which is why we're having this conversation & why all of "A Tribe Called Quest" gets royalty checks off some shit that in a lot of cases they had next to nothing to do with if Phife wasn't rapping on it.

Bob Power isn't talking about spending endless time in the studio with Ali, Jarobi or Dynomutt.

Tip was the one who did that shit because he had that drive/determination/ability.

He 'never asked to be the Ginsu Master of this shit'.

Phife just likes candy & crying more than working while Ali is a DJ far more than a true 'producer', as his lack of major work outside that has shown.

I mean I used to assume Ali was doing beats, did the same with Lucy Pearl but nah, that was Tip & then Saadiq.

You don't think Mike Rapp woulda made an issue out of Ali & Tip disagreeing on who produced their first three albums?