Artist:Q-Tip
Song:Vivrant Thing
Album:Amplified
After A Tribe Called Quest split up in 1997, rapper Q-Tip released the 1999 album Amplified and the single Vivrant was a top ten R&B hit. This is his biggest hit to date. He last released an album in 2009. He keeps promising new music but none of it has been released. He is involved in production and other things. He was born Jonathan Davis Apr. 10, 1970 in New York City. He goes by the Muslim name Kamaal Ibn John Fareed. It's easier to just call him Q-Tip. His father is from Monserrat and his mother is from Alabama. He and rapper Phife Dawg from A Tribe Called Quest have been friends since childhood. That's who got Q-Tip into rapping. He listened to his dad's record collection and started DJing as a teen. He became friends with another A Tribe Called Quest member Ali Shaheed Muhammad in high school. The two started recording together in 1985 and were joined by Phife and Jacobi White. They were called Quest. He was given the name Q-Tip by Afrika Baby Bam of Jungle Brothers and he also suggested the name A Tribe Called Quest. After appearing with Jungle Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest signed with Jive Records. They released five albums. Most of their success was on the Rap and R&B charts. But they were critically acclaimed. Q-Tip got into producing and he appeared in the 1993 film Poetic Justice. As Q-Tip got more into his outside activities, it became clear that A Tribe Called Quest was heading for breakup. After the 1997 split, a fire destroyed Q-Tip's home recording studio. The final A Tribe Called Quest album was released in 1999. Meanwhile, Q-Tip signed with Arista and released the 1999 album Amplified. The single Vivrant Thing reached #7 on the R&B Singles chart. The album was certified Gold. Q-Tip wrote and produced with Jay Dee. These two worked together on A Tribe Called Quest. This album is available as a budget CD. Since then Q-Tip has had record company problems since LA Reid took over Arista in 2000. He got his release and signed with DreamWorks. They were sold to Universal. He bounced around different labels Universal didn't seem to know what to do with him. And that's why we haven't seen much music from Q-Tip. He signed with different labels and they won't release his albums. He's still an active producer and A Tribe Called Quest released an album and toured. But in 2019, Q-Tip announced he was working on three different albums and none have been released. Here's the video for Vivrant Thing by Q-Tip.
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