Q-Tip’s Shelved Album Set To Hit Shelves

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A year after his critically acclaimed album The Renaissance hit shelves, A Tribe Called Quest co-founder Q-Tip is set to release his shelved 2002 set, Kamaal the Abstract.

The genre-hopping disc, which will be released on Battery Records on September 15, was produced entirely by Tip and features members of legendary jazz man Miles Davis’s band.

Q-Tip dropped The Renaissance on November 4, 2008. Since its release it has sold 131,200 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan. His 1999 solo debut Amplified has been certified gold with 676,300 units moved. –Elan Mancini

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  • $ykotic

    I’m still mad y’all didn’t support Renaissance.

  • Pierzy

    I remember anticipating this album. And “Renaissance” is a really good disc…slept-on like most good hip-hop these days.

    • EReal

      That headline is messed up yo.

      lol.

      Yo, I never really got into this guy. I repsect his game from tribe but I really aint checkin for him solo. No hate, just sayin.

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  • LBDII

    I bought the Renaissance

  • http://www.myspace.com/emcdlthemusicprofile EmCDL

    Co Sign completely that album is still being bumped in my Zune on the regular. Looking forward to this other one he about to drop as well

  • BeerGangsta

    Q-TIP bring that Old School Hip Hop fun back. Young Fuckers don’t know how 2 have fun. They believe what Rappers Rap about. All that Dick lieing and cussing sometimes don’t make no sense.

    • Sleepy Wonder

      You Don’t Make Sense…

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  • TNasty

    This album Goes Hard on the rhymes Most of these kids Cant recognize real Music if it slapped them in the face..that’s why all that repetitive garbage keeps going platinum!! I see why artists go overseas where their music can be appreciated.

  • epinz

    That’s what the fuck I’m talkin about! I copped the renaissance and will def buy this shit. To bad phif aint never drop a solo!

  • Dj Rashad Hayes

    The Renaissance was a great album.

  • epinz

    That’s what the fuck I’m talkin about! I copped the renaissance and will def buy this shit. To bad phif aint never drop a solo!!

    • http://xxlmag jb

      Phife did drop a solo. lol. In like 2000.
      http://www.myspace.com/lidujay

    • latino heat

      yeah Phife did drop a album in 2000. it was called Ventilation Da LP. the video was getting heavy spins on Rap City back when the album dropped.

  • young eff

    many song off kamaal the abstract are in my top 25 most played on my ipod. that album is just raw q-tip on an experimental level. barely in love is a genius track.

    btw… the albums been on the internets for years now…..

  • Superstar Extraordinaire

    go head tip dp your shit….i’ll cop that shit

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    • $ykotic

      CHUUUUUURCH!

  • 206

    Renaissance is one of the better albums to come out over the past couple years

  • epinz

    Damn! I’m def gunna have to check phif shit out, is it any good? Must b! I was on vacation in 2000-2003 for sum bullshit if u know what I mean! Good looks on the info!

    • $ykotic

      That Phife joint was a strong “meh”.

      “Alphabet Soup”, “Lemme Find Out” are my faves.

  • latino heat

    yeah Phife’s album was alright. nothing to get excited about.

  • beatz23

    the renaissance def the best album of 2008

  • Vicious Seiger

    I have it [renaissance] but rarely play it, I need to set aside sometime to give it a fair play through.

  • FRANCOIS

    renaissance is the joint!!! i heard qtip likes this shit:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97YIp-SQ27c

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  • fireforreal

    His 2002 album had andvance copy sent to radio and some record stores and the feedback was not goo because he tried to get his singin on like andre 3000 on every track and had really no rhymes just singin over jazz beats lol

  • Fort Smith

    131,200 copies? That’s all? Unbelievable!!! This was an excellent album Tip, don’t stop homeboy!!!

  • Knowledgeable

    I copped the Renaissance and it was hands-down one of the best albums of 2008. Not enough of ya’ll came out to support him though and ya’ll definitely missed out.

    I’m probably copping this next joint, depending how my financial situation is at the time lol.

  • MUNGOLOID

    whoever thought it was a good idea to shelve q-tip should be assasinated.

  • Nate

    Renaissance is one of my top 10 or 20 records I keep playing from last year. Anybody can listen to it and enjoy it.

  • Q! tha Great!

    The Renaissance was is sh*t!!(If you a true Hip-Hop head) ONE of the most slept on LP’s of last and this year!!! I mashed out to work with that for like three weeks!

    yeah it is a shame that the real hip-hop is getting lost with time and the support isn’t there anymore. Q-Tip is one of those rare artist that can make something i can listen to for more than a day and listen through the whole disc. I’m getting that Kammal the Abstract, because I know he’ll have someting much more interesting to to give than the BS out right now.

  • John Cauner

    I gotta catch up with “The Renaissance.” I heard the singles, just not the album yet. And I had friends sending me links for it, just never made time to hear it. No excuses now! Gotta support good artists like Q-Tip and not let good rap slip by.

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