The Villi Phanatic Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 I know the album dropped late last year but I didn't see anybody mention it. For all you old school Tribe fans, this album is definitely worth copping, which surprised me as I haven't really listened to Tip in 10 years and I'm generally disappointed by albums in recent years from artists who were doing their thing in the early 90s. Looks like Tip produced every song except for one and the beats are great for the most part. Starts off with a head-nodder (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-moJ8otY7c) from the get like Excursions did on low end theory and is a very good short album with only a couple tracks I skip. The last track (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYFG6kFolPU&feature=related) has that vintage Tribe feel to it. If any of the tracks got much play on the radio I'm guessing it was probably "Move" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44BADYQc0Ls&feature=related) which switches up the beat midway through and is basically 2 separate songs in one. Just wanted to throw this out there as I'm a huge old school Tribe fan and would have slept on this album had one of my boys not put me on to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanTaylor5907 Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 I love the CD!! Production is great and Tip is on point lyrically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdcskins Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 I still need to check it, this and Black Milk-Tronic are the two albums from last year that I still need to buy. However, I heard the songs are a little R&Bish, which I don't like. Guess I'll see. From last year, these are the three best hip hop albums in my opinion: El Da Sensei and The Returners- Global Takeover and GZA- Pro Tools rounding out the top 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twenty-eight Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 renaissance is pretty solid. Elzhi is amazing tronic is really good...just doesn't have the long-term play value... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Villi Phanatic Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 See, this is why I'm glad I made this post. I'm not as up on the underground (or current hip hop in general) as I had been a few years back so I'll miss out on some of these albums. Good looking on the Elzhi recommendations, listened through snippets of the album today and I'll probably cop it soon. Oh, and abcd, I probably tend to agree with you re: R&B influences, but I think it works well on this album. One of the things I like about this album is that I don't think there are any guest rappers, just the guest singers, and the album has a nice feel to it as opposed to just sounding like a collection of singles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChocolateCitySkin Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 wasn't q-tip the mysterious gay rapper from the source article back in the day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renaissance Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 I love seeing my name in lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanTaylor5907 Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 the preface was great! loved the album as well as the p brothers. i could not really get into the almighty album even with the great line-up of rappers it had Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccsl2 Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Agree with the OP. The Renaissance was a smooth album all the way through. Also I loved The Preface and Tronic. Black Milk is very uderrated as a producer, and Elzhi is crazy on the mic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosperity Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 I downloaded some of the albums here, and some were pretty good anyway, if you guys want some damn good hip hop look up 4th Avenue Jones Hiprocksoul, if you want to download the album send me a pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsFan#1 Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 Actually haven't heard much of q-tip but he has been recommended to me before. I want to check him out at some point though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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