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After years of red tape and aborted projects, Q-Tip finally drops The Renaissance. Q-Tip is a modern embodiment of the effects that the increasingly consolidated corporate conglomerates have on the cultural output in America. Back in 2002 Q-Tip -- three years removed from the release of his commercially successful, dance club ready, album Amplified -- was ready to initiate a paradigm shift in the hip hop sound. Layering his laid...