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The Black Keys Reveal Rap Record

The blues-rocking duo Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney of The Black Keys will soon try their luck in the hip-hop universe. Under the pseudonym BlakRoc, they plan to release a self-titled, hybrid rap-rock record of sorts, slated for a Nov. 27 debut....  read more

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Q-Tip to School Musicians on the Entertainment Business in New Book, Industry Rules

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Veteran rapper Q-Tip has announced plans to pen a book for the Ballentine imprint that will detail the ins and outs of the entertainment business, according to AllHipHop.com. The co-founder of A Tribe Called Quest will release Industry Rules in correspondence with the 20th anniversary of ATCQ's debut album, People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm. ...  read more

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Q-Tip to Release Album in Sept. Following Eight-Year Delay

Q-Tip might want to adopt a line from LL Cool J as his new motto: "Don't call it a comeback; I've been here for years." Eight years, in fact, have passed since the former A Tribe Called Quest MC produced the nine tracks that make up Kamaal The Abstract, to be released Sept. 15 on Battery Records....  read more

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Q-Tip: The Renaissance

Back when he was rockin’ the mic for A Tribe Called Quest...  read more

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Kanye West and Q-Tip play secret Knitting Factory show

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Starting ominously with publicists leaving "hot tips" about a last-minute performance in the inboxes of bloggers across the boroughs, Tuesday night witnessed two of the most iconic voices in hip-hop perform together as Kanye West and Q-Tip took the stage in the early hours of the morning for a secret-ish show at the packed Knitting Factory. ...  read more

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Q-Tip's first album in over eight years almost ready

Two thousand eight is proving to be the year that keeps on giving for A Tribe Called Quest fans. Not only did Q-Tip ask his old buddies Phife, Ali and Jarobi if they could kick it again (Answer: Yes, they can.) for this year's Rock The Bells, Q also told Billboard he is no longer GNR'ing his long-awaited follow-up to 1999's Amplified....  read more

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