Q-Tip - "Renaissance Rap"
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Q-Tip - "Renaissance Rap"
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A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest is an American hip hop group, formed in 1985. It was composed of rapper/producer Q-Tip (Kamaal Ibn John Fareed, formerly Jonathan Davis), rapper Phife Dawg (Malik Taylor), and DJ/producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad. A fourth member, rapper Jarobi White, left the group after their first album but appears to have rejoined the group since 2006. Along with De La Soul, the group was a central part of the Native Tongues Posse, and enjoyed the most commercial success out of all the groups to emerge from that collective. Their innovative fusing of hip hop and jazz has had a lasting impact on hip hop music, helping to expand the art of hip hop production. Many of their songs, such as "Bonita Applebum", "Can I Kick It?", "I Left My Wallet in El Segundo", "Scenario", "Check the Rhime", "Jazz (We've Got)", "Award Tour" and "Electric Relaxation" are regarded as classics.
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Afrika Baby Bam
Nathaniel Hall better known by his stage name Afrika Baby Bam, is an American hip hop artist, born in Brooklyn, New York, and was part of the groundbreaking hip-hop group the Jungle Brothers. He was named in honor of Afrika Bambaataa. Afrika Baby Bam is known to constantly reinvent himself as an artist both musically and as a performer. He is also known as Afrika, Baby Bam, and most recently B.A.M.
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Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Ali Shaheed Muhammad (born August 11, 1970, Brooklyn, New York) is an American hip hop DJ and producer who enjoyed a great deal of fame as a member of A Tribe Called Quest. With Q-Tip and Phife Dawg, the group released five studio albums from 1990 to 1998.
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Ice Cube
'''O'Shea Jackson (born June 15, 1969), better known by his stage name Ice Cube''', is an American rapper, actor, screenwriter, film director, and producer.
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J Dilla
James Dewitt Yancey (February 7, 1974 – February 10, 2006), better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer who emerged from the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene in Detroit, Michigan. According to his obituary at NPR.org, he "was one of the music industry's most influential hip-hop artists, working for big-name acts like De La Soul, Busta Rhymes and Common."
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J.Period
J.Period (born 12 February 1975 in Los Angeles, California) is a Brooklyn-based Mixtape DJ, remixer and hip-hop producer. He is best known for producing Official Mixtape collaborations with Nas, Big Daddy Kane, Lauryn Hill, The Roots, The Isley Brothers and Mary J. Blige, and an "audio-biography" style that incorporates personal interviews with these artists into his “Best of” compilations.
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Jarobi White
Jarobi White (born 1971) is an American hip hop artist, and one of the four original members of A Tribe Called Quest.
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Kanye West
Kanye Omari West (; born June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, and record producer. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and Janet Jackson. His style of production originally used pitched-up vocal samples from soul songs incorporated with his own drums and instruments. However, subsequent productions saw him broadening his musical palette and expressing influences encompassing '70s R&B;, baroque pop, trip hop, arena rock, folk, alternative, electronica, synth-pop, and classical music.
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Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American R&B; singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. She made her recording debut, in 1990, under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola and became the first recording artist to have her first five singles top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Following her marriage to Mottola, in 1993, a series of hit records established her position as Columbia's highest-selling act. In 1998, Carey received the World Music Awards for becoming the "World's Best Selling Recording Artist of the 1990's" as well as the award for "World's Best Selling R&B; Artist."
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Mark Ronson
Mark Daniel Ronson (born 4 September 1975) is an English DJ, guitarist, music producer, artist and co-founder of Allido Records. He currently works with his band under the music alias of Mark Ronson & The Business Intl.
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Mary J. Blige
Mary Jane Blige (surname ; born January 11, 1971), also known as Mary J. Blige, is an American singer, producer, songwriter, actress, and rapper. A recipient of nine Grammy Awards and many other honors, Blige has recorded eight multi-platinum albums. Blige has received the World Music Legends Award for combining hip hop and soul in the early 1990s. She was ranked number 100 in the list of 100 greatest singers of all time by Rolling Stone magazine. As of 2010, Blige has sold over 50 million albums and 15 million singles. Blige has cited Anita Baker, Chaka Khan and Aretha Franklin as influences.
