Q-Tip-Renaissance Rap Remix w/ Busta, Raekwon & Wayne

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 1:34 pm

[img]http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/070411/entourage_l.jpg[/img] wrote:
Thun wrote: 2. There's a world of difference between hanging out with Posdnous and Sammy B and clubbing with Leonardo Dicaprio and a gaggle of supermodels and foreign film directors. Even you are quick enough to understand this.

The latter is more fun?

Icesickle · Post by **Icesickle** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 3:29 pm

Thun wrote:
Icesickle wrote:
Thun wrote: 2. There's a world of difference between hanging out with Posdnous and Sammy B and clubbing with Leonardo Dicaprio and a gaggle of supermodels and foreign film directors. Even you are quick enough to understand this.

The latter is more fun?
Right. And less conducive to making good music, apparently.

Nah. Getting old is less conducive to making good music.

Dres is basically an honorary member of De La Soul when they go on tour but 8mm wasn't near as good as Tip's album.

Tip still has it though. The only rapper with that much time in the game that's putting out albums that are as good as Renaissance is Scarface.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 3:47 pm

Do you realize this is Tip's first album in 10 years? I know he made some half-ass Maxwell attempt that never saw the light of day, but this is his first album in a DECADE.

Besides a few charity verses he's done for his buddies; see Pharrell, R.E.M., Large Professor and Busta, Tip has been AWOL for a very very long time.

Scarface never left. Never fell-off and his quality is still up to par on a consistent level year after year. In fact, many will say he got better as he got older. I've always been a huge Tip fan, which is why his work ethics have always bothered me. I got into with Ali Shaheed about this at Rock The Bells. Q-Tip is so far removed from this music. Thun is right, he rather pal around with Leonardo and Lucas Haas than call up Paul Mitchell to discuss trade secrets or venture out into the diggin world. He wants to be a red carpet star.

That said I'm sure there is a grip of people from the late '80's who have put out better music than Tip (solo work).

Icesickle · Post by **Icesickle** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 3:56 pm

With the respect that aging rappers that don't traffic in street/drug rap (see Fat Joe and Jay-Z) are getting in this current musical climate, do you blame him for not putting all of his eggs in the hif-hoff basket and wanting to pal around with models and the biggest movie star on the planet?

What incentive does he have to put out new music? He's already obviously well off financially and already is recognizable and respected because of his past work. Why should he put all his effort into putting out new music? Even when he does put new stuff out that's good (see "Gettin Up," "Work it Out," this song) it never gets 1/100 of the shine the new Soulja Boy song about kissing a girl through a cell phone gets on MTV or the radio?

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 4:00 pm

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 4:12 pm

chapter thrive · Post by **chapter thrive** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 4:34 pm

Icesickle wrote:With the respect that aging rappers that don't traffic in street/drug rap (see Fat Joe and Jay-Z) are getting in this current musical climate, do you blame him for not putting all of his eggs in the hif-hoff basket and wanting to pal around with models and the biggest movie star on the planet?

What incentive does he have to put out new music? He's already obviously well off financially and already is recognizable and respected because of his past work. Why should he put all his effort into putting out new music? Even when he does put new stuff out that's good (see "Gettin Up," "Work it Out," this song) it never gets 1/100 of the shine the new Soulja Boy song about kissing a girl through a cell phone gets on MTV or the radio?

id say thats a pretty valid point.

Nl5H · Post by **Nl5H** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 4:42 pm

as an extension to this topic, Mos Def is also going the Q-Tip route.

Murph · Post by **Murph** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:09 pm

Tribe will always be my favorite group and their music will never get old, or be equaled in my mind. Regardless of what you think about Tip's break from the game and all that.. his new album is fucking awesome. And this is a great remix. I'm just glad to hear me some new Tip!

Julius Seizure · Post by **Julius Seizure** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 12:31 pm

best track i've heard in a while. i didn't even check tip's album but i will off the stength of this track.