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The longtime MC with pioneering alternative hip-hop trio A Tribe Called Quest, rapper Q-Tip was born Jonathan Davis in New York City on November 20, 1970. While a student at the Murray Bergtraum High School for Business Careers, he co-founded A Tribe Called Quest with fellow students Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Phife (Malik Taylor) in 1988; the following year, Q-Tip guested on De La Soul's groundbreaking 3 Feet High and Rising LP, with the two groups forever linked through their association with the Native Tongues collective. Tribe's debut single, "Description of a Fool," appeared in the summer of 1989, and after signing to Jive Records, the trio issued their debut LP, People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, a year later. With their fiercely intelligent, socially progressive lyrics and brilliant fusion of rap and jazz, the group emerged as one of the most popular and influential in all of hip-hop, producing such classic LPs as 1991's The Low End Theory and 1993's Midnight Marauders before disbanding in 1998. Q-Tip then mounted a solo career with the 1999 release of Amplified, and then the currently unreleased Kamaal the Abstract, which was made in 2002. Despite issues with this album's non-release, Q-Tip went to on record another album, The Renaissance, which released in 2008, debuting at No.11 on The Billboard Top 200 - proving that he was able to make a comeback & solidify his significance in hip-hop, despite his label issues surrounding Abstract.
Sound Files (MP3)
Gettin' Up - from the album The Renaissance
For The Nasty (f/Busta Rhymes & The Neptunes)
*Galvanize (f/The Chemical Brothers) - from the album Push the Button (by The Chemical Brothers)
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