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Mobb Deep
Mobb Deep is an American hip hop duo from Queens, New York, USA,that consists of Havoc and Prodigy. The duo is "one of the most critically acclaimed hard-core East Coast hip-hop groups." The group is best known for its dark, hardcore delivery, as exemplified by the single "Shook Ones Pt. II." Mobb Deep have become one of the most successful rap duos in hip hop, having sold over 3 million records. The majority of their albums have been critically acclaimed, in particular The Infamous, which is considered a classic. They are partially credited for the resurgence of East Coast rap in the early to mid-'90s.
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Nas
Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (; born September 14, 1973), who performs under the name Nas (), formerly Nasty Nas, is an American rapper and actor. The son of jazz musician Olu Dara, he was born and raised in the Queensbridge housing projects in New York City. His debut album Illmatic, released in 1994 by Columbia Records, was critically acclaimed and would go on to be widely hailed a classic in the genre. Nas was part of hip-hop supergroup The Firm, which released one album.
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Pete Rock
Peter Phillips (born June 21, 1970, in the Bronx, New York), better known by his stage name Pete Rock, is an American record producer, DJ and rapper. He rose to prominence in the early 1990s as one half of the critically acclaimed group Pete Rock & CL Smooth. After the duo went their separate ways, Rock continued with a solo career that has garnered him worldwide respect, though little in the way of mainstream success. Along with groups such as Stetsasonic, A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots and Gang Starr, Rock played a major role in the merging of elements from jazz into hip hop music (also known as jazz rap). He is widely recognized as one of the greatest hip hop producers of all time, and is often mentioned alongside DJ Premier and RZA as one of the mainstays of 1990s East Coast hip hop production. Pete Rock is also the older brother and younger cousin, respectively, of rappers Grap Luva and Heavy D.
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RZA
Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, better known by his stage name RZA (; born July 5, 1969), is an American Grammy winning music producer, author, rapper, and occasional actor, director, and screenwriter. A prominent figure in hip hop music, he is the de facto leader of the Wu-Tang Clan. He has produced almost all of Wu-Tang Clan's albums as well as many Wu-Tang solo and affiliate projects. He subsequently gained attention for his work scoring and acting in films.
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The Ummah
The Ummah was a music production collective, composed of members Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest, and the late Jay Dee (now known as J Dilla) of the Detroit-based group Slum Village. Occasional members included Raphael Saadiq, and D'Angelo. In addition to producing nearly the entirety of A Tribe Called Quest's fourth and fifth album, the Ummah provided backing tracks for a notable array of hip hop and contemporary R&B; artists, including Busta Rhymes, Whitney Houston, Keith Murray, the Brand New Heavies, Janet Jackson, and Jon B. The group was so named because two of its members (Tip and Ali) are devout Muslims. The word "ummah" is Arabic for "community", "nation", or "brotherhood".
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Watch the Throne
Watch the Throne is an upcoming five-track collaborative extended play by American hip-hop artists Kanye West and Jay-Z, scheduled to be released on November 23, 2010 by Def Jam Recordings. It was and still is being recorded since August 2010 as part of West's "GOOD Fridays" initiative of releasing new songs every Friday between August 20 and Christmas 2010.
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Whitney Houston
Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born August 9, 1963) is an American R&B;/Pop singer, actress, and former fashion model. A relative of several soul singers, including her mother Cissy Houston, cousins Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick, and close family friend Aretha Franklin, Houston began singing at her New Jersey church as a member of a junior gospel choir at age eleven. After she began performing alongside her mother at night clubs in the New York City area, she was discovered by Arista Records label head Clive Davis. Houston has released studio albums and movie soundtrack albums throughout her career, all of which have had diamond, multi-platinum, platinum, or gold certification.
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Alabama
Alabama () is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland waterways. The state ranks 23rd in population with almost 4.6 million residents in 2006.
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Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural, and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands. Harlem was annexed to New York City in 1873.
