Q-Tip: WTF???

Not challopsey at all. Amplified is the best thing he's done. Well, and Beats, Rhymes & Life. Ummah really sorted his drums out there...

― paulhw,

still gawking at this. My face still hurts.

i'd be willing to make an argument for Q-Tip as the most talented MC/producer (as in, most skilled at both disciplines) of all time. shame he's probably gonna spend the next few years getting little scraps of work on G.O.O.D. Music releases.

no MC has given me more pleasure than Tip has, certainly. I listened to Nas' "One Loe" this afternoon and fell in love with his production again.

I think, most of all, I love the grain of his voice.

I guess Kanye would be Tip's main competition there, some dude? I'd go with Q-Tip but that's personal preference more than anything.

this is getting into pretty irrelevant pedantry, but i would say Kanye obviously is the most accomplished MC/producer of all time (especially when the only guys with a comparable profile are, like, Dre and Puffy, neither of whom really write rhymes), but just talking in terms of a balance of talent in both skill sets, i wouldn't necessarily put Kanye over Q-Tip or DJ Quik, or maybe even Andre.

Quik & Tip top two

my man

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lol even better

Quik & Tip top two

― Shock G Mo Collier (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Saturday, June 22, 2013 2:09 PM Bookmark

add pimp c

oh word, that was another one on the tip of my tongue

http://www.hiphopvirus.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/mannie-fresh1.jpg

yeah

Sorry for derail, just kept thinking about it had to do up a top 25

Quik
Tip
Pimp C
Mannie
Redman
Kanye
Diamond D
Puff
Dre
Madlib
Daz Dillinger
Havoc
Psycho Les
Rza
Erick Sermon
Large Pro
Dilla
Doom
Dre 3000
Lord Finesse
J Zone
Spice 1
Pharrell
Ant Banks
Alchemist

haha nice.

Never mind producer, Tip is probably in my top 5 favorite MCs alone. It is the grain, yeah, but also how sly he is about pushing the beat. He sounds laid-back but he feels urgent.

yeah, it's unique to sound that conversational and also be that in the pocket

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/03/08/q-tip-is-the-kennedy-centers-first-artistic-director-of-hip-hop-culture/

According to its season announcement on Tuesday, the Kennedy Center has named Q-Tip its first artistic director of hip-hop culture. The 45-year-old rapper, a founding member of New York City hip-hop pioneers A Tribe Called Quest, is expected to begin curating performances at the Kennedy Center this summer. According to a press release, “Q-Tip will establish a dynamic, new program that will stretch across all disciplines, bringing the historic roots, contemporary expressions, and transformative power of Hip Hop to the [Kennedy] Center and local and national audiences.”

Let’s hope he does the job as well as Jason Moran, the jazz pianist who the Kennedy Center promoted to artistic director for jazz in 2014.