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The longtime MC with pioneering alternative hip-hop trio A Tribe Called Quest, rapper Q-Tip was born Jonathan Davis in New York City on November 20, 1970. While a student at the Murray Bergtraum High School for Business Careers, he co-founded A Tribe Called Quest with fellow students Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Phife (Malik Taylor) in 1988. The following year, Q-Tip guested on De La Soul's groundbreaking 3 Feet High and Rising LP, with the two groups forever linked through their association with the Native Tongues collective. Tribe's debut single, "Description of a Fool," appeared in the summer of 1989, and after signing to Jive Records, the trio issued its debut LP, People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, a year later. With its fiercely intelligent, socially progressive lyrics and brilliant fusion of rap and jazz, the group emerged as one of the most popular and influential in all of hip-hop, producing such classic LPs as 1991's The Low End Theory and 1993's Midnight Marauders before disbanding in 1998. Q-Tip then mounted a solo career with the 1999 release of Amplified. Although it was successful, he was in label limbo for many years afterward, continuing to record but rarely able to release any of his output. (One album, Kamaal the Abstract, was ready to roll into stores in 2002 when it was halted.) His sophomore set finally appeared in late 2008 and earned its title, The Renaissance. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music GuideMore

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Q Tip
Modern hip-hop and R&B music can both arguably be divided into pre- and post-A Tribe Called Ques...
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Nov 7th, 11:41pm
Tribe called quest forever word up!! check me (tspikes.imeem.com)
www.whitenoserecords.com or get the digital download at
http://www.nimbitmusic.com/tspikes
Sep 29th, 6:30am
jay dilla on your top! i looove you tip
Sep 21st, 7:36pm
evergreen as usual ! love ya!
Sep 21st, 7:33pm
evergreen!
Jul 13th, 10:16pm
Just got the mixtape w/ you & J. Period... Thanks for everything, dude!
Jul 3rd, 1:10am
I loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Kamaal
Apr 28th, 4:49pm
this is such a great album!
Apr 25th, 4:45am
Brilliant Q, just brilliant, I love it
Apr 24th, 12:51am
OF COURSE, WHAT DID YOU EXPECT, ONE OF THE ILLEST EVER SONNYBOP.

ONE LOVE,

MAXIMUS
Apr 20th, 9:20pm Last edited Apr 20th, 9:21pm.
I definitely love this album. All the tracks on this joint is fire. Q-Tip is the essence of hip-hop.