Q-Tip in general

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... change. So if his so-so solo Amplified minks - Hype Williams et al - barely scraped past gold, what hope in there for a lively instrumented, all-singing Abstract? It’s no secret he’s not the world’s best singer (ever hear Tribe’s unreleased Girls? Good.), but his band are more than suited to his unorthodox crooning and occasional rhymed verse. Ultimately, Kamaal The Abstract gets a pass simply because Q-Tip has already used the basic hip hop tools of a rhyme and sampler all he wants to and is n...more

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You thought he was going to sample Jazz records forever? Unfortunately for Q-Tip, sorry Kamaat, today’s hip hop audience is potentially the most hostile he’s ever had to face: they espect you to live up to the extraordinarily high standards you may have set for yourself and any deviation from the norm falls on the deaf ears of listeners unresponsive to change. So if his so-so solo Amplified minks - Hype Williams et al - barely scraped past gold, what hope in there for a lively instrumented, all-singing Abstract? It’s no secret he’s not the world’s best singer (ever hear Tribe’s unreleased Girls? Good.), but his band are more ... Read the complete review

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