Cloudspeakers

Om det är något som symboliserar 00-talet för mig så är det osläppta album. Eller osläppta och osläppta. De flesta av de här albumen har trots allt nått många lyssnare ändå. Jag tänke... Lees meer

The first song on Kamaal the Abstract is titled “Feelin’”. That seems about right. So much of what A Tribe Called Quest was up to in their 10-year career was trying to capture a f... Lees meer

Kamaal The Abstract is intentionally uncategorized. “I hate categories,” Q-Tip told JazzTimes. “I hate calling shit jazz, hip-hop, rock or R&B. It’s just music when it&r... Lees meer

Originally slated in for a release around 2001, Q-Tip finally gets to drop his much vaunted Kamaal The Abstract album and it’s easy to see why he waas so keen for it to see the light of day.I... Lees meer

Man kan ikke beskylde en rapper, der indleder sit album med en flere minutter lang orgelsolo, for at være overbebyrdet af kommercielle hensyn. Og 'Kamaal the Abstract' blev da også i 2002 sat i... Lees meer

Kamaal The Abstract was supposed to be the 2001 follow up to Q-Tip's booty-shaking debut, Amplified. But his record label got cold feet after hearing the supposedly "experimental" album a... Lees meer

With The Renaissance (2008), Q-Tip assured his place as one of the great career artists in hip-hop, moving from legendary early work to a position as confident elder statesmen with a smattering of ... Lees meer

"Industry rule #4080: Record company people are shady."—A Tribe Called Quest, "Check the Rhime"Q-Tip has always tried to stay posi, but that doesn’t mean he’s anybody’s fool... Lees meer

What a year it’s been for fans of the hip-hop comeback; first there was the hotly anticipated new MF Doom record, then part two of Raekwon’s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx series which united elements... Lees meer

There's a good chance anyone reading this has heard of Q-Tip's Kamaal the Abstract, though never actually heard it. There's a good reason for that: until now, it's been stuck in limbo, shelved for ... Lees meer