Tribe was one of
>the few 'safe' groups out there.

"they had the greatest beats ever" somehow gets conflated with "they were safe"

the same album where "anti batty boy" was scratched out had "Where the hell can Nicki be? Im gonna smack her up" and ended with "sometimes you got to put the hoes in their frickin place"

the same era where Q-Tip said "I could also do your girl, so leave the hoe at home"

they were young adults like anyone else no matter how musically advanced