| Tribe | |
| Cover: | TribeBasJCole.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Bas with J. Cole |
| Album: | Milky Way |
| Released: | April 29, 2014 |
| Recorded: | 2014 |
| Genre: | Hip hop |
| Chronology: | Bas |
| Prev Title: | Boca Raton |
| Prev Year: | 2018 |
| Next Title: | Down Bad |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
"Tribe" is a song by American rappers Bas and J. Cole. It was released on April 29, 2014, as the second single for Bas's album Milky Way. The song was produced by Childish Major with additional production from J. Cole, and contains a sample of "Zum Zum" performed by Edu Lobo.[1] [2]
On August 18, Bas was on Instagram live previewing songs from his album, which was due on August 24. One of the snippets was from "Tribe" showcasing "an up-tempo, percussive instrumental," and later revealing the release date of the single.[3] [4] The song is the ninth collaboration between the two Dreamville artists, including "My Nigga Just Made Bail", "Lit" and "Night Job", among others.[5] [6] When talking about J. Cole helping with the post-production of the song, Bas said:
The music video for the song was released on August 21.[7] The video was shot in Miami's Little Haiti neighborhood.[8] Sidney Madden of NPR said, "like the song's message, the video celebrates the timing of life's blessings."[9]
The song "Tribe" was featured on the soundtrack to 2018 video game FIFA 19.[10]