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Q tip

Uhh, such a vivrant thing. Vivrant thing, a vivrant thing and even though we both fly. Give each other space and not the evil eye.

Actin like grownups dont even try to hide cause the spot blown up. Girlfriend tellin you she wanna see I say I dunno but you say gladly.

When we both do hit. We go on and on and on and on and on and sweeter than Ben & Jerry.

— Q tip sweet

Can I rhyme?Well you know I gets mine. Sittin round in my abstract car. This abstract thing goin abstract far.

Gettin back to my MC status. All the Willie that I kick make the other niggaz mad its movin, to your town and situation.

Shorty thought she subtle but she really was blatant when she shook her thing and violated. Now these wolf-like thoughts are formulated.

— Q tip thoughts

Im sayin, Yo is this some heartfelt shit here? Am I strong-backed nigga?Well shit yeah.

Plus we can hold a convo or go to the movies, my crib, whatever yo. Just wanna see you by my side. We on 95, know the stash is in the ride.

A rappin nigga for real. You would find me in a cypher if I didnt cop a deal.

Rap slate like big weight. You buy, I sell, we split big cake.

Makin moves, settin precedence. Enterin your residence, the whole scene is decadence.

The feelin is true Im seein me and my crew, you seein black and blue.

So lets go for the ride strap yourself in tight and if you bonafied.

Move it around a bit again. Every block every town we startin a trend for real for real. Eye to eye ma and toe to toe. Who concentratin on killin the show?

Penetration is methodically slow. Mountain high valley low gonna find the dough.

— Q tip

All my peoples, no matter the creed. We gonna satisfy the urge and discover the need.

— Q tip people

You feel, you feel the bite in this? If you think Im type real then invite me miss and let me say a rhyme in your ear. Dancin close you the most and you fit in here.

You feel the rhythm is right.You know the spittin is tight. You think you wont but I think you might.

Special girl, real good girl. Biggest thing in my itty bitty world. Called her up and she made me feel right. Wish for bliss could never take flight.

— Q tip world

Sittin back with this mic in my hand. Spittin hot shit tryin to see grand. Imprinted on my mind every minute. Make my plans and you always in it.

A hard time if your motion is still let me move some things around because the lyrics is illl Abstract..you know my stiggidy in here. Niggaz get on and swear its they fuckinyear.

Yo your girl just moved to the joint in the club, in the car if it groove. Broad look, the movement is on. Mild mannered mamis in Victoria thongs.

I give my rhyme a bless guaranteed to make it right if your night is a bust. You Vivrant and you fresh and all rriginal to say the least and youve impressed Kamal.

— Q tip night

Rappers start then they stall. Findin it very hard to make it over the wall.

Hey, get your weight up, my motto you heard? And I grown a deaf ear to felonious words.

— Q tip words

So girls move it around. If you see your main dog give a brother a pound and just uh..

Breathe and Stop, for real and give it what you got. Give it what you got, give it what you got. If you on the block then give it what you got.

A thug, a thrill, you as mean as the eyes. I wanna feel you, them big ass thighs. Your Prada dress or your Gucci bag with the Polo jeans over doobi-bag.

Yo hold the door a-ight? We comin through, Tribe beef, hold it down for the night. Big Moon got the fifth D-Lyfe he got the deally and girl you got the gif.

— Q tip night

Turn it over the page. Usherin all of yall to a brand new age, where status really dont matter everbody get right to the pitter the patter.

I grew up on the rough side of the tracks. If you looked like you were soft, you would be fodder for the wolves. I came up in my neighbourhood like, Im just gonna be me, and all the thugs just said, Its OK, hes special. They knew I had the talent with the rhymes, so they kept me around.

One thing the music industry has taught me is to manage my expectations.

— Q-Tip music

Its called I Wanna Thank You, and Im encouraging everybody out there to blog, Tweet, Facebook, anything about it. Lets sign a petition. The petition is called Busta Rhymes Make I Wanna Thank You Your First Single.

If theres a Cruel Summer then theres got to be a Cruel Winter, right? Thats all Im saying.

— Q-Tip winter

I feel like Barack Obama, kind of in a political sense, embodies that same kind of spirit as a Q-Tip or a Santogold or a Common. I feel like there is a synergy going on here in this country and abroad. I feel like the doors are open, and its time to push them wide open.