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Jamaica is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York, United States. It was settled under Dutch rule in 1656 in New Netherland as Rustdorp. Under British rule, the Village of Jamaica became the center of the "Town of Jamaica". Jamaica was the county seat of Queens County from the formation of the county in 1683 until March 7, 1788, when the town was reorganized by the state government and the county seat was moved to Mineola (now part of Nassau County). When Queens was incorporated into the City of Greater New York in 1898, both the Town of Jamaica and the Village of Jamaica were dissolved, but the neighborhood of Jamaica regained its role as county seat. The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 12. Jamaica is patrolled by the NYPD's 103rd Precinct.
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Montserrat () is a British overseas territory located in the Leeward Islands, part of the chain of islands called the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. It measures approximately 16 km (10 miles) long and 11 km (7 miles) wide, giving of coastline. Christopher Columbus gave Montserrat its name on his second voyage to the New World in 1493, after Montserrat mountain located in Catalonia. Montserrat is nicknamed the Emerald Isle of the Caribbean, both for its resemblance to coastal Ireland and for the Irish descent of its inhabitants.
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New York
New York (; locally or ) is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east. The state has a maritime border with Rhode Island east of Long Island, as well as an international border with the Canadian provinces of Ontario to the north and west, and Quebec to the north. New York is often referred to as New York State to distinguish it from New York City.
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) is a country and sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island nation, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land border with another sovereign state, sharing it with the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea. Great Britain is linked to continental Europe by the Channel Tunnel.
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Q-Tip's Top 3 Rappers of All Time
Q-Tip's favorite 3 rappers of all time are Rakim, Slick Rick & Notorious BIG This is a snippet from the AllThatsFab interview.
Q Tip Live Performance, "Renaissance Rap" and "Find A Way," 11.30.08
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Q Tip performing "Renaissance Rap" and "Find A Way" at 930 Club in DC on 11.30.08. Brought to you by www.songsinthekeyoflife.wordpress.com
A Tribe Called Quest - Phony Rappers
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Q Tip Renaissance Rap W/Lyrics
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One of the most underrated MCs of all time [Q-Tip] Gather around, the Renissance man has finally appeared and I'm astonishing rap characters are cause of the tears Quasimodo and the quotables excrete from my mouth and no doubt, we rubbed you wrong and rubbin you out To try to tackle such a problem is a foolish goal And when the opposition's Abstract, bless your soul They are the reason MCs but none on the level Other you're the vocalist, precious like metal Makin all my rounds through the towns like physician I be curing inpure emcees, plagued with disease So take a spoonful of Poet Penicillin and Sit back and listen to your man as I fill it in the Renaissance.. Rr-rap, Renaissance... This is the Renaissance.. This is the Renaissance.. ..So here we go, now It is the +Midnight Maurader+ on the scene Geographically earthed in a place called Queens I was formed with my principles, way I displayed When I used to MC where all the other kids played 'Cause I was way too ill, so I would hone my skill And go out in the park and let my chemicals spill Right there, on Farmers Boulevard, I made my mark Two dudes, niggas would dip from us, me, and NARCS And then my, legend would grow on the A-train line where brothers would gather to see me blowin nicks and dimes It was me, Big, Pete, Tanya, and Sir-{?} And the heat of the cipher, I was not libel From all the casualties of the dutty MCs' I split the train car like Moses did the Red Sea Get it in ya head, we gon' rock the dead Night of <b>...</b>
Q-Tip - Renaissance Rap
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Official video for Q-Tip's "Renaissance Rap"
#20 Q-Tip vs. #4 Busta Rhymes :: The Best Rapper Alive Tournament (Busta Rhymes WINS 7-6)
