Go Ahead in the Rain Audiobook (free download)

The seminal rap group A Tribe Called Quest brought jazz into the genre, resurrecting timeless rhythms to create masterpieces. This narrative follows Tribe from their early days as part of the Afrocentric rap collective known as the Native Tongues, through their first three classic albums, to their eventual breakup and long hiatus. Their work is placed in the context of the broader rap landscape of the 1990s, one upended by sampling laws that forced a reinvention in production methods, the East Coast-West Coast rivalry that threatened to destroy the genre, and some record labels’ shift from focusing on groups to individual MCs. 

This week, the audio book version of Hanif Abdurraqib's Go Ahead in the Rain has made it into the top 50 bestsellers in the Biography category. You can legally download or stream this audio book and listen for free at Spotify, Deezer, and in high quality at Audible.