Q-Tip appeared in the 1993 movie 'Poetic Justice' opposite Janet Jackson, and helped to produce Tony! Toni! Toné! (whose Raphael Wiggins made an appearance on 'Midnight Marauders'), Nas, Shyheim and labelmate Shaquille O'Neal.ĪTCQ was awarded the 'Group Of The Year' honor at the inaugural Source Magazine Hip Hop Award Show in 1994 before being moved off stage by the arrival of 2Pac and his Thug Life crew, who were attempting to steal some publicity. Tracks such as 'The Infamous Date Rape' stoked controversy, while samples from Lou Reed, Stevie Wonder and Earth, Wind & Fire were used in a frugal and intelligent manner. While their debut, 'People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm', was more eclectic, and even self-consciously jokey, 'The Low-End Theory' (recorded as a trio following the departure of Jarobi) blended boom bap beats with carefully selected jazz, funk, and soul melodies.ĪTCQ was helped considerably by jazz bass player Ron Carter (who had worked with Miles Davis and John Coltrane).
Q-Tip also appeared on Deee-Lite's August 1990 hit, 'Groove Is In The Heart'. Their biggest success came the following year with the laid-back 'Can I Kick It?', demonstrative of their refined jazz/hip-hop blend. The group formed in high school in 1988 in Queens, New York City, NY, where they started out as part of the Native Tongues Posse, with Queen Latifah and the Jungle Brothers, and were given their name by Afrika Baby Bambaataa of the Jungle Brothers.įollowing their August 1989 debut, 'Description Of A Fool', they had a hit with 'Bonita Applebum' a year later, which was based on a real person from their school.
Malik Taylor, 20 November 1970, Brooklyn, New York City, USA d. 11 August 1970, Brooklyn, New York City, USA), Jarobi and Phife Dawg (b. Jonathan Davis ―later changed to Kamaal Ibn John Fareed in the mid-1990's upon conversion to Islam― 10 April 1970, New York, USA), DJ Ali Shaheed Muhammad (b.
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