A Tribe Called Quest
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Phife Dawg, Q-Tip and frequent Tribe collaborator Busta Rhymes exchange bars, sometimes in unison, over Q-Tip production including a sample of “Bennie and The Jets”. The track closes with an outro by Elton John.
[Chorus: Elton John, A Tribe Called Quest]
Gonna hear electric music (What you gon' hear?)
Gonna hear electric music (What you gon' hear?)
Gonna hear electric music
Solid walls of sound
Solid walls of sound
(Solid wall of sound, solid wall of sound)
Solid walls of sound
(Solid wall of sound, solid wall of sound)
Solid walls of sound
(Pressure breaking ground, pressure breaking sound)
Solid walls of sound
(Solid wall of sound, solid wall of sound)
Solid walls of sound
(Tip and Phife in town, Tip and Phife in town)
Solid walls of sound
(Solid wall of sound, solid wall of sound)
Solid walls of sound
(Solid wall of sound, pushing breaking ground)
Solid walls of sound
(Solid wall of sound, solid wall of sound)
Solid walls of sound (Jedi, Ali, Phifey, Tip)
Solid walls of sound (Jedi, Ali, Phifey, Tip)
Solid walls of sound (Jedi, Ali, Phifey, Tip)
Solid walls of sound (Jedi, Phifey, Phifey)
[Verse 1: Phife Dawg & Q-Tip]
Yo, ATCQ, Massive and crew
Bars to any beat, we beat the beat for true
Massengale MC’s, you smell like pussy stew
Don’t let it be you, man up my youth
Phife, you should've spoke of, man you'rein the mode of
Leave that to me, el-Hajj Malik
The man with a plan who went for it all
Like Marauders on a mission when we killin' dance halls
Mmm, Saga boy, Trini man
Ride out when mic is in mi hand
Loved all of mi fans, one, two, three of dem all of the gang
[Verse 2: Busta Rhymes, Q-Tip & Phife]
With a couple pound a weed and a couple dollar van
Hmm, broke pockets, find another plan
Yeah, cyan dun, push up on the one
And big up the sound man, dibby dibby DJ walk
Ayo Bus with them a talk
They don’t want no prob, they don’t want no issue
Outline them in bloodclaat chalk
Earlier in the night when we bring out the music
With a box and a band killer sound boy movement
Live and direct when it all goes down
You an idiot boy, you don't wanna fuck round
Big tune make the world go round
Make way for the sound boy crown
Don't you know we're the wickedest sound
One box off in your face make a sound boy frown
[Bridge: Elton John & A Tribe Called Quest]
Solid wall of sound, solid wall of sound
Solid wall of sound, solid wall of sound
Solid wall of sound, solid wall of sound
Solid wall of sound, solid wall of sound
Solid wall of sound, solid wall of sound
Solid wall of sound, solid wall of sound
Solid wall of sound, solid wall of sound
Solid wall of sound, solid wall of sound
[Outro: Q-Tip & Elton John]
Sound checking, a million watts are shaking the room
In just a few hours you're gonna feel the burn
All of the goons are checking their guns at the door
A solid wall of sound is here on tour
It's gonna get loud—so no phones allowed
It's gonna get loud—so no phones allowed
Solid Wall of Sound was written by Q-Tip & Phife Dawg & Busta Rhymes & Jack White.
Solid Wall of Sound was produced by Blair Wells & Q-Tip.
A Tribe Called Quest released Solid Wall of Sound on Fri Nov 11 2016.
DJ Rasta Root:
The one that stood out to me, one of the last sessions Phife did there, if not the last one, was him, Tip, Busta and they we recording a song, I believe it’s the one that has the Elton John sample. And Busta, his cadence is so robotically crazy. He was doing a verse over and he did i...
Elton John’s vocals and piano can be heard on a sample taken from his 1973 classic song “Bennie and the Jets”:
The piano sample that can be heard on the first verse and throughout the song was taken from Jack Lancaster and Robin Lumley’s 1976 song “Arrival”:
The futuristic sound effect sample...