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== Production ==
== Production ==
Q-Tip also did production work (under his production alias the Abstract or often—along with fellow Tribe member [[Ali Shaheed Muhammad]] and the late [[Slum Village]] member [[J Dilla|Jay Dee]]—as part of [[The Ummah]]), as well as solo production work for such artists as [[Nas]] ("One Love", from ''[[Illmatic]]'', 1994), [[Mobb Deep]] ("Give up the Goods (Just Step)", "Temperature's Rising", and "Drink Away the Pain", from ''[[The Infamous]]'', 1995) and R&B singers [[Mariah Carey]] ("[[Honey (Mariah Carey song)|Honey]]", from ''[[Butterfly (Mariah Carey album)|Butterfly]]'', 1997) and [[Whitney Houston]] ("[[Fine (song)|Fine]]", from ''[[Whitney: The Greatest Hits]]''). He also co-produced jazz guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel's 2003 release ''[[Heartcore (Kurt Rosenwinkel album)|Heartcore]]''. Q-Tip also provided the rap element of the highly successful track "[[Groove Is in the Heart]]" performed by [[Deee-Lite]]. Q-Tip is also involved in the production of the Kanye West - Jay-Z forthcoming album, Watch the Throne.
Q-Tip also did production work (under his production alias the Abstract or often—along with fellow Tribe member [[Ali Shaheed Muhammad]] and the late [[Slum Village]] member [[J Dilla|Jay Dee]]—as part of [[The Ummah]]), as well as solo production work for such artists as [[Nas]] ("One Love", from ''[[Illmatic]]'', 1994), [[Mobb Deep]] ("Give up the Goods (Just Step)", "Temperature's Rising", and "Drink Away the Pain", from ''[[The Infamous]]'', 1995) and R&B singers [[Mariah Carey]] ("[[Honey (Mariah Carey song)|Honey]]", from ''[[Butterfly (Mariah Carey album)|Butterfly]]'', 1997) and [[Whitney Houston]] ("[[Fine (song)|Fine]]", from ''[[Whitney: The Greatest Hits]]''). He also co-produced jazz guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel's 2003 release ''[[Heartcore (Kurt Rosenwinkel album)|Heartcore]]''. Q-Tip also provided the rap element of the highly successful track "[[Groove Is in the Heart]]" performed by [[Deee-Lite]]. Q-Tip is also involved in the production of the [[Kanye West]]/[[Jay-Z]] forthcoming album, ''[[Watch the Throne]]'' and produced two bonus tracks on Kanye West's 2010 release ''[[My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy]]''.


== Solo career ==
== Solo career ==

Revision as of 21:03, 28 November 2010

Q-Tip

Kamaal Ibn John Fareed (Arabic:كمال ابن جون فريد ) (born Jonathan Davis; April 10, 1970), better known by his stage name Q-Tip, is an American hip hop artist, producer, singer, and actor from Queens, New York City, part of the critically acclaimed group A Tribe Called Quest.

Personal life

Born Jonathan Davis on April 10, 1970 in Harlem, New York, he converted to Islam in the mid-1990s, and changed his name to Kamaal Ibn John Fareed.[1] He moved to Queens as a child. Famously known from "Check the Rhime", he mostly resided at Linden Boulevard. His father was from Montserrat, a British territory in the eastern Caribbean.[2] His mother is an African-American from Alabama. His sister, Gwen, is eight years older than he is. He attended Murry Bergtraum High School in Manhattan, New York. According to Fareed, he was given his stage name by Afrika Baby Bam of Jungle Brothers who said his voice was soft like a Q-tip. He said that one of the main people in his life that inspired him was his childhood friend, Mohammed Sead..[3] Fareed disliked the name but it stuck. Later in his career, he began calling himself "The Abstract" due to his dislike of his stage name.[3]

Q-Tip is a resident of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.[4] He is the cousin of both Consequence, Dres from the hip hop group Black Sheep, Faith Evans (singer) and The Notorious B.I.G. due to marriage.

