De La Soul’s Posdnuos recently spoke with HipHopSite.com, recalling the studio sessions for A Tribe Called Quest’s “Scenario.” During the interview, Pos said that there are still unreleased versions of the tracks in addition to the demo that has leaked, and recalled how the final version came to be.
“Well, funny enough, the one that I’ve seen that surfaced, I forgot I even made those rhymes. I have a version where I rhyme something totally different,” he said. “Once, when Tribe was putting together that record, and it’s funny enough, Busta had already slayed it. I remember coming into the studio the next day and Tip was like, yo. I walk in and I see someone else writing rhymes. I was like, what are you doing? He was like, I’m just trying different things.”
Pos revealed that there are alternate versions of the track with Maseo, Black Sheep’s Mr. Long and Chris Lighty. Though he didn’t make the final cut of the song, Pos says that he’s happy with how it ended up.
“There’s a couple versions with me, there’s one where Mr. Long rhymes, Maseo rhymes, Baby Chris, Chris Lighty rhyming… There were a couple of different people who did it. I remember telling Tip like, come on, the original one is what it needs to be. I’m glad he decided to keep it where it is, but there’s definitely a couple of versions of that.”
Watch the full interview below, where he also shares his opinion on the ATCQ documentary Beats, Rhymes & Life.
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Very damn cool.
See this is Real Hiphop Dela Soul never broke up over the years and all their album was dope and creative and the mixtapes too. dave and pos been supa emcees since potholes in my lawn and say no go.
I alwyas wondered why TCQ always seems to overshadow De La? not saying one is better than the other (both classic groups) just always strikes me as odd.
Same here..I loved them equally and now, I appreciate De La more because they stuck together, the rest of the Native Tongue is kinda splintered right now to hip-hop’s detriment…
I DUNNO ‘BOUT Y’ALL BUT I WANNA HEAR THE OTHER VERSION.
It’s Mista Lawnge, get your shit together.
This is like listening to my grandpa talk about shit from his childhood. These old rappers gotta understand that no one wants to hear them spout this pointless shit all the time. Just admit that you are washed up and go on your merry way. Stop hovering on the periphery of hip hop. Real hip hop fans wanna hear about Wayne’s new album and Drake’s new boat.
We can only hope that you are being ironic.
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