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    How Come Q-Tip's Solo Career Didn't Pan Out?

    Those beats on the first few Tribe albums were amongst the best beats in Hip Hop. Low End Theory and Midnight Marauders were both 5 mics in my opinion. He might not have been as good as Nas or Biggie but his lyrics got better with each album. Also, he was down with J Dilla who could have...
  2. August Fanon

    “Summoned By Aliens”: How Beastie Boys, Pete Rock, Q-Tip & Others Changed Rap Music With The Pause-T

    Really good article on pause tapes and how they were at one point a crucial element of Hip-Hop. I started making pause tapes (mixes not beat tapes), when I was in jr. high and I made them up til 9th grade then I moved and everything changed. Good memories...
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