Renaissance by Q-Tip (Record, 2008)

Motown

0602517892750

21050133025

Q-Tip

2000s

Record

2008

East Coast Rap

Studio Recording

Renaissance

Album

2591 Sec

Alternative, Rap & Hip-Hop

Universal Distribution

12

United States

3.5 stars out 5 -- "THE RENAISSANCE hints at newness, but its cushy boom-bap grooves, airy soulfulness and rhymes about struggle and redemption recall rap's Edenic 'golden age'...", 4 stars out of 5 -- "The Tribe Called Quest leader lays his eloquent flow over liquid arrangements shimmering with rhythmic finesse.", 4 stars out of 5 -- "The liberal issues remain present and correct....It's the spare, funky twang of tunes like 'Man Woman Boogie' and 'Official' that convince you this relic of the Daisy Age is anything but a spent force."

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Nine years after his solo debut hit stores, the Abstract Poetic returns with a self-produced tour de force.