This is probably the best song about leaving your wallet in a diner.

Imagine you’re a cop and 4 guys come in your office and one of them starts rapping about what happened to their wallet.

Thanks Will Trent for reminding me of the existence of this classic!

I feel like everyone who watched this song can easily be my friend.

When I landed at LAX and saw the El Segundo sign on the freeway i had this song stuck in my head for weeks, and I loved it!

Love the way that the old school hip hop was light-hearted and had a more positive vibe. Miss this kind of music.

1:14 "came to a toll, we paid and went through it" somehow gets a chuckle out of me every time

I love how wholesome some old-school Hip Hop was.

"I ordered enchiladas and I ate 'em" - I think of this line every time I go out for Mexican food.

QTip is a genius. Record companies didn’t understand their music when they dropped this demo. A whole story , this is a mastermind. Wayyy advanced for its time. No the lyrics aren’t that great but it’s the story telling and the style.

It's almost 2023 & I still have to listen to this at least once a week. That groove & those rhymes just never get old.

One of the greatest/influential hip hop groups of all time!!

Long live this era of hip hop. When it was true, creative, original, fresh, dope, soulful, rhythmic and conscience.

I don't really care if this song is weak or what. You can't be serious about anything all the times, sometimes you just need to dance.

I vaguely remember as a kid from the east coast in 1990 thinking to myself "Is El Segundo a real place?" Lol Cali was so foreign to us even though it was the setting for almost every movie and tv show.

One of the best story telling songs in Hip Hop history.

"I order enchiladas and I ate em' "...

Damn that was a big stack of enchiladas Q-Tip was eating.

R.I.P. Phife. Saw him at a Rave in the 90s. Dude rocked the place.

Officer: Why are you out during the Coronavirus lockdown? Me: Well officer, you see I left my...

I’m here because of Will Trent. I had to hear the whole song. Love it!!

The people who are saying this is a bad song from Quest are wrong. Its suppost to be a silly fun song and they accomplished that.

the sound of the tribe will never die

Published - 1990 Uploaded - 2009 Still rocks - June 29th 2019. Full respect for that one ----------------------------------------------------- Edited a day later: I honestly just now noticed all those dates are a game of nines with a side dish of 1s and 2s. I was intialy just talking about tha total of 29 years.

so simple. yet so iconic.

the tribe one of the best hip hop groups of all time they made hot music and still stayed true to themselves

Personally, I think this is the best of Hip Hop. Having fun, rappin about nuthin'! Plus it's got a sick beat! You can't not bust a move to this!! ☺️✌️

I remember catching this video not long after it first came out. MTV played it in the middle of the night / early morning when they played all the good / weird stuff that didn't fit in the regular rotation back then. Man, MTV at ~ 2AM from about 1988-1992 was peak discovering so much fantastic new music. Truly the golden age of popular music.

i've never payed this much attention to lyrics haha, for some reason these really caught my attention. Probably because q doesn't mind being silly instead of having every lyric let you know how awesome he is.

Phife Dawg, Thank you for your gift to the world rest easy.

OMG! haven't heard this song in like 20 years! This is the first time I'm seeing the video. I use to groove to this song back in the in 90's.

I sing this walking around the house and the kids think I'm crazy

RIP TO THE FIVE FOOT ASSASSION PHIFE DAWG

Great video. Great song. I always make reference to it from time to time. Of course nobody knows what the fuck Im talking about

Tribe was ahead of their time.

"They call it hippity-hop music, but it don't make me wanna go hippity-hop."

This song was for everybody who left important stuff at some random ass place, mine was I left my purse in a club in Brooklyn on one New Years lol RIP Phife

This is amazing. A music video that actually matches with the lyrics to the song. You rarely see that anymore.

*When we were kids. "Our parents just* *don't understand this music"* *Now as parents. "Kids just don't* *understand this music" ☺️* *If you're 25 and under listening to this* *I salute you🙌*

Not one bad word.. that’s true music

RIP Phife Dawg. You are a legend

RIP Phife Dawg...You and the guys music will always be part of my memories..

