July 27, 2006 @ 3:47 pm

A Tribe Called Quest Reunites for Video Game Tour

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According to MTV.com, The Bounce Tour, which featured The Roots for their inaugural tour last year, will stretch from Atlantic City, New Jersey to Los Angeles, with a New York show tentatively scheduled for October. Phife Dawg, who apparently is a video game fanatic, will appear as a playable character in the game, as will Flavor Flav, Common, the Roots' ?uestlove and a host of other rappers. right Dan the Automator's remix of Tribe's "Lyrics to Go," from the group's 1993 album, Midnight Marauders, will be the only remix featured on the game's soundtrack. The rest includes original songs from Ghostface Killah, Fabolous, Rhymefest, Hieroglyphics and others from both the mainstream and underground hip hop scenes. The album will be released as a standalone CD and for iTunes download in mid-September.

"NBA 2K7" will be available for Xbox 360, Xbox and PlayStation 2 this fall. A PS3 version is also in development.

Official tour dates are as follow:

  • 9/8 - Las Vegas, NV @ Red Rock

  • 9/9 - Berkeley, CA @ Berkeley Community Theatre

  • 9/10 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern LG

  • 9/13 - Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium

  • 9/15 - Chicago, IL @ Congress Theatre

  • 9/16 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave/ Eagles Club

  • 9/17 - Toronto, ON @ Kool Haus

  • 9/20 - Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head Live

  • 9/22 - Washington, DC @ Love the Club

  • 9/23 - Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle

  • 9/24 - Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues

  • 9/28 - Atlantic City, NJ @ House of Blues

  • 9/29 - Worcester, MA @ The Palladium

  • 10/1 - Sayreville, NJ @ The Starland Ballroom

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