A Tribe Called Quest News: Q-Tip Kamaal the Abstract (Jive) (The Coast)

by Dave Hayden Recorded in 2001 but shelved because there were no 'hits,' Kamaal the Abstract is a great leap for Q-Tip, expanding and delivering on everything to which A Tribe Called Quest aspired. True to its title, the album is predominantly a meditation on free jazz forms, funk and hip-hop, with many long improvised passages. Q-Tip's signature rap style is left to the last three (most Tribe ...