My favorite hip hop group of all time. Before Tribe, my listening was all over the place. After ATCQ hit the scene, I found my lane

That rhythm tho!!!

This song is months from being a quarter century old. Time passes so quickly.

I hate how people think Tribe were bad just because they didn't think too hard about writing- not everyone is Nas

A Tribe Called Quest always my first love of hip hop. Q-Tip and Phife. Much love and respect 🙏.

A tribe called quest , one of the best.

I am so thankful to have been a youth and to have grown up experiencing the renaissance of hip-hop as we know it. I've been blessed to witness ATCQ live. RIP Phife.... you brought your best to the game and the artform has been blessed because of your existence. Love and respect.

Lyrics Left my wallet in El Segundo Left my wallet in El Segundo Left my wallet in El Segundo I gotta get, I got-got ta get it I left my wallet in El Segundo Left my wallet in El Segundo Left my wallet in El Segundo I gotta get, I got-got ta get it My mother went away for a month-long trip Her and some friends on an ocean-liner ship She made a big mistake by leaving me home I had to roam so I picked up the phone Dialed Ali up to see what was going down Told him I pick him up so we could drive around Took the Dodge Dart, a '74 My mother left a yard but I needed one more Shaheed had me covered with a hundred greenbacks So we left Brooklyn and we made big tracks Drove down the Belt, got on the Conduit Came to a toll, we paid and went through it Had no destination, we was on a quest Ali laid in the back so he could get rest Drove down the road for two-days-and-a-half The sun had just risen on a dusty path Just then a figure had caught my eye A man with a sombrero who was four feet high I pulled over to ask were we was at His index finger he tipped up his hat "El Segundo, " he said, "my name is Pedro If you need directions, I'll tell you pronto" Needed civilization, some sort of reservation He said a mile south, there's a fast food station Thanks, senor, as I start up the motor Ali said, "Damn, tip, why you drive so far for?" Anyway a gas station we passed We got gas and went on to get grub It was a nice little pub in the middle of nowhere Anywhere would have been better I ordered enchiladas and I ate 'em Ali had the fruit punch When we finished we thought for ways to get back I had a hunch Ali said, "Pay for lunch" So I did it Pulled out the wallet and I saw this wicked beautiful lady She was a waitress there Put the wallet down and stared and stared To put me back into reality, here's Shaheed "Yo, Tip, man, you got what you need?" I checked for keys and started to step What do you know, my wallet I forget Yo, it was a brown wallet, it had props numbers Had my jimmy hats I got to get it man Lord, have mercy The heat got hotter, Ali stars to curse me I fell bad but he makes me feel badder Chit-chit-chatter, car stars to scatter Breaking on out, we was Northeast bound Jettin' on down at the speed of sound Three days coming and three more going We get back and there was no slack 490 Madison, we're here, Sha He said, "All right, Tip, see you tomorrow" Thinking about the past week, the last week Hands go in my pocket, I can't speak Hopped in the car and torpe'ed to the shack Of Shaheed, "we gotta go back" when he said "Why?" I said, "we gotta go Cause I left my wallet in El Segundo" Yeah, I left my wallet in El Segundo Left my wallet in El Segundo Left my wallet in El Segundo I gotta get, I got-got ta get it Left my wallet in El Segundo Left my wallet in El Segundo Left my wallet in El Segundo Come on let's go

One of the most original bands ever...

Every time I lose my wallet, or anything, I sing this song until I find it, since I was a like six or 7(23 now). I don't do it on purpose, it's a force of habit. Lol

These dance moves are straight up fire

Back in high school we'd always blast this at the start of an epic roadtrip.

I understand if young people don't think the beat of this song is so great, because it wasn't made to be listened to on a phone or even the best headphones. I'm listening on my 1992 Radio Shack speakers the size of mini-fridges, with 15" woofers, which I have never turned up even close to top volume because it would so clearly be dangerous to living things, and I literally cannot say how much money it would take to buy them off me. They are ideal for this song; the only other way to listen to it might be a really good car system. In other words, it's not the kind of beat that is satisfying enough to hear with your ears; you need to feel it come up through your feet and/or your ass, through your intestines, your liver, to challenge the beat of your heart.

