举反Gangsta的大旗，置力于净化说唱内容，在那个匪帮胜行的年代他们显的是那么睿智，这也在很大程度上促成了这些艺人的成功。

起源于纽约的Native Tongues就好像是一群致力于用睿智，深奥，善意而充满哲学思想歌词来表达自己的HipHop艺人们的集合，他们采样爵士乐使自己的Beat更爵士化，他们讨论的主题从精神层面到日常生活各个方面，因此他们也经常被叫做“conscious hip hop（良心嘻哈）”或者“jazz rap（爵士说唱）”。

Native Tongues最早的发起者是Afrika Bambaataa(Zulu Nation的发起者,一个更早的非洲中心论组织),Jungle Brothers和Queen Latifah，他们用歌词向人们传递积极的信息，取得了成功。Da La Soul和A Tribe Called Quest的加入壮大了Native Tongues的阵营。之后，Jungle Brothers，Da La Soul和A Tribe Called Quest三个团体一起传承了Afrika Bambaataa的Zulu Nation精神，形成了Native Tongues的核心。紧接着加入的还有1989年英国的Monie Love，Black Sheep，Chi-Ali，Leaders of the New School（Busta Rhymes早期的团）。这个时期Native Tongues的风格对HipHop的日后的发展起到了非常重要的影响，那个时期也被人们称为了黄金时代。

虽然Native Tongues成员发行了大量的专辑，但是他们之间的合作却不多，甚至从来没有用共同录制过一张唱片。随着时间流逝，成员之间也逐渐疏远了，组织已经名存实亡。在1993年，Da La Soul在Trugoy The Dove唱到"that native shit is dead"。1998年Jungle Brothers的"How Ya Want It We Got It" (Native Tongues Remix)"好像暗视他们回来了，其实在那时期，晚期成员Mos Def，Talib Kweli，Common，The Beatnuts的表现更加引人关注。

时至今日，Native Tongues的时代显然已经一去不复返了，Monie Love和Queen Latifah都已经退出了音乐舞台，Chi-Ali因为谋杀入狱，Black Sheep和A Tribe Called Quest的重组消息也仅仅是一次又一次的谣传，只有Da La Soul，Jungle Brothers和一些后期成员还活跃着。但伟大的Native Tongues给人们留下的影响是无法磨灭的，这个运动使Hip Hop摆脱了粗俗的恶名，他们反对暴力，崇尚人性的光辉，可以说Native Tongues的影响力绝不仅仅局限在音乐上。(感谢CeewhY的资料参考)

最初成立成员

Afrika Bambaataa

Jungle Brothers (Mike Gee, Afrika Baby Bam and DJ Sammy B )

Kool DJ Red Alert

De La Soul (Posdnous, Trugoy and Maseo with Prince Paul)

A Tribe Called Quest (Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and Jarobi White)

Monie Love

Queen Latifah

Chi-Ali

Black Sheep (Dres and Mista Lawnge)

Brand Nubian

晚期主力

Leaders of the New School (including Busta Rhymes)

Da Bush Babees

Third "Oakes" Degree

Mos Def

J Kuebs the legendary drum masta

Talib Kweli

Common

Lucien Revolucien

Chase "Yee" King

The Beatnuts

Vinia Mojica

The Violators (including Chris Lighty)

Shortie No Mass

Ushering in a new era of hip hop that downplayed violence and sexual exploits, the New York City based Native Tongues took the rap world by storm in the late 80's/early 90's. The base of the group originally consisted of the Jungle Brothers, Afrika Bambaataa, and Queen Latifah, with the purpose being to perform with each other and promote one another's projects in order to get noticed by the mainstream. They shared a common goal, and that was to spread a positive message through music without taking away the gritty realism and street logic that came with hardcore hip hop. De La Soul was the next to join the group, taking Stetsasonic producer Prince Paul and upstart teenagers A Tribe Called Quest with them. This would fill the initial lineup, and De La Soul's "Buddy" and the Jungle Brothers' "Doin' Our Own Dang" became early recorded examples of their collaborations. Bambaataa made it known that he had helped to form the group, but otherwise took a backseat role and watched the younger MC's make the music. As the 90's rolled around, newer members were drafted into the group to keep things fresh. The new faces included Black Sheep, Common, Black Star, Da Bush Babees, and the Leaders of the New School, groups that were somewhat small at the time but contained future hip hop stars like Busta Rhymes and Mos Def in their ranks. Other artists, such as Gang Starr and Brand Nubian, collaborated with the group but never officially joined. By the mid-90's, the individual artists involved had grown successful enough to no longer need each other's support, and without any fuss the collective quietly called it quits and moved on. The impact of the 30 or so musicians that fueled the movement cannot be overrated, as the way they dealt with issues such as relationships, violence, self-discipline and oppression resisted the often ignorant and offensive directions in which many rappers were taking their message. Even more than that, the vocabulary of rap was opened up to a faster-paced delivery and a willingness to experiment with other genres such as reggae and house. Overall, the Native Tongues may not have lasted long (or released any albums as a group for that matter,) but their impact helped open up avenues in the genre previously unheard of.

Native Tongues

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