Q-Tip - Open
J Records (Release date N/A)
Hip-Hop
Way back in 2002, Q-Tip tried to release a sophomore album. Kamaal the Abstract featured live instruments accompanied by more singing than rapping, and was promptly shelved, but not before review copies were sent out to media outlets.
Q-Tip secured a release from his label, [...]
Foxy Brown - Ill Na Na 2: The Fever
Def Jam (release date TBD)
Rap / Hip-hop
Sadly, in 2007 Foxy Brown has been known more so for making headlines than making music. However back in 2003 she recorded Ill Na Na 2: The Fever. Naturally where Foxy was, drama followed. After losing her unborn [...]
Jean Grae - Jeanius
Babygrande (release date TBD)
Hip-hop / Rap
The Internet can be a cruel mistress. Sure, it’s good for communicating and finding information and even sharing. But apparently some kind of sharing is wrong.
That’s the case with Jeanius. This 2005 collaboration between underground wunderkind emcee Jean Grae and (then) up-and-coming [...]
Bilal - Love for Sale
Interscope (release date: TBD)
R&B
The life of a musician must be a tough one. You work hard to create your art for a record company, only to find it spread across the internet, and then, to add insult to injury, the label decides not to release it officially. But what’s [...]
Q-Tip - Kamaal The Abstract
