Q-Tip Finally

Since Q-Tip hinted at the idea of dropping a new album, we have been anxiously feeding off "leaked" tracks coming from all ends of the web. After his 1999 release "Amplified" which didn't gain a lot of public or media attention, his new studio release "The Renaissance" surely makes up for that like a first-born child.


His solo tracks "Johnny Dead", "Gettin Up", "Official" and "You" are all very cool, laid-back and dare I say straight "head-banging" (in this day in age, go figure?), not in the literal sense though (we aren't talking about Guns n' Roses here). And as we all know we haven't heard music like this since the late 1990's when Tribe was still alive! Even his collabos are kept to the bare minimum and has teamed up with the most notable unlikelies like jazz sensation Norah Jones in "Life is Better", "new-to-the-scene" (well-kind of) Amanada Diva in "Man/Woman Boogie" and "where the hell have you been hiding?" D'Angelo in "Believe". Damn good album from front to back, and shoot his "couldn't-help-but-notice" style isn't too shabby either.

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Listen to Q-Tip's "The Renaissance" on imeem.com