Q-Tip Amplified (Arista) The vaunted rhyme machine from the defunct A Tribe Called Quest doesn’t say much new on his solo debut, but he still has a wicked way with words. That may sound like a ...

A Tribe Called Quest officially disbanded in 1998, but rapper Q-Tip went on to have an illustrious solo career. The rapper put out his debut solo LP Amplified just a year after the group’s split ...

The song that turned Q-Tip into a pop star/sex icon á la D'Angelo, "Vivrant Thing" was the first single from Amplified and ended up launching Tip into a whole other stratosphere outside of Tribe ...

15. Q-Tip ft. Busta Rhymes – “N.T.” This DJ Scratch produced head nod inducer is from Q-Tip’s Amplified album. Busta just holds down the hook, though.

When seminal alt-rap act A Tribe Called Quest split up in 1998, group leader Q-Tip wasted no time getting his solo career started: His 1999 debut, Amplified, went gold and spawned a Grammy ...

After a Tribe Called Quest broke up in 1998, Q-Tip’s solo career started off well enough. Tip’s first solo LP, 1999’s Amplified, launched a couple of hit singles, went gold, and gave us ...

Q-Tip is back with his first solo release of the decade, and “The Renaissance” is aptly named. “Johnny is Dead” establishes its ingenuity and fresh feel, “Johnny” being a reference to Q’s birth name, ...

Between "Amplified" and 2008, Q-Tip recorded 500 songs. And 200 had vocals. Most of these, obviously, have never been released.

Q-Tip has signed a worldwide deal with Universal/Motown as a solo artist. By Billboard Staff Q-Tip has signed a worldwide deal with Universal/Motown as a solo artist. The hip-hop star, who rose to ...

Q-Tip released his first solo debut album Amplified in 1999. In the 2000s he released the Grammy Award-nominated album The Renaissance , and the experimental album Kamaal the Abstract .

Kamaal, who as Q-Tip was the former leader of rap act A Tribe Called Quest, will release his second solo album, "Kamaal the Abstract," Oct. 23 via Arista.