Q-Tip: The Renaissance (Houston Press) Unfortunately for Q-Tip, he did not die. If he had, the decade or so that's passed since A Tribe Called Quest's unfortunate implosion (and his subsequent wayward, pop-centric solo debut, Amplified) would've served as a reverent mourning period, with fans and naysayers alike belatedly acknowledging t ...
Q-Tip: The Renaissance (Creative Loafing Tampa) By Eric Snider Much to the dismay of many of us, thinking-persons? hip-hop has been pushed deep into the underground over the last few years. So it?s especially heartening that Q-Tip?s The Renaissance, his first album since 1999?s Amplified, entered the Billboard album chart at a more-than-respectable No. 11. The disc is just about everything fans of the former Tribe Called Quest member could ...
Q-Tip (Isthmus) The former frontman of A Tribe Called Quest returns after a nine-year leave of absence he never really chose to commence. To the detriment of hip-hop and popular music of all kinds, Q-Tip has been caught in disagreements with record labels that have kept his solo work out of distribution.