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A Tribe Called Quest’s final album will feature André 3000, Kendrick Lamar, Jack White

The album is just nine days away

Justin Carissimo

New York

Wednesday 02 November 2016 22:17 GMT

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On November 11, A Tribe Called Quest will release their final album, We Got It From Here, Thank You for Your Service, following an 18-year wait.

Today, Q-Tip revealed, in an interview with The New York Times, that the album will feature plenty of special guests including André 3000, Kendrick Lamar, Jack White, Busta Rhymes, and Elton John. Tip said that all recording sessions took place in his home studio in New Jersey.

“It’s one of those scenarios where we’re so excited to finally get to work together that it was exploding in a whole different direction,” Tip said of White in the interview.

“He just took a guitar off the wall and plugged it in and just got his wizard on.”

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Phife Dawg (R) and Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest perform at Univision Radio's H2O music festival at Los Angeles state historic park on August 17, 2013 in Los Angeles, California.

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Rapper Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest, Cheryl Boyce-Taylor, mother of the late rapper Phife Dawg, recipients of the ASCAP Golden Note Award, ASCAP EVP of Membership John Titta, rappers Jarobi White and Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest, recipients of the ASCAP Golden Note Award, ASCAP SVP of Membership Nicole George Middleton, and presenter Andre 3000 pose at the 2016 ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on June 23, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California.

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Rapper Andre 3000 (R) speaks onstage as (L-R) Cheryl Boyce-Taylor, mother of the late rapper Phife Dawg, rappers Q-Tip, Jarobi White, and Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest accept the ASCAP Golden Note Award during the 2016 ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on June 23, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California.

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Musicians Jarobi White, Q-Tip, Phife Dawg and Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest perform as Samsung Galaxy Sound Stage presents A Tribe Called Quest and Prince at SXSW on March 16, 2013 in Austin, Texas.

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Rappers Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Jarobi White and Phife Dawg arrive at the Los Angeles Premiere of "Beats, Rhymes, & Life: The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest" on June 24, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.

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Honorees Jarobi White, Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Consequence of A Tribe Called Quest attend the 4th Annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors ceremony at the Hammerstein Ballroom on October 4, 2007 in New York City.

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Q-Tip, Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Phife Dawg of the hip hop group 'A Tribe Called Quest' pose for a portrait session in July 1991 in New York.

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Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Phife Dawg and Q-TIp of the hip hop group 'A Tribe Called Quest' pose for a portrait session in July 1991 in New York .

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Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Q-TIp and Phife Dawg of the hip hop group 'A Tribe Called Quest' DJ in September 1991 in New York. (Photo by

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All four group members, including Phife Dawg who passed earlier this year, will be on the album. While speaking to The Times, Tip admitted that he wasn’t aware of how serious Phife’s health problems had become.

“I had no idea that his days was numbered,” he explained before apparently becoming so emotional he was unable to speak.

“I just want to celebrate him, you know?”

Check full New York Times feature here and reread The Independent’s tribute to Phife Dawg here.