Q-Tip’s second solo album Kamaal The Abstract, was recorded in 2001, and was supposed to be released in 2002 as the follow up to Amplified. Kamaal was shelved for its apparent lack of commercial appeal but it’s finally coming out on September 15th, via Battery Records (home of “Stanky Legg”!)
I listened to it a few times about a year ago, and it’s pretty interesting . I don’t like it as much as The Renaissance, but it’s certainly a more adventurous album; Tip raps and sings (much more of the latter) over live, loose jazz, rather than the pristine sampled jazz loops he normally employs. There have been versions of it floating around online for years but this one is apparently going to be fully remixed and remastered. I’m looking forward to hearing it again.
Via The A.V. Club
Take a listen to “Blue Girl” off the record as a sample.
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