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Watch Q-Tip and Kanye Perform at the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival

Kanye West recently stopped by the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival to hop onstage with his longtime hero and frequent collaborator Q-Tip. The two raged through a very spirited rendition of the fan favorite “Award Tour” from A Tribe Called Quest’s Midnight Marauders. Apparently not satisfied with the crowd’s reaction to West’s presence, the former Tribe MC refused to let the song continue until the crowd’s enthusiasm matched his own. Let’s just say the bar was set pretty high....  read more

Watch the Trailer for A Tribe Called Quest's Documentary

A Tribe Called Quest is getting the documentary treatment with the film Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest, in theaters this summer....  read more

Norah Jones ...Featuring

Finally, an album featuring both Dolly Parton and Q-Tip Norah Jones’ breezy vocals and jazzy style that recalls the heyday of the Great American Songbook have linked her with 2000s MOR pop. For some listeners, she’s a breath of fresh air; for others, she represents all that’s dull and overly tasteful in music. While she could have gotten by singing unobtrusive jazz tunes for your next dinner party, in fact Jones has proved to be a lot more musically curious than she gets credit for and has shown up in some odd places over the years, working with unlikely collaborators...  read more

New Norah Jones Album Features OutKast, M. Ward, Q-Tip, Gillian Welch, Many More

The aptly-titled record also features Ray Charles, Belle & Sebastian, Willie Nelson and Foo Fighters...  read more

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

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

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

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

Q-Tip: The Renaissance

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

Kanye West and Q-Tip play secret Knitting Factory show

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

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