Q-tip

In these hard times, we can all stand a ray of hope. Hope in our hip-hop now comes from the legendary Q-Tip, he of A Tribe Called Quest fame. His long-delayed album ´Kamaal the Abstract´, slated originally for release in 2001, is finally dropping September 15th on Battery Records. A musical hybrid, Kamaal was commendably avant-garde at the time of its creation. Amazingly, it´s even more apropos in 2009, given the death of musical merit and capable MCs in today´s hip-hop, the time is ever-so-right for Tip.