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www.bracketmaker.com In the first round, Q-Tip upset the Doctor, Mr. Andre Young himself. Now he sets his sights on Busta Bust, who took down Lord Finesse in his first round matchup. Who will win this one? Get up on those votes and we'll find out.Remember to cast your vote in the form of a new comment, and replies to other votes are welcomed, all I ask is you reply to them directly by hitting "reply" under their comment instead of starting a new one. For more information on the HipHop/Rap Battle Tournament project, visit my channel and subscribe. For the tournament brackets and seedings, click this link... www.bracketmaker.com The HipHop/Rap Battle Tournament (Cast Your Vote By Comment)
#13 Dr. Dre vs. #20 Q-Tip :: The Best Rapper Alive Tournament (Q-Tip WINS 4-3)
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www.bracketmaker.com One of the most versatile individuals in the rap game..Dr. Dre...Golden Producer and founder of NWA takes on A Tribe Called Quest's own Q-Tip. Vote for this Midwest bracket match up.Remember to cast your vote in the form of a new comment, and replies to other votes are welcomed, all I ask is you reply to them directly by hitting "reply" under their comment instead of starting a new one. For more information on the HipHop/Rap Battle Tournament project, visit my channel and subscribe. For the tournament brackets and seedings, click this link... www.bracketmaker.com The HipHop/Rap Battle Tournament (Cast Your Vote By Comment)
Q Tip ft Lil Wayne , Raekwon , Busta Rhymes Renaissance Rap Remix New Very Hot Music 2009
Q-Tip - Damn Your Cool
Damn Your Cool by Q-Tip Bonus track from the Kamaal/The Abstract album, out 15th of September. Check out Q- Tip's Myspace here: www.myspace.com Kamaal/The Abstract was originally supposed to be released in 2001 under the title Abstractions, but wasnt "because the label believed that it did not have commercial appeal." Read more about the new album here: en.wikipedia.org MP3 found on The Tape Deck '09: Volume #38 which can be downloaded from: hiphopisread.blogspot.com
"Dirty Q-tip" By Amere Ft. Gerardo & David (Original Video)HD
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(This is the same guy from the video, "Suck my dick with a Motherfucking condom"!!) Only in New York. Just an average day at my school. On our way home after school. We like to turn things into a Party. Especially on the train. ;] For those who keep asking, it's the 2 Train.
Q-Tip - Renaissance Rap (Remix)
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This is a RAW Remix featuring Busta Bus, Raekwon, and Lil Wayne. I can listen to this all day.....REAL HIP HOP! - Q
Q-Tip - Won't Trade
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Q-Tip - Won't Trade **DISCLAIMER ** Copyright Infringement not intended. All rights reserved to the proper owners
Q TiP - HEY
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Busta Rhymes VS Q-Tip - God Of The Mic 2010 - Round 1-15
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Busta Rhymes VS Q-Tip Songs Used Busta Rhymes - Shut Em Down Album - Genesis Year - 2001 Q-Tip - Breath And Stop Album - Alplified Year - 1999 How To Vote 1. Comment This Video 2. Comment My Channel 3. Send Me A Message You Dont Have To Say WHY Your Voting For Who But If You Do Give A Reason Please Make Sure That Reason Is Something Relevent To Hip, Rap Etc. Heres How It Works 01 - The Names Of These 32 Rappers Are Written On Seperate Pieces Of Paper. 02 - Those Pieces Of Paper Are Placed Inside A Hat. 03 - For Each Battle 2 Rappers Will Be Randomly Drawn Out Of The Hat. 04 - A Video Will Be Uploaded For Each Battle 05 - Each Battle VIdeo Will Have A Song From Both Rappers 06 - You Listen To Both Songs & Decide Which Was Better 07 - When Youve Made Up Your Mind Vote For Who You Think Is Better. 08 - To Vote Comment On This VIdeo, My Channel Or PM Me 09 - Everyones Vote Will Be Counted Only Once Per Battle 10 - Votes That Come In After A Battle Ends Will Not Be Counted. 11 - At The End Of A Battle The Rapper With The Least Amount Of Votes Will Be Eliminated The Winner Will Advance To Round 3 12 - Another Battle Uploaded Every 3 To 4 Days 13 - Please Dont Vote Against Rappers For Stupid / Immature Reasons 14 - NaS Holds The Record Fo Most Amount Of Votes (Scoring 18 In Round 2) 15 - The Intro Track Is Big Daddy Kane - Aint No Half Steppin Instrumental Previous Voters & Newcomers Welcome ! Newcomers Read This Its a 64 Man Tournament To Find Out Who The Greatest Rapper Of All <b>...</b>
BLAKROC webisode 7: feat. Q-Tip
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Webisode week 7 - www.blakroc.com - An album featuring the Black Keys and some of the biggest names in hip-hop will be released Nov. 27 2009 (the so-called "Black Friday" day after Thanksgiving) under the name Blakroc. The project was spearheaded by rapper Jim Jones and also sports contributions from Mos Def, Q-Tip, RZA, Raekwon, Ludacris, Pharoahe Monch, NOE, Nicole Wray, Billy Danze and the late Ol' Dirty Bastard.
