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"Industry rule #4080: Record company people are shady." â€"A Tribe Called Quest, "Check the Rhime"
Q-Tip has always tried to stay posi, but that doesn’t mean he’s anybody’s fool. Even before career-halting delays on releases became a given in major label rap, Tip was devoting Tribe tracks to calling out the "snakes and fakes," interposing their slimy selves between artist and fans. Kamaal the Abstract, which was originally scheduled as the follow-up to the club-friendly Amplified, was kept off the shelf by shadies for seven years until Tip bought it back from Arista and had it distributed through Jive’s Battery Records...
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