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There's a good chance anyone reading this has heard of Q-Tip's Kamaal the Abstract, though never actually heard it. There's a good reason for that: until now, it's been stuck in limbo, shelved for eight years after initially being rejected by Tip's then-label Arista. It's an understandable, if regrettable situation. Fresh off the success of first solo effort Amplified, label heads were expecting Q-Tip to deliver a hip-hop record. Instead, he gave them a trippy, funk-jazz record with little rapping to speak of. A bit tricky to market, ill-suited for any particular target audience, and the farthest thing from radio...
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