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Mario - Missin My Woman
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Q-Tip - Making of The Renaissance w/ Cons
Consequence offers a behind the scenes look at his cousin of destruction, The Abstract Poetic, cooking something up for the long awaited The Renaissance LP.
August 01, 2008
Details On Q-Tip Solo Album
Q-Tip's sophomore solo release, The Renaissance, will finally be hitting stores Oct. 14 via Universal Motown after undergoing numerous delays.
According to Billboard, he nine-track album will feature live instrumentation, scratching and samples, much in the vein of A Tribe Called Quest.
The album's possible opener is a track called "Shaka," which features an excerpt of a speech by presidential candidate Barack Obama over guitar strumming. The track is not yet official, as the sound byte has yet to be cleared.
"I start the album off with the Obama speech not just because I'm African-American, but because I really feel like he's a fresh new voice and alternative from what we've seen in the political scene in some time," said Q-Tip earlier this year. "I see similarities in his way of thinking and my way. I really like him a lot."
Also featured on the album is the piano-based lead single, "Getting Up," the Raphael Saadiq-featured "Fight/Love," which is about a girl in a difficult relationship and a man fighting in Iraq, and "Life Is Better" featuring Norah Jones, which has Q-Tip paying tribute to all of this favorite rappers, including Biz Markie, LL Cool J, Leaders of The New School, Snoop Dogg, Eazy-E, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Brand Nubian and Pimp C.
Other tracks on the album include the 60's-inpired "Won't Trade," "ManWomanBoogie" with Amanda Diva, and "Believe" featuring D'Angelo.
Currently, Q-Tip is on tour with his group A Tribe Called Quest for this summer's Rock the Bells tour.
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July 09, 2008
March 11, 2008
Obama and Q-Tip Collab?
A Tribe Called Quest frontman, Q-Tip, has reportedly nabbed democratic presidential candidate, Barack Obama, for his upcoming solo album, The Renaissance.
According to a report from the New York Post's Page Six, the rapper says the appearance will be the biggest on the album, which also features guests such as Norah Jones and Spike Lee.
"I've got Norah Jones on there, but Barack is the big one," Tip told the paper. "You'll see what happens, I can't reveal too much."
The new album will be Q-Tip's first since 1999's Amplified, which peaked at no. 28 at on the Billboard 200 and featured the hit single "Vibrant Thing."
Since then, his sophomore effort, which was due in 2002, was shelved by his label.
Q-Tip joins a host of celebs who have publicly showed their support for Obama -- most recently Russell Simmons and Jay-Z. Barack is apparantly going to speak through a song, perhaps in the way the Archbishop Don Magic Juan speaks through Snoop Dogg songs.
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