Tag: q-tip
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Talib Kweli – Prisoner Of Conscious | Album Review
Two years since his previous effort Gutter Rainbows hit stores, Brooklyn rhymer Talib Kweli drops off his fifth solo album Prisoner of Conscious. With an array of featured guests, a magnitude of rhythmically responsive instrumental backdrops and more subject matters than a book of short stories, the 15 track lyrical get down is a tempo…
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Jay-Z x Kanye West – Watch The Throne | Album Review
If the thought alone sounded like a dream, the realisation of the finished product has created a euphoric, fantasy like feeling. The music world – for the first time in some years – stood waiting for with baited breath for the release of an empirical album which has avoided the now accustomed ‘week early leak.’…
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Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest | Documentary Review
Ever wondered how A Tribe Called Quest got together? Or, what Phife was talking about in Electric Relaxation when he dropped the line “buss off on your couch, now you got Seaman’s Furniture” ? Or even why everything fell apart after Beats, Rhymes & Life? Well Michael Rapaport takes us on a journey through the world…
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Blakroc [Album Review]
It’s usually a disaster waiting to happen when we see these hybrid projects of rock mixed with hip-hop artists. Ever since “Rock This Way”, artists have been wanting to cross these two worlds together, and at times it works but more often than not it’s like Eddie Murphy collaborating with Rick James: Two people great…
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INTERVIEW: AMANDA DIVA
You’ll know her voice from Q-Tip’s latest album The Renaissance, featuring on party favourite “Manwomanboogie.” You might even recall her performances on Def Poetry Jam. Actually, 27-year old California-born poet, MTV2 presenter, visual artist and rapper Amanda Seales – better known as headstrong go-getter Amanda Diva – initially made her name as a music journalist…
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Interview: ROBERT GLASPER
When Robert Glasper’s Trio hit London town for a sold-out gig towards the end of last year, we were wowed. Now that he’s due back next month to play keys for Q-Tip’s show at The Roundhouse (March 14th – tickets here), we just had to catch up with the high-spirited 30-year-old jazz pianist.