Ask Dirty Cos-Q-Tip
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Dirty Cos Talks about rapper Q-Tip
Q-Tip feat.Busta Rhymes - NT (Amplified 1999)
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Kamaal Ibn John Fareed (born April 10, 1970), better known by his showbiz name Q-Tip, is an American hip hop artist, producer, singer, and occasional actor from Queens, New York City, perhaps best known as part of the critically acclaimed group A Tribe Called Quest.Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr., better known as Busta Rhymes (born May 20, 1972),[2] is a Grammy-nominated Jamaican-American rapper, songwriter, and actor. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the name Busta Rhymes (from former NFL wide receiver George "Buster" Rhymes). Besides performing with his popular and successful jazz-influenced hip hop group, Q-Tip also did production work (under his production alias the Abstract or often—along with fellow Tribe member Ali Shaheed Muhammad and the late Slum Village member Jay Dee—as part of The Ummah) for artists such as Nas ("One Love", from Illmatic, 1994), Mobb Deep (co-producer on "Give up the Goods (Just Step)", "Temperature's Rising", and "Drink Away the Pain", from The Infamous, 1995) and R&B singers Mariah Carey ("Honey", from Butterfly, 1997) and Whitney Houston ("Fine", from Whitney: The Greatest Hits). A Tribe Called Quest disbanded in 1998, after which Q-Tip pursued a solo career. His first solo singles, "Vivrant Thing" and "Breathe & Stop", were far more pop-oriented than anything he had done in A Tribe Called Quest, as was his solo debut LP for Arista Records, Amplified. His 2002 follow-up, Kamaal/The Abstract, although critically acclaimed and issued a catalog <b>...</b>
Q-Tip in Paradiso: Bonita Applebum
The former rapper of A Tribe Called Quest does one of their most famous songs. Paradiso, March 10, 2009
Q-Tip (Tribe Called Quest) sings in the Paradiso crowd
Look for the rapper *in* the audience! Paradiso, March 10, 2009.
New Music: Hinder, Randy Owen, Q-Tip
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Hinder rocks hard with their latest CD 'Take It to the Limit'; Randy Owen of Alabama fame releases his first solo record; and after a nine year hiatus, rapper Q-Tip returns with 'The Renaissance.' (Nov. 4)
Janet Jackson feat Joni Mitchell and Q-Tip - Got Til It's Gone - HD Audio Widescreen - B/W Version
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I wanted to give this a HD widescreen presentation, tried 3 different color palettes, original, sepia, and b/w, the b/w fit the best. It gave it a retro feel to the video and seemed to fit the theme to the song and video. Enjoy. "Got 'til It's Gone" is a song by American singer Janet Jackson, featuring American rapper Q-Tip and Canadian singer Joni Mitchell. It was released as the lead single from Jackson's sixth studio album, The Velvet Rope (1997). Music video The video was shot by Mark Romanek in Los Angeles. It takes place during the time of apartheid in South Africa and Jackson portrays a lounge singer. Inspired by a blend of '60s and '70s African and African American cultures, the video depicts people free and having a good time living life. Joni Mitchell, the featured artist of the song, only appeared on the TV at the starting of the video. Supermodel Alek Wek appeared in the video.[3] It won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video. The video is featured on the limited bonus-DVD edition of 2001's All for You as well as the 2004 video compilation From janet. to Damita Jo: The Videos. en.wikipedia.org www.janetjackson.com
Best Rappers Alive, Not Lil Wayne
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Q-Tip (rapper)
| Name | Q-Tip |
|---|---|
| Background | solo_singer |
| Birth name | Jonathan Davis |
| Alias | Q-Questa, Tip, The Abstract Poet |
| Born | April 10, 1970 |
| Origin | Jamaica, Queens, New York, United States |
| Instrument | Vocals, piano/keyboards, Bass, Drums |
| Genre | Alternative Hip Hop, Jazz Rap, Rap Rock |
| Occupation | Singer, songwriter, Performer |
| Years active | 1986-present |
| Label | Jive, Arista, Violator, Motown |
| Associated acts | A Tribe Called Quest, Mobb Deep, Andre 5-A, Beastie Boys, Mary J. Blige, Talib Kweli, Ice Cube, Consequence, Mark Ronson |
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Personal life
Born Jonathan Davis on April 10, 1970 in Harlem, he converted to Islam in the mid-1990s, and changed his name to Kamaal Ibn John Fareed. He was born in Harlem and later moved to Jamaica, Queens as a child. As referenced in the song "Check the Rhime", he mostly resided at Linden Boulevard. His father was from Montserrat, a British territory in the eastern Caribbean. His mother is an African-American from Alabama. His sister, Gwen, is eight years older than he is. He attended Murry Bergtraum High School in Manhattan, New York. According to Fareed, he was given his stage name by Afrika Baby Bam of Jungle Brothers who said his voice was soft like a Q-tip. Fareed disliked the name but it stuck. Later in his career, he began calling himself "The Abstract" due to his dislike of his stage name.Q-Tip is a resident of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. He is the cousin to Consequence, who featured heavily on Beats, Rhymes, and Life by Q-Tip's group A Tribe Called Quest.
