After performing as A Tribe Called Quest opening for Prince at this year’s closing of the SXSW festival, Q-Tip admitted that he wants Phife Dawg, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and Jarobi White to all collectively make an appearance on his upcoming album The Last Zulu. [...]
March 22, 2013
Will 'ill Will' Lavin
Hip Hop, Music News
A Tribe Called Quest‘s “Electric Relaxation” is one of those tracks I’ll simply never tire of listening to, a track shot through with the spirit of hip hop as the mischievous rap gods intended it, so you can imagine my excitement when I heard this latest rendition of the track, a live offering from Q-Tip [...]
January 4, 2013
Sam Gould
Hip Hop, Music
Iconic emcee Q-Tip promises to bring “boom bap, unrelenting, lyrical, thoughtful, edgy” music with his upcoming album, The Last Zulu. [...]
October 7, 2012
Michell C. Clark
Music, Music News
After delivering a quintessentially chilling sample with “76″ earlier this week, Long Island, New York emcee Roc Marciano unveils the tracklist for his highly-anticipated sophomore album, Reloaded. As you can see below, vocal contributions on the 15-track project are slim, with only Ka and Knowledge Pirate lending guest verses, while Q-Tip, Ray West, The Arch [...]
August 24, 2012
Andy Bustard
Tracklists
Since making his affiliation with Kanye West‘s G.O.O.D. Music label official back in April, Q-Tip has remained relatively lowkey. He’s said to be working on his fourth solo album, The Last Zulu, set for a release in 2013 under the imprint, and, like many other artists, his contributions to the G.O.O.D. Music album, Cruel Summer, [...]
August 14, 2012
Andy Bustard
Music
“I was looking at my resume, feeling real fresh today” is surely how Complex Magazine are evaluating their year so far. Having secured A$AP Rocky, Lana Del Rey and Nas‘ mugs for various issues in 2012 already, the mag have landed arguably hip-hop’s hottest crew, Kanye West‘s G.O.O.D. Music, for their August/September copy. [...]
July 23, 2012
Andy Bustard
Hip Hop
After last year’s surprises, which saw Kanye West, Monie Love and Black Thought join Q-Tip‘s headlining set, the 2012 Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival had a tough gig to follow. But concluding the five-day festivities was the concert last night (Saturday), which, it’s safe to say, came through with a clutch move. Headlining the event this time [...]
July 15, 2012
Andy Bustard
Hip Hop
Upon the announcement of his move to Kanye West‘s G.O.O.D. Music label back in April, hopes have been high for Q-Tip to reemerge to the forefront of hip-hop once again, abundant with quality music and a wide breadth of collaborations. It seems like our prayers are beginning to be answered. [...]
June 16, 2012
Andy Bustard
Hip Hop, Music News
After Consequence‘s notorious bitterness towards the G.O.O.D. Music camp and the subsequent squashing of the beef, his cousin Q-Tip has now officially signed signed to the Kanye West-run label. Less than 24 hours after the signing was reported, Cons liberates his latest track, “Trust Fund Baby,” which is produced by his now G.O.O.D.-aligned relative and [...]
A day after news broke that rap legend Q-Tip was the latest recruit to join what is becoming the G.O.O.D. Music army, the A Tribe Called Quest member spoke with Hot 97′s Cipha Sounds and Peter Rosenberg about how the situation came about, his next album and a host of other topics. [...]
April 12, 2012
Max-El
Music