The group had begun work on the album following their appearance on '' The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon '' on November 13 , 2015 , the same night of the terrorist attacks in Paris . Feeling " charged " , the group put aside their differences , and decided to record their final album in secrecy . The album was incomplete when Phife Dawg died , but the surviving members continued to work on the album following his death
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