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Kamaal The Abstract - Q-Tip
  • Band Name: Q-Tip
  • Record Label: Battery
  • Release Date: Sep 15, 2009
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78 out of 100

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8.0 out of 10

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  • Summary: Seven years later, Q-Tip finally sees his second album officially released. Arista Records shelved the album in 2002, which features a more jazzy feel than his debut, "Amplified."

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  1. Positive: 13 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 13
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  1. All Music Guide
    90
    This wasn't the kind of record that lights up the charts--which could account for the reason it didn't appear on the shelves in late April 2002, as expected, and only earned an official release in 2009--but in many ways it's superior to the released Amplified.
  2. Blender
    80
    There are few high or low moments--which might put some listeners off--but texture and content, rather than pulse-raising histrionics, have always been Q-Tip specialties.
  3. Drowned In Sound
    80
    The subtlety of musicianship on each track is quite brilliant.

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  1. Marko
    10
    Another example why pitchfork should never review anything outside of their hipster comfort level.
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