BBC Radio 1Xtra’s Stories: Benji B tells the story of hip-hop legend Q-Tip – founding member of A Tribe Called Quest. Hear from Q-Tip at length as well as Pharrell, Nas, The Pharcyde and more. Benji speaks at length with Tip about his musical upbringing in Queens in the 70’s, releasing a debut LP as a teenager, his reluctance to fame and the part he played in introducing the late J Dilla to the world. There is also an exclusive Tribe announcement and Tip gives more details about his forthcoming LP, The Last Zulu, which he describes as “The Evil twin to Tribe.” - www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b047759k
Listen/DL: http://soundcloud.com/bbcradio1/the-story-of-q-tip
Here's a quote from Q-Tip about the 25th Anniversary Release of “Low End Theory”...
“We’re going to come to 25 years on Low End Theory pretty soon, and I’m going to put out a special edition. I’m announcing it here first to the world. I will be putting out a special edition 25th year anniversary album. We’re going to include all of the stuff you guys probably never heard, different mixes. And one of those songs I’ll include when we get to the Low End Theory is this song that we did – I think it was called “Silence” and Leaders of the New School were on it.”
And check this out... Q-Tip along with (good friend) Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill are producing a dramatic tv series about the Native Tongues and how it all started. Wtf?!
