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On “The Hop,” Q-Tip and Phife Dawg rock a steady, cool, and collective flow, touching on classic tribe themes like the struggles of poverty and racism, and of course, the beauty of hip hop itself. It also features one of Phife’s most hard-hitting verses. Rashad Smith puts down a smooth and woozy beat by manipulating a jazz sample from Henry Franklin, while Maseo overlays the scratches on the track. Notably, this is the only track on Beats, Rhymes