Blog: So Much Silence

Just a couple weeks after the proper release of his once-shelved album Kamaal the Abstract , Q-Tip is back with a new video for Life is Better from The Renaissance , his critically acclaimed return that was one of my favorites of 2008 . Much like the revered Midnight Marauders album cover(s) , this is Q-Tip's ode to hip-hop – his predecessors and peers – and he shouts out some of the best: Kool Herc, The Furious Five, Run-DMC, J Dilla, Nas, Rakim [...]