Articles about Q-Tip

Check Out: Blackroc (feat. Raekwon) – “Stay Off the Fucking Flowers”

By Chris Coplan on November 3rd, 2009

Preview a track from the forthcoming Black Keys meets hip-hop collaboration.

Update, redux: More details on Blakroc

By Alex Young on September 14th, 2009

Title, tracklist, and pre-order info included.

Update: The Black Keys team up with anyone who’s anyone in hip-hop for new project

By Alex Young on September 12th, 2009

Blakroc will make its debut on November 27th.

Eight years later… Q-Tip readies release of Kamaal the Abstract

By Alex Young on June 30th, 2009

On September 15th, nearly eight years after it was originally scheduled to hit record shelves, Q-Tip will finally release Kamaal the Abstract via Battery Records.
If you don’t know the story/why this is a big deal, let’s recap (via Uppity Music): The nine-track effort, which is described as as a “daring mélange of soul, supa-cool jazz, [...]

Grandmaster Flash is bulding a Bridge

By Alex Young on January 26th, 2009

Yes, that is indeed Grandmaster Flash in the headline and no, the 51-year-old has not embarked on a new career path in construction. The Bridge is in fact the title of Flash’s forthcoming new studio album, his first high-profile release in over 20 years.
Due for release on March 20th via Strut Records, the 20-track effort [...]

Album Review: Q-Tip – The Renaissance

By Michael Denslow on November 23rd, 2008

There is a certain subset of the rap community that spends all too much time pining for hip hop’s Golden Age. This group of artists and fans is constantly accusing today’s rappers of somehow being untrue to the great ideals of hip hop.
To an extent these guys are right to criticize [...]