Tribe Called Quest

Wilco and Sleater-Kinney’s co-headlining tour begins in August.

The Universal Zulu Nation is an international hip hop awareness group formed and headed by hip hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa. Originally known simply as the Organization, it arose in the 1970s as reformed New York City gang members began to organize cultural events for youths, combining local dance and music movements into what would become known as the various elements of hip hop culture…

“We’re not together anymore. Rock the Bells was our last tour and we won’t make any more records. We’re still friends, I’m going to be working on Phife’s solo album…

Q-Tip played a FREE album release show last night (September 29th) at the almost-extinct Tribeca Knitting Factory in NYC. Earlier this month Q-Tip (and Kanye West) made an appearance at a Consequence show at the very same club…

Q-Tip, Maryland, 7/27/08, and lookie what he’s wearing… (seoulchild) “The Abstract”, aka Q-Tip, has announced The Renaissance – due October 14th (but let’s not hold our breath)…

FEATURING: A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, NAS, MOS DEF, THE PHARCYDE, DE LA SOUL, METHOD MAN & REDMAN, RAEKWON & GHOSTFACE, IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE, DEAD PREZ, MURS, SPANK ROCK, WALE, JAY ELECTRONICA, SANTOGOLD, COOL KIDS, B…

No NYC date again (sort of) (yet?)……

Q-Tip KRS-One Common * Todd Barry on Conan * last Invite Them Up EVER * Henry Rollins is speaking at Warsaw * Big Head Todd & The Monsters is playing Bowery Ballroom * Liam Finn is playing w/ Pela & Apollo Sunshine @ Music Hall * The Acorn is playing w/ Bowerbirds & Phosphorescent @ Union Hall * Marc Ribot, Sean Lennon & Yuka Honda are playing Knitting Factory Q-Tip, KRS-One, Common and Furious Five played that private Smirnoff event which was in NYC last night…

…or so says the press release….

Q-Tip & friend @ Gramercy/Blender Theatre, NYC – OCt 16, 2007 (CRED)Of course there was something Q-Tip brought that most other CMJ strivers didn’t: an unsinkable catalog…