Artist: Q-Tip
Album: The Renaissance
Genre: Rap/Hip-Hop
Release Date: Nov 4, 2008
Label: Universal Motown
Rating: *****
Q-tip's The Renaissance, is more than likely my personal favorite album of 2008, and an under appreciated rap masterpiece. Providing his own production skills and incredible flow, the album is endlessly smooth, but never offensively so. Excellent use of R&B choruses are featured throughout. This is indeed one of those albums without a bad song on it, full listens are always a requirement. The standout track is "Move", simply because it's actually two amazing songs in one, the first half being "Move" itself, followed by the title "Renaissance Rap". Great cameos occur throughout the album, including the likes of Norah Jones on "Life is Better". The powerful "Shaka" closes the album as a dedication to Q-tip's lost friends and colleagues.
- Johnny is Dead *****
- Won't Trade ****
- Gettin Up *****
- Official *****
- You ****
- We Fight/We Love *****
- Manwomanboogie *****
- Move/ "The Renaissance Rap" *****
- Dance on Glass ****
- Life is Better *****
- Believe ****
- Shaka *****
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