Im kind of a pop culture stew, you know.

— Q-Tip culture

I grew up on the rough side of the tracks. If you looked like you were soft, you would be fodder for the wolves. I came up in my neighbourhood like, Im just gonna be me, and all the thugs just said, Its OK, hes special. They knew I had the talent with the rhymes, so they kept me around.

In theory, people would pick progression every time over being idle. But if you look at us as a culture, as a people, you would say that if you get up at five oclock in the morning, eat your breakfast, go to work, make money, pay your bills, youre progressing, when youre still doing whats comfortable.

I definitely move to the beat of my own drummer and man, hes not playing something anyone has heard before. Its pretty cool, though. Pretty cool.

Its called I Wanna Thank You, and Im encouraging everybody out there to blog, Tweet, Facebook, anything about it. Lets sign a petition. The petition is called Busta Rhymes Make I Wanna Thank You Your First Single.

If theres a Cruel Summer then theres got to be a Cruel Winter, right? Thats all Im saying.

— Q-Tip winter

One thing the music industry has taught me is to manage my expectations.

— Q-Tip music

Dealing with those personalities and the people who run this music thing has been most challenging. Its hard to really communicate things to people who run a business yet forget the nature of the business. They only look at the bottom line and the financial return, you know, they forget what it is theyre packaging. Its art.

The song, Life is Better, is about hip-hop. Its about my love for hip-hop. And, you know, I go through all the artists from the beginning to the end, you know. And, well, not to the end, but since the beginning to now, you know.

I do try to speak of positive things. I still try to, like, present two sides of the story, and I do try to relate to life in a 360 degree and not be one-dimensional. But by all means, manage expectations.

I think I have great responsibility, and when I do my music, when I try to relate to my audience, I just try to do it in an honest fashion, you know, just try to be as earnest as possible and sometime it may be self-effacing. Sometimes it may be finger-pointing. Sometimes it may be beautiful, and sometime it may be ugly.

Im in a hallowed league of artists. Whether its Billie Holiday or Rakim or Jimmy Hendrix or... I dont know, MGMT, were all blessed to be able to create. Its a lineage that extends a long time. And to be able to be active in it and have made a difference in it, its humbling. To know I had a place in all of this; thats the rewarding part.

I dont really listen to my work. If I have to DJ and I play something, I hear it. But I dont sit quietly and listen to my work; Im always off to do the next thing.

I feel like Barack Obama, kind of in a political sense, embodies that same kind of spirit as a Q-Tip or a Santogold or a Common. I feel like there is a synergy going on here in this country and abroad. I feel like the doors are open, and its time to push them wide open.

I read the Koran and it appealed to me. At the time I was agnostic and it really breathed spiritually back into me. For me its really a cushion; its cool, Im cool with it.

Predating the Internet and predating videos, you had an active imagination. You would hear sounds and then get mental pictures of what these sounds felt like to you. It engaged you and made you more invested in it. It made you want to get tickets to the show, buy the album, put the poster on the wall. Now its sensory overload.

You know, I hate to sound self-involved, but I feel like I havent peaked yet.

I shot a movie with Nicole Kidman that I got cut out of - it was crap anyways.

On the radio theres only a certain amount of artists: Jay-Z, Beyonce, Kanye, T-Pain, Lil Wayne, T.I., Mary J Blige, Alicia Keys. Other artists are achieving things that are really special, they have a hard time getting peoples attention. Music has been just a little bit lacklustre.

I sang in church, but growing up in the neighborhood, music was more of an expression of relief or entertainment.

— Q-Tip music

In 1999, I just came out of putting out the song Vivrant Thing and Breathe and Stop off the Amplified album. Clive Davis signed me to Arista.

A lot of people who curate in the business, and curate the art, dont really have good artistic sense. They may know commerce, but they arent savvy enough to know how to balance commerce and art, you know? They dont know how to satisfy both palates.

For people who love Tribe, Im the defector. They say, You should get back with Ali to do the beats. But a lot of people dont realize I did all the music in Tribe. In the first three albums, I did all the beats!

I feel like Obama in a way. His idea that hope means not shrinking from a fight; its the courage to reach for something. My music is that. Those are principles I try to embody.

