Talk:Q-Tip (rapper)

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DEAR WHOEVER CHANGED LINE 91 FROM "LIGHTWORKS FT. TALIB KWELI" TO "THE CONVERSATION", DON'T DO IT AGAIN, YOU'RE WRONG! Here is a link to a track list and an image of the actual back of the CD cover to back this up: http://illroots.com/2007/11/27/mick-boogie-dillagence/#more-547

Should divide this article up with a disambiguation page...

Is this really a stub? There are a lot of skimpier, worse-written hip-hop pages out there without the stub tag (not that that is conclusive evidence or anything...)

Ncsaint 21:36, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

"His first solo releases, the pop-friendly "Vivrant Thing" and "Breathe and Stop", were far-left of anything he'd done in A Tribe Called Quest"

what does "far-left" mean in this context? how can something be pop-friendly and far left? --Urlscruggs 15:08, 28 March 2006 (UTC) ^^^ far left in rap terms refers to "left field" more focused on production than rhymes: see here - hurrr

Some mention should be made of the Native Tongues posse, or at least to the Tribe's connection to other groups it was closely associated with, like the Jungle Brothers, De La Soul, and more loosely, Leaders of the New School (from which came Busta Rhymes), Brand Nubian, and others. Misterdoe 18:47, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

- I agree, New School should be mentioned in the article, specifically "Scenario".

-- I realize that this page is about Q-Tip and I'm not aware of whatever issues that may exist between he and his ex-partner, but what on earth is the motivation for writing his bio here and not even mentioning Phife Dawg's AKA Malik Taylor's name - a SIGNIFICANT player in his career - in the entire entry? This site is meant to educate those that might not otherwise know. I suppose that one could go to the trouble of looking up Tribe Called Quest but whoever wrote this is just plain simple and silly to have not even mentioned him by name here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.111.59.141 (talk) 19:29, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Date of birth

Notice that there are two birth dates in the article. Which is correct? 81.219.131.208 21:33, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Beastie Boys Connection

Tip and the Beasties go way back to Tribe's signing at Jive in '88. Beastie Mike D was actually at the first meeting Jive had with Tip prior to signing (thanks to Mike being roomies with Jive A&R guy Captain "Sean Carasov" Pissy at the time). Anyway...Tip's been on a couple of the Los Angeles (post Paul's Boutique) era Beastie's releases but I don't have the stomach to wade through that crap so if anyone does...I'll buy the bromo.

--Piepie 06:41, 21 September 2007 (UTC)