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He told the graduating class that choosing to be an artist "is a courageous choice, indeed"The post Q-Tip earns honorary doctorate from Berklee College Of Music appeared first on NME.
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Q-Tip: the Cool Kids Lead NBA 2K9 Tour
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Screw the Madden franchise and every baseball video game in existence except for EA's MVP Baseball 2005 (Kaz Ishii = dirty). In my incredibly unqualified opinion, 2K Sports' NBA 2K8 was the best sports-related video game to come around in a while.And hey, what do you know, NBA 2K9 is in stores now, and the folks at 2K have assembled a bunch of r...
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Q-Tip: Video: Q-Tip: "Move"
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We've already posted the video for "Gettin' Up" from Q-Tip's The Renaissance, the long-awaited follow up to his 1999 debut Amplified, coming in November from Universal Motown. Now we're getting a look at clip no. 2, for "Move", which finds the former A Tribe Called Quest MC channelling a certain bygone pop star, right down to the fedora and disc...
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Q-Tip: Finally Finishes a New Full-Length
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It's been nine years since Q-Tip dropped a solo disc: his post-A Tribe Called Quest debut, Amplified. While his sophomore effort, the jazz-driven Kamaal the Abstract, was shelved in 2002, the MC insists he's readied another record (The Renaissance) for a fall release. According to Billboard.com, the
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Q-Tip: Celebrates July 4 with free single
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Q-Tip is celebrating American Independence Day by giving away a free single online. The former A Tribe Called Quest star will offer a free download of the song 'WorkItOut' via his Myspace page.
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