Albums Q-Tip's "The Renaissance" Appreciation Thread

[Lootpack]

That silky, smooth production.....Q-Tip's best solo effort.The elements of Neo-Soul he implemented in this piece of work could make the Soulquarians shake. Man.....it kills me knowing this album hardly gets any love, his flows on this shyt is just next level.



Have a teacher play "Dance on Glass" in a classroom and watch the students nod their heads to the acapella rap.

This track though, is by far my favorite off the album.



Brehs, what did y'all think about this joint?

 

[ZEB WALTON]

My fav album that year. Might be in my top 20 just a killer joint all around.

And the rennassaince rap remix was fire

 

[Woodrow]

When that nikka started rapping like Rakim on Renaissance Rap I damn near lost my mind.

“And when the opposition’s Abstract? Bless ya soul.”


Tip finally dropped the type of classic we all thought we were gonna get when he first went solo. Great album from one of the GOATs.

 

[MrHipHop]

Personal classic for me!

 

[ajnapoleon]

 

[DillaTUDE]

The biggest injustice in recent times is Tip not following up this release. In an era where we've gotten D'Angelo's "Black Messiah", Kendrick's "To Pimp a Butterfly" and Thundercat's "Drunk", you can't tell me that this sound won't be well-received by the masses.

I can't even begin to imagine what a Kendrick album fully produced by Tip would sound like. Those two would just complement each other so well on some Gibbs/Madlib shyt.

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

I think this was one of the first albums in the veign of grown man rap... what Jay tried to do with Kingdom Come and What Nas did with Life is Good.


MY copy didn't have the bonus track fever though

 

[Lootpack]

The biggest injustice in recent times is Tip not following up this release. In an era where we've gotten D'Angelo's "Black Messiah", Kendrick's "To Pimp a Butterfly" and Thundercat's "Drunk", you can't tell me that this sound won't be well-received by the masses.

I can't even begin to imagine what a Kendrick album fully produced by Tip would sound like. Those two would just complement each other so well on some Gibbs/Madlib shyt.

The funny part was that I was actually listening to this album right before TPAB dropped and you're right the similarities are there.



This is the latest track with the two in it, I really hope Q-Tip is prominently featured on Kendrick's next album.

 

[IntellectualViolence]

Classic and under appreciated.

 

[LevelUp]

 

[Why-Fi]

love this album. i think it prepared me for tribes last album

 

[PlayerNinety_Nine]

This album got me through a move to a whole different country. Will always be classic to me.

 

[Mortal1]

Dope beats and raps throughout the album definitely a classic for me.

 

[Bugzbunny129]

Loved tnis album when it dropped. Seemed to have come atta nowhere. One of my fav late 2000s albums. Rennassane remix was crazy too.