In terms of Seinfeld episodes, this really is the Chinese Restaurant of hip-hop songs.

I love their style in that era!

For a guy who left his wallet, he's certainly got an upbeat attitude 👍

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I love songs with meaning or a storyline. This is slowly turning into my favourite song.

This is a timeless classic boy !!!

Left my wallet in el segundo, such a epic hook and melody to go with it.

Every time I see a large cactus, I think if this song. 🌵

How many rappers today would ever be this creative to write such a dope song? None is the answer.

I have no idea why I like this song so much, before I saw Rap Critics video I never realized how uneventful this song is. It's not that lyrically gifted. I think it's the confidence that the band displays being willing to make such goofy music with a fun loving attitude, and total dedication. No one in this band is half assing it AT ALL. They know what they are and they did it better than so many of their contemporaries, especially back when Rap was going in a more Gangsta direction.

Bruhh just played Saints Row and I swear that's almost all I heard. "I left my wallet in El Segundo"

I feel like they dared each other to do this song 🤣 .. that’s why Jarobi looks like he will burst out laughing any minute..

this was so so so massive back when MTV played Music.. Man. RIP Phife Dawg.

So....did Q-Tip ever get his wallet back?

Will Trent brought me here...2024🎉

We need a sequel about what Tip did with the other 3 or so weeks his mother was on the cruise

1:36 I will never get over Tip's face. I laugh every time.

This song has something that's missing these days in Hip-Hop. Its relative to anyone. Anyone of us can lose our wallet somewhere.

What a classic track .

No one could hold back the laughter and fun when Tip says "Ali starts to curse me"....I love their new album..

RIP Phife Dawg! This is a huge loss to hip hop. Without him we would not have this brilliant group. Thank you for the music. :(

Classics never go outta style 💎

This is one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen

This video has greatness on so many levels. Song, video, story telling.

Excellent Debut Single!!! Alternative Rap at it's Best...

this is a classic. if you think its dull or boring you dont know shit!

I remember buying this in 1990 on cassette at a small record store, it was a promotional tape and I payed $2.99 for it.

Don’t you just hate it when you leave your wallet in El Segundo 🤦🏽‍♂️

When rap music had soul, both figuratively and literally.

R.I.P.

This is still one of my favorite songs, I miss the story telling in rap.

I was in El Segundo last week and instantly thought about this song!

ATCQ always had the dopest music videos

R.I.P. Phife Dawg! your music will live on!

If I left my wallet in el segundo I wouldn’t be this calm

I don’t typically like humorous music in any genre, but this song is just so creative that I could not help but like it

A song from the first of a series of albums that proceeded to bump in my car routinely. What a great streak of music Tribe had.

I have finally found this song, my Grandma, God rest her soul, played this song ALL THE TIME as I was young, the only part I could remember was I left my wallet in El Segundo I can't believe i found it 💯🤘💯🤘💯

LAWWWWWD HAVE MER-CY, how much do I love this song? I had just completed my first quarter of 9th grade Spanish when this came out, and I was already eyeballs deep in love with De La Soul, so I had to check out these dudes. When I first heard this I was a wee bit irked at the pronunciation of 'Segundo' (it's really "seh-goon-doh" and it means "second;" I don't know what was El Primero, the first, LOL). But come on. That Flamenco guitar intro, the brilliant lyrics, all the scratching, THAT BEAT? !VAMANOS!

Love how this song was a reference to Sanford and Son because Fred talked so much about El Segundo on the show RIP Redd Foxx, and Phife Dawg

It was the funniest and my favorite hip hop song on yo mtv raps in 90 I got there album a few weeks after that and never regretted it

It's still funny to me how they portray El Segundo like it's some empty desert town in Mexico, the real thing is more like white suburbia next to LAX lol!

El Segundo is a blighted industrial sector by the beach, near LAX airport in Los Angeles County. The residential area looks like any other SoCal suburb. Inglewood (up to no good) is only 10 minutes away from it by surface streets so it's not like it's in the middle of nowhere.

This is one of my favorite songs on that fantastic classic album.