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The Other ‘Scenario’ Demo Surfaces

Posted on August 26, 2008April 2, 2023 by Robbie Ettelson

This is pretty epic…first of all Bol passed on this link to the audio of Q-Tip on Juan Epstein, which features Tip discussing the two demo versions and doing a hilarious impersonation of Busta:

Q-Tip: “It was just too many people. I called niggas back, told niggas to come back the next day. Nobody came back. The only people that came back was Leaders, so then when they came back we just finished it.”

They also mention that one version “recently leaked on-line”. Gee, I wonder where that came from? Anyway, the thing is, just as Tip was describing the version that Jarobi and Chris Lighty rapped on, lanksta dropped a comment on my original post with a link to this post at a spot called THIMK, which features a tape rip of that exact version! It cuts off at the end, so I guess this isn’t the take that Johnny Juice was at the studio for since Pos ain’t on it. Nevertheless, another piece of the puzzle falls into place…

https://unkut.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/Tribe-Called-Quest-Scenario-Demo-2.mp3

Here’s the other version.

15 thoughts on “The Other ‘Scenario’ Demo Surfaces”

  1. jowhite says:
    August 26, 2008 at

    Yes, Yes, Ya’ll.

    Vincent does his thing over at THIMK…if you don’t know, now…

    Does all of “this” (the backstory and multiple versions) move Scenario up the top 10 list of posse cuts?

  2. Liam says:
    August 26, 2008 at

    So there’s at least 4 Scenario versions? Crazy. Hopefully it’s only a matter of time before it leaks

  3. Robbie says:
    August 26, 2008 at

    ‘Scenario’ was already Top 5 status, right after ‘Live At The BBQ’ and ‘The Symphony’.

  4. mercilesz says:
    August 26, 2008 at

    i know this might sound crazy but isnt that diamond d….”mystic”? any answers 4 me people?

  5. mercilesz says:
    August 26, 2008 at

    but he says jarobi…..im confused

  6. hotasballs says:
    August 26, 2008 at

    Pos is never done wanderin round the West End of London, bothering young white girls…

    Maybe i’ll dress up as a ‘snow-bunny’ and catch the truth about that elusive drum draped verse !

    Thanks again for another killer post

    hotasballs.wordpress.com/

  7. mercilesz says:
    August 26, 2008 at

    naa its jarobi…just got a confirmation on that. peace

  8. mercilesz says:
    August 26, 2008 at

    its amazing how much he sounds like diamond….even though i new his title was mystic man i was like damn….

  9. tba says:
    August 27, 2008 at

    I’m sitting with some friends having a discussion about a track we heard in aprox 1996 – I thought if there was one place I could get som info, it would be here. The rapper is maybe called A-track (or something to that effect) – The song is called “Money I Got” – we remember some of the lyrics:
    I got money, money I got,
    it’s kinda ill what they do in the NYC, with checks and the funds and the cash money.

    That’s all we remembe, hope somebody can help.

    Peace
    t

  10. lanksta says:
    August 27, 2008 at

    re:puba

    anybody know where this is from and who the singer is??
    http://www.zshare.net/audio/177506648f019e4d

    besides this
    http://www.discogs.com/release/1103563

  11. Dallas Penn says:
    August 28, 2008 at

    Yo, I swear this is the best Hip-Hop website on Earth.

  12. DJ MIKE NICE says:
    August 31, 2008 at

    TBA the artist is EI8TRAK he is signed to my label Venom Records

    you can hit EI8TRAK up on myspace im sure heel be happy to hook you up with the track

  13. DJ MIKE NICE says:
    September 1, 2008 at

    here you go EI8TRAK FT HI TECH

    http://www.zshare.net/audio/18002082d300e06d/

  14. andy says:
    June 8, 2009 at

    I’m late to the party on these Scenario demos, and now the links are down. Can someone please repost or email!!??

    thanks,
    [email protected]

  15. Esco says:
    January 12, 2025 at

    Crazy! Sounds like 1 long Demo. Tip definitely did the right thing.

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