Q Tip The Renaissance Raritan

24-05-2021

Q Tip The Renaissance Raritan

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Product Description. 2008 album from the former A Tribe Called Quest rapper, his first solo album in nine years. Produced primarily by Q-Tip with plenty of live instrumentation and a love fixation, The Renaissance is a stark portrait of the artist as an elder statesman.

Shea Serrano

Unfortunately for Q-Tip, he did not die. If he had, the decade or so that's passed since A Tribe Called Quest's unfortunate implosion (and his subsequent wayward, pop-centric solo debut, Amplified) would've served as a reverent mourning period, with fans and naysayers alike belatedly acknowledging the nasally Queens MC as one of the most influential rappers of all time. But Q-Tip didn't die, and there's no validation in living, so it became easy to forget how seminal he'd been to the development of hip-hop, his rep as leader of the ultimate jazz-rap crew ostensibly usurped by idleness and the emergence of ringtone rap.

But after myriad delays and label woes, it's clear the interminable wait for new Tip material was worth it. Amplified was mostly a bastardization of a niche icon, normally purposeful content replaced with a brusque rash of corporate-scented jingles propped up by a cool Hype Williams video. But The Renaissance, thankfully, is aptly titled. 'ManWomanBoogie' (featuring New York soulstress Amanda Diva) and 'Move' give us back the guy who leans on '70s soul samples and his own veracious stutter-stepped flow. Raphael Saadiq collaboration 'Fight/Love,' which examines a young person's decision to join the military, reminds us of Tip's natural ability to storytell his way to crisp social observation: 'It's cheaper than college / And you get guns / And you get knowledge / Looking for your soul / And WMD's / You can't find nothing / 'Cause it's empty.' The Renaissance closes with 'Shaka,' a spin on classic boom-bap Tribe preceded by a poignant, not-so-subtle clip from an Obama speech, making the record's point abundantly clear: I'm back, and I brought hope with me.

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Fortunately for us, Q-Tip did not die. — Shea Serrano

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