Next month marks the one-year anniversary of Phife Dawg’s passing, yet his spirit is still very much present in every aspect, especially during A Tribe Called Quest’s Grammy performance on Sunday evening (February 12). Now, it’s Valentine’s Day and fans get to continue feeling the love with the release of new single “Wanna Dance” featuring Detroit Neo-Soul singer Dwele complete with confirmation that his posthumous album, titled Forever, is on the way.
The smooth track, which premiered on Okayplayer, was produced by Mike City, who had his hands in creating Brandy’s “Full Moon” and Carl Thomas’ “I Wish,” and is filled with sonic love. It’s the perfect release for the most romantic day of the year.
“Wanna Dance” will be featured on Forever as well as Dwele’s upcoming album Same Book…New Chapter, the first in five years, thanks to the Soul Brokerz. The soulful cut can also be downloaded for free via the Soul Brokerz while we wait for the albums, in exchange for an email address. It is the second posthumous release from Phife Dawg following the J.Dilla-produced cut “Nutshell,” unleashed in April.
Phife Dawg’s wife, Desha Head Taylor, announced that the Five Foot Assassin’s posthumous album would drop early 2017 during a press conference for the christening ceremony for Malik “Phife Dawg” Taylor Way in Queens, New York back in November.
“His solo album will be out probably sometime during the first quarter of 2017,” she said. “We’re working on it now. He completed his entire solo album before he transitioned, so we’re excited about releasing that.”
Listen to Phife Dawg’s Valentine’s Day release “Wanna Dance” featuring Dwele and Mike City below.
MARKETING SCHEME FOR CASH. I’m not a tribe fan but this is disrespectful to Phife’s artistry
Shouldn’t it be PHorever….?
Should be Songs In the Key of Pfife like he wanted
After the anti-American performance put on by Phife’s former band at the Grammy’s, I hope all American patriots boycott him and ATCQ.
Protesting cannot be anti American. Try again..
If the protest doesn’t contain a narrowly tailored message and serves no purpose other than to reinforce a false narrative which has been used as a pretext to absolve individuals from taking personal accountability, then it isn’t indeed un-American.
Shut yo stupid sheltered uninformed racist ass up. Your ignorance need to be protested. Fuckin sheep.
Why didn’t ATCQ go on stage and advise people to work hard in order to achieve their ambitions?
Fuck all that conscious shit. The gentiles only should hear about getting turnt up poppin molly n xannies money and sex. (Says the shadow empire pulling music industry strings makin they puppets dance according to their hidden agenda of dumbing people down and distracting them)
Nobody fuckin cares dude been dead for a moment now let it go already what next – dig up his corpse and parade it around to promote “his” new album? fuck outchea wit this shit mane
Do you use a pay-pal. because you can add an extra 550 every week to your revenue just working from home for four hours per day, check…
Puffy Daddy>>>Forever
Chris Rock if that don’t sell call it 3 more months
Lord we hate your ways!
But you’ll go buy all those shitty Tupac albums that they made after he died huh? Same 2Pac vocals used over and over again with different beats but you guys love that shit huh? Dont be mad cause a dead dude got an album comin out and you dont. Yoyr still alive you cant even put oit any music. Lol I Love America
What recycled albums you talking about dude dont know what the fuck u talking about
Ever album after Makaveli was made without Pacs consent. R U Still Down is one. They just took his vocals and slapped em over whatever beats they thought were fresh at the time. I never listen to any of that shit. His mom kinda fucked up his legacy in my opinon. Half those beats Pac would never rap over. You can tell the difference if your a true fan
R U Still Down: “..contains previously unreleased material from the time period of his albums Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z., Thug Life: Volume 1 and Me Against the World.” It wasn’t just his vocals slapped over some beats. Plus i liked the album. But after 1997 whatever got put out was just cut and paste shit and i never gave a fuck about.
I AGREE. STILL I RISE W/ THE OUTLAWZ WAS NICE TOO.
YOU ARE CORRECT ABOUT R U STILL DOWN AND I AGREE, IT WAS DOPE. STILL I RISE W/ THE OUTLAWZ WAS NICE TOO.
Wha I’m tryna say is; yes the album itself lacked Pac creative input, as in what tracks are selected to be on it etc, the tracks itself were previously unreleased finished material (though some quality-wise demo-level). In my opinion the double album had a lot of good tracks on it.
He only put out 5 albums when he was alive and now there is 15 you do the math dum dum
It can be argued that he was a better rapper than qtip