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60 Songs That Explain the '90s

A Tribe Called Quest—“Scenario”

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

The Ringer

Music

4.7849 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Rob explores A Tribe Called Quest’s “Scenario” by discussing the chemistry at the center of the group’s excellence and where the song ranks among the best posse cuts in rap history. This episode was originally produced as a Music and Talk show available exclusively on Spotify. Find the full song on Spotify or wherever you get your music. Host: Rob Harvilla Guest: Shea Serrano Producers: Isaac Lee and Justin Sayles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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You're listening to a music and talk episode where full songs and talk segments play together

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only on Spotify.

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Best of all, you can create your own music and talk show for free with Anchor Spotify's

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podcasting platform.

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Get started at anchor.fm slash music and talk.

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That's A-N-C-H-O-R dot FM slash M-S-I-C-A-N-D-T-A-L-K.

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A lot of spelling there, but just do it.

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The professional thing to do, the mature thing to do, would be to mention my personal favorite

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a tribe called Quest lyrics as an aside a brief

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and apologetic aside somewhere deep within a sophisticated and perceptive and poetic exploration of the larger

0:47.9

a tribe called quest uvra but no no no i'm going to tell you right off the rip that to this day, as a grown-ass man with a steady job and a mortgage who declares multiple dependence on his taxes, nonetheless, whenever I even hear the words, a tribe called Quest, a gigantic, dopey, 13-year-old boy grin blooms across my face because thanks to Malik Taylor,

1:13.2

a.k.a. the late great fife dog, the words that just popped into my head, without fail,

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are as follows.

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Bust off on your couch, now you got Siemens Furniture.

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Bust off on your couch, now you got Seaman's furniture. Bust off on your couch, now you got Seaman's Furniture.

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I want you to imagine that you are the CEO of Seaman's Furniture.

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Let me spell that for you.

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S-E-A-M-A-N-A-N-A-S furniture. Founded by Julius Seaman is a single Brooklyn furniture store in

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1933, but by 1989, led by Julius's son, Morton Seaman. It's the publicly traded second

1:54.3

largest furniture retailer in America, with 31 stores spread between New York, Philadelphia,

1:59.8

and Connecticut, and an annual revenue of

2:01.5

275 million.

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