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Listen to Late MC Phife Dawg’s Posthumous Album ‘Forever’: Celebrating the life and legacy of the legendary rapper.

It's been a long time coming, but Phife Dawg's first posthumous solo album is just days away from being unveiled to the world.

On what would have been Phife Dawg's 50th birthday, DJ Rasta Root and Phife's family has announced the release date for his highly anticipated posthumous album.

Phife Dawg’s mother believes it is important to open with a story that illuminates the cleverness and wit that her son carried through most of his life. “Malik started playing piano at age eight,” the poet Cheryl Boyce-Taylor says. “He stuck with it for about three years, and then finally one day he came home very agitated. He and his teacher had had a huge fight. Malik told me that he was not returning to piano lessons and that he didn’t want to work with his teacher anymore because her breath stunk.” Then comes the punchline: “I knew that her breath did stink, but I could not ...

Low End Theory and Midnight Marauders already in his repertoire, his place in the Hip Hop history books was firmly cemented years before his untimely passing. But adding to it will be his first official posthumous solo album Forever, which is expected to arrive sometime in the very near future. The project’s official rollout began in March with “Nutshell 2” featuring Redman and Busta Rhymes and now, Phife Dawg’s team has dropped the next single from the album titled “French Kiss Deux.” Featuring J Dilla’s younger brother, Illa J, the Potatohead People-produced track is intende...