Production
Q-Tip did production work (often under his production alias The Abstract along with fellow Tribe member, Ali Shaheed Muhammad and the late Slum Village member Jay Dee, as part of The Ummah), as well as solo production work for such artists as Nas ("One Love", from Illmatic, 1994), Mobb Deep ("Give up the Goods (Just Step)", "Temperature's Rising", and "Drink Away the Pain", from The Infamous, 1995) and R&B; singers Mariah Carey ("Honey", from Butterfly, 1997) and Whitney Houston ("Fine", from ). He co-produced jazz guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel's 2003 release Heartcore. Q-Tip is also involved in the production of the forthcoming Kanye West/Jay-Z album, Watch the Throne.
Solo career
A Tribe Called Quest disbanded in 1998, after which Q-Tip pursued a solo career. His first solo singles, "Vivrant Thing" and "Breathe & Stop", were far more pop-oriented than anything he had done in A Tribe Called Quest, as was his solo debut LP for Arista Records, Amplified. His 2002 follow-up, Kamaal/The Abstract, although critically acclaimed and issued a catalog number, wasn't released at that time because the label believed that it did not have commercial appeal. Q-Tip also featured on R.E.M.'s album Around The Sun during this period, with a rap on "The Outsiders". Kamaal/The Abstract was finally released on September 15, 2009, on Battery Records after being shelved for seven years.A Tribe Called Quest reunited in 2006 and played a limited number of dates. The group was composed of its original lineup, including Q-Tip and occasional member Jarobi White. Early the next year, Q-Tip signed a new solo deal with Motown/Universal Records.
As of late, Q-Tip has been very active, once again happily reunited with the full line-up of A Tribe Called Quest on the 2K7 NBA Bounce Tour, Rock the Bells Tour '08, and regaining control of his previously label-owned MySpace page. He has announced that he is negotiating for the ownership of the masters of earlier material from his previous labels and plans to release them independently. His latest album The Renaissance was released on November 4, 2008, through Universal Motown and was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2010 Grammys. Q-Tip is among a group of producers (also including RZA and Pete Rock) who were brought in by Kanye West to work on his fifth album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. He is also set to appear on Mark Ronson's latest album, Record Collection, with a song entitled Bang Bang Bang with MNDR, for which a video was released.
Q-Tip provided the rap element of the highly successful 1990 track "Groove Is in the Heart" performed by Deee-Lite and rapped on the album version of the 1994 Beastie Boys track "Get It Together."
He also appeared on DJ/Producer Statik Selektah's first album, Spell My Name Right, on "Stop, Look, & Listen" with Styles P & Termanology.
Awards/Nominations
As a DJ
Fareed regularly acts as a disc jockey, most notably at Santos Party House where he hosted a weekly residency called OPEN. At Paper Magazine's 2008 Nightlife Awards, OPEN was named "Best DJ Night.". He currently hosts a Friday Night Party at NYC's Ace Hotel.
Discography
Films
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