Production

Q-Tip also did production work (under his production alias the Abstract or often—along with fellow Tribe member Ali Shaheed Muhammad and the late Slum Village member Jay Dee—as part of The Ummah), as well as solo production work for such artists as Nas ("One Love", from Illmatic, 1994), Mobb Deep ("Give up the Goods (Just Step)", "Temperature's Rising", and "Drink Away the Pain", from The Infamous, 1995) and R&B singers Mariah Carey ("Honey", from Butterfly, 1997) and Whitney Houston ("Fine", from Whitney: The Greatest Hits). He also co-produced jazz guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel's 2003 release Heartcore. Q-Tip also provided the rap element of the highly successful track "Groove Is in the Heart" performed by Deee-Lite. Q-Tip is also involved in the production of the Kanye West/Jay-Z forthcoming album, Watch the Throne and produced two bonus tracks on Kanye West's 2010 release My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

Solo career

A Tribe Called Quest disbanded in 1998, after which Q-Tip pursued a solo career. His first solo singles, "Vivrant Thing" and "Breathe & Stop", were far more pop-oriented than anything he had done in A Tribe Called Quest, as was his solo debut LP for Arista Records, Amplified[citation needed]. His 2002 follow-up, Kamaal/The Abstract, although critically acclaimed and issued a catalog number, wasn't released at that time because the label believed that it did not have commercial appeal. Q-Tip also featured on R.E.M.'s album Around The Sun during this period, with a rap on "The Outsiders". Kamaal/The Abstract was finally released on September 15, 2009 on Battery Records after being shelved for seven years.

A Tribe Called Quest reunited in 2006 and played a limited number of dates. The group was composed of its original lineup, including Q-Tip and occasional member Jarobi White. Early the next year, Q-Tip signed a new solo deal with Motown/Universal Records.

As of late, Q-Tip has been very active, once again happily reunited with the full line-up of A Tribe Called Quest on the 2K7 NBA Bounce Tour, Rock the Bells Tour '08, and regaining control of his previously label-owned MySpace page. He has announced that he is negotiating for the ownership of the masters of earlier material from his previous labels and plans to release them independently. His latest album The Renaissance was released on November 4, 2008 through Universal Motown and was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2010 Grammys.[5] Q-Tip is among a group of producers (also including RZA and Pete Rock) that has been reportedly brought in by Kanye West to work on his fifth album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.[6] He is also set to appear on Mark Ronson's latest album, Record Collection, with a song entitled Bang Bang Bang with MNDR, for which a video was released. [7]

He also appeared on Dj/Producer Statik Selektah's first album, Spell My Name Right, on "Stop, Look, & Listen" with Styles P & Termanology.

Q-Tip has recently recorded with Mark Ronson, for the music "Bang Bang Bang", along with singer Amanda Warner from MNDR.

Awards/Nominations

  • Grammy Awards
    • 2010, Best Rap Album: (The Renissance), Nominee
    • 2006, Best Dance Recording: "Galvanize", Winner
    • 2000, Best Rap Solo Performance: "Vivrant Thing", Nominee
    • 1999, Best R&B Song: "Honey", Nominee

As a DJ

Fareed regularly acts as a disc jockey, most notably at Santos Party House where he hosted a weekly residency called OPEN.[8] At Paper Magazine's 2008 Nightlife Awards, OPEN was named "Best DJ Night."[9]. He currently hosts a Friday Night Party at NYC's Ace Hotel.

Discography

Main article: Q-Tip discography
Main article: A Tribe Called Quest discography

Films

References

  1. ^ "Music: Hip-Hop's Next Wave". Time. December 6, 1999. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
  2. ^ http://exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=118&csid2=9&fid1=29398
  3. ^ a b Q-Tip, J.Period, "Manwomanboogie", track 35, The [Abstract] Best, Truelements, 2009
  4. ^ Colman, David. "Flat-Panel TVs Sure Look Cool, But They Pose Design Dilemmas", The Wall Street Journal, August 27, 1999. Accessed December 27, 2007. "The rapper Q-Tip has been at the cutting edge of the music world for the past decade. So it was only natural that he'd want the latest for his Englewood Cliffs, N.J., living room: a sleek, flat-panel TV set."
  5. ^ http://www.grammy.com/grammy_awards/52nd_show/list.aspx#07
  6. ^ [1]
  7. ^ [2]
  8. ^ http://newyork.timeout.com/events/house-techno-electro/125371/open
  9. ^ http://www.papermag.com/blogs/2008/11/about_last_night_papers_fourth.php?gallery3489Pic=2#gallery-3489

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