After several high-profile artists dropped new releases — including JAY-Z and Beyoncé’s EVERYTHING IS LOVE, Nas’ Nasir and Kanye West’s ye — Q-Tip evidently wants in on the action.
On Saturday (June 16), the A Tribe Called Quest de facto leader tweeted, “The last Zulu aka the riot diary #ComingSoon.”
In a 2012 interview with Vibe, Tip said the long-awaited project was being released through G.O.O.D. Music and assured fans several of the imprint’s artists would be “all over it.”
“It’s gonna be me, straight up and down,” he said. “That’s the thing about ‘Ye. He respect me, I respect him. We all know what it is.”
He also described the album’s sound as “that boom-bap, unrelenting lyrical, thoughtful, edgy, street, everything” revealed Busta Rhymes contributed a verse a song called “I Wanna Thank You.”
The Last Zulu (or The Riot Diary — his tweet possibly indicates a title change) would serve as The Abstract’s first solo album since 2009’s Kamaal/The Abstract.
Although Tip didn’t reveal any more specific details at this time, his singular tweet was enough to get his fans drooling at the thought of a new solo album. [apple_news_ad type=”any”]
Let it come Mr. Tip. We need more lyrical content with real message not the dick slinging, pussy smacking, gun toting nosense that a lot of people call lyricism.
That didn’t come out right, but I know what you meant.
My girlfriend told me that last night…. so I sprayed on her face lolol
Let it come Mr. Tip 😉
Krakka what are you doing here? We’ve left rock n roll for you thieves. Why don’t you go to those sites and make your racist, bigoted comments.
Hip hop is for everyone. And so is Rock.
Another reversed racist ass crybaby. Oh white people are not allowed to make music because black people made it first. You sound like a child. It’s 2018. Music is for everyone. Get over yourself.
I guess blacks designed the guitars and other instruments that they “invented” rock and roll with?? Let me guess, they made them in their mud huts too??Lmao. Btw, the rock and roll of today and it’s sub genres sound nothing like the garbage that blacks love to try and pretend they started.
WE WUZ KANGZ
I really hope you’re trolling and not serious. Do your research. Rock & roll came from rhythm & blues which came from blues, which a black southern genre.
I pray static shitlector is not on this album
Shitlector.. how clever. Another comment section critic who thinks they are hilarious. Go push that negative energy elsewhere.
He’s right, Dry Statik is a Premo clone. I pray he doesn’t have 9th Dumpster and Racist Alan on there either.
SENSING A FAILED PRODUCER HERE.
Lmfao talking about clones. You are literally just a repeat of the guy complaining above you. Whiney little bitch with corny ass names for producers you don’t like. I bet you wish you could produce half as well as these guys nuts your swinging from.
LMAO, “half as well”? Dude, literally anybody can make a bootleg sounding Premo beat (Dry Statik), or take a soul sample on Fruity Loops and throw drums on it (9th Dumpster) or make a beat with no drums at all (Racist Alan). These three “heralded producers” aren’t special at all, just average ordinary beat makers that “real hip hop heads” put on a high pedestal just because they don’t make trap beats or mainstream beats. There’s way better producers than those three out there.
You done crying yet? If anybody could do it.. you would.. lmao you sound bitter. There’s ways of having an opinion without sounding half as pathetic as you do man.
Racist Alan? Did I miss something? What did he do?
Kamal the Abstract isn’t his latest one… He just released it that time……
Exactly, it was supposed to come out in 2001, but got shelved at the time. When “The Renaissance” got positive reviews in 2008 and Tip got his momentum again, he decided to release “Kamaal The Abstract” in conjunction with Battery Records in ’09. It was never supposed to be the follow-up to “The Renaissance”
rap or more andre 3000 singing?
Man i damn sure hope it’s not only 7 songs. tired of this shit
Anybody who is anybody is dropping an album in 2018! This year has been absolutely incredible for hip hop music with all these releases and scheduled releases. This year reminds me of the 1993-1994 era when incredible hip hop albums were coming out on a regular basis.
You don’t know what you’re talking about. Tribe had love for the Beastie Boys…put them on their album cover. You can be white and cool but don’t prep the role. As a white hip hop fan Q-Tip made me feel welcome….welcome to hear about their experiences as black men….but that’s kind of what hip hop is about right? GTFOH
You can be white and groove but don’t crap the roll …. but I see you
I just hope ‘soon’ actually means soon. I’m hopeful but he’s already shelved the album once already…
As long as Q is spitting bars and not singing I’m cool with this. Kamaal the Abstract wasn’t great, but Amplified and The Renaissance are heaters.
Kamaal The Abstract was slept on! I always look at it as an instrumental album with a few vocals here and there.
Q Tip is a prima donna jerk, but he makes good music. He also ruined Outside Lands by no showing back to back days after he was rescheduled, his last performance in SF. Gotta love him. #ATribeCalledQuit
Waah waah waah….
Busta Rhymes album where’s that? I’ll be happy if Q releases his and Busta in the same month, Busta’s last good album was the Big Bang.
The oldschool cats have been terrible, Kanye beats have been awful. Nothing hard lazy drums and sounds like radio stuff. Q-Tips album will be very soft as well. Bad or lazy production kills projects.
Not quite sure what you’re getting at, but I guess you didnt hear the masterpiece that was Tribe’s last album. If Tip’s is anywhere near as good I’ll be more than satisfied.
Riiight? This guys on some shit. That last tribe album was a straight up masterpiece. I was surprised at how much it blew away my expectations.