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The 51 Albums That Never Were: Part 1

Mar 09, 2009

The record label casualties

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Rock This Playboy

Feb 12, 2009

Check out Q-Tip and Pharrell's specially designed Playboy t-shirts

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Diggin' for J. Dilla

Jan 14, 2009

Listen to the fifteen J. Dilla tracks we featured in the February 2009 issue

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Some Election Day Music

Nov 04, 2008

Celebrate November 4 with Q-Tip and J. Period, Nappy Roots, and Nas

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Statik Selektah: Stick 2 The Script

Oct 21, 2008

Statik follows the rules of his album title, and it works

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Name: Jonathan Davis

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Breakthrough: After making two guest appearances on the Jungle Brothers’ classic debut album, Straight Out the Jungle (Idlers/Warlock, 1988), Q-Tip joined forces with childhood friend Phife Dawg as well as Ali Shaheed Muhammad to form A Tribe Called Quest. Though their debut album People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (Jive, 1990) was panned critically by some for being too experimental, it succeeded and went gold thanks to songs like “Can I Kick It?” and “Bonita Applebum.” The group’s follow-up albums, The Low End Theory (Jive, 1991) and Midnight Marauders (Jive, 1993), were both seen as hip hop classics. However, following two more group albums, Tribe disbanded and Q-Tip released his debut solo project, Amplified (Arista, 1999), which featured the hit singles “Vivrant Thing” and “Breathe and Stop.”

Now You Know: Aside from rapping, Q-Tip is also a well-respected DJ. He often spins at clubs in New York City under the name The Abstract.