It’s been a hard year on music.  Another major loss today with the passing of the iconic, Phife Dawg.  A legend, whose lyrical mastery inspired a generation of socially-motivated rappers.  A wordsmith, a poet, a legend.  Your words will live on.

Here are the 11 best Phife Dawg performances in A Tribe Called Quest:

1. Buggin’ Out (Low End Theory)
2. Oh My God (Midnight Marauders)
3. Electric Relaxation (Midnight Marauders)
4. Scenario (Low End Theory)
5. Award Tour (Midnight Marauders)
6. Check The Rhyme (Low End Theory)
7. Can I Kick It? (People’s Instinctive Travels and the Path of Rhythm)
8. Jazz (Low End Theory)
9. Steve Biko (Midnight Marauders)
10. Mind Power (Beats, Rhyme, and Life)
11. Find A Way (The Love Movement)