The thing that men and women need to do is stick together Progressions cant be made if were separate forever

— Q-Tip women

know the feelin, when you feelin like a villain, You be havin good thoughts but the evils be revealin. And the stresses of life can take you off the right path, Jealousy and envy tends to infiltrate your staff... We gotta hold it down so we can move on past All adversities, so we can get through fast.

Back in the days when I was a teenager, Before I had status, and before I had a pager, You could find The Abstract, listening to hip-hop, My pops used to say it reminded him of be-bop. I said, Well daddy dont you know that things go in cycles. The way that Bobby Brown is just ampin like Michael. Its all expected, things are for the lookin, If you got the money, Quest is for the bookin.

— Q-Tip money

We got to mediate our greedy levels, Cause the lust of currency can have us sleepin with the devil.

We got to stay awake for all these lizards and snakes; Some of them come as friends, some of them come as Jakes.

— Q-Tip friends

All we want in this life is peace, prosperity and a little paper.

I am recognizing that the voice inside my head Is urging me to be myself, but never follow someone else Because opinions are like voices, we all have a different kind.

Satisfaction, I have the right tactics... And if you need em I got crazy prophylactics.

— Q-Tip action

We all have our own takes on things. To being yourself. The abstract, the whole thing that I play with, seems to result in seeing through your lenses, and once you express how you see things to others, you start to see there are similarities between all people. Its kind of like, no matter how far you go, youre still where you started, in a way.

Theres divinity within because we come from the divine, A force thats not seen, but you feel it every time: When the wind blows, and the world turns, And the rain drops, and the baby cries, And the bird flies, and the ground quake, And the stars gleam.

Ill have you weak in the knees that you could hardly speak, Or we could do like Uncle L and swing an ep in my Jeep.

And even though we both fly Give each other space and not the evil eye

Rock and roll to the beat of the funk fuzz Wipe your feet really good on the rhythm rug If you feel the urge to freak, do the jitterbug Come and spread your arms if you really need a hug.

So pay attention, its not hard to decipher, And after the horns, you can check out the Phifer

How far must you go to gain respect? Um... Well, its kind of simple: just remain your own. Or youll be crazy sad and alone.

Ayo, shout out to Mobb Deep, the Extra P Busta Rhymes, De La, the J Beez, so dont sleep

— Q-Tip sleep

I have a very connected history with Bilal. I heard his demo years ago. I heard all of the magic instantly. Hes a master at interpretation of song.

— Q-Tip history

Genetics and beats? I feel like the drumbeat is a natural thing. Our heartbeat moves at a certain BPM. The drumbeat, being the first instrument, the platform for us, being that we all kind of come from that - its all beats.

For me with art and all that stuff - I like abstraction. I like contortion. I mean, its still truth. But its truth through the center of the individual. It doesnt necessarily mean that its fallacies or falsehoods. It just happens to be one perception of whats happening.

— Q-Tip truth

Im a cinephile. I love movies, I love film at every level. Im a student of it. It informs me as does all art in my music, because theres stories, theres acts, theres moods, theres dynamics, theres moodiness, emotion. All of those things that play into a film. I think that could equally be said about music. It definitely informs me. Beats is stories.

I like music with soul and passion and the good of humanity. As long as it has those things, Im all the way in.

— Q-Tip music

One step at a time, a man walked on the moon. One record got played, Kool Herc said, Boom!

The world is kinda cold and the rhythm is my blanket, Wrap yourself up in it, if you love it, then youll thank it

When I watch films now, theres more of a musicality to the way the film are written.

— Q-Tip music

Funky like your grandpas drawers, dont test me We in like that, youre dead like Presley

You never know: rain, sleet, hail, snow, See you gotta accept thats how things go. Prepare for the rainy day, or the suns glow, But theres clouds movin in and the clouds gonna blow.

So concisely, musically we are the herb So sit back and light me. Inhale... My styles kinda fat, reminiscent of a whale.

— Q-Tip music

Rap is not pop. If you call it that, then stop.

You can tell how good a filmmaker is if you can turn the sound down but you can still feel the story.

Shorty, let me tell you about my only vice: It has to do with lots of lovin, and it aint nuttin nice.

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