Phife Dawg’s video for “Nutshell Pt. 2” arrives five years after his passing. Busta Rhymes, Redman, Q-Tip and Consequence appear in the clip that shows the late emcee conquering his native New York City. J.Dilla produced the beat for the song that will appear on Phife Dawg’s Forever album that he worked on before his death. The video arrives at the same time of his death on March 22, 2016 and precedes the release of Forever later this year. Phife Dawg’s first solo album was Ventilation released in 2000. He also made another posthumous appearance in the NBA 2K18 game. 

 

[youtube id=”1Bw-aRctefo”] Phife Dawg’s spirit was in the building when his band A Tribe Called Quest delivered an explosive performance of “We The People” at The Grammy’s. “Wanna Dance” is a collaboration with Dwele that was written and produced by Mike City from Phife Dawg’s forthcoming Forever album. The song will also be on Dwele’s Same Book…New Chapter. This is the official lyric video for “Wanna Dance” directed by Konee Rok and you can download the song from The Soul Brokerz.

In 2016, several music icons passed and it seemed like the deaths would not end until the very end of the year. Icons like Prince and David Bowie who commanded the pop landscape for 40 years were gone suddenly and unexpectedly. Sharon Jones was just beginning to gain more recognition before passing of Cancer after a two-year fight. Many music fans are just happy for 2016 to be over after experiencing so much loss. The sadness from the passing of so many important voices is only assuaged by the fact that each artist has an immortal influence through their work.

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