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After receiving some demos and then witnessing the madness of Drain's set at Sound And Fury

the undaunted re-awakening for Portugal

the Jakob Dylan-led act has stood as one of rock's most dynamic and purposeful bands - a unit dedicated to and continually honing a sound that meshes timeless songwriting and storytelling with a hard-hitting and decidedly modern musical attack

The accents also act as transports into the varied narrative universes

A Tribe Called Quest - "The Low End Theory" label_Capitol Records " and "The EndDe La Soul are remembered as the premier Native Tongues posse, those rappers who got low key, self consciously thoughtful, and jazzy in the face of gangsta's hardcore threats. But A Tribe Called Quest may have been even stronger, especially on their excellent second album, the bass thumping, heavily jazz sampled the Low End Theory. According to the opening "Excursions," rapper Q Tip's old man says the disc's jazz rap "reminded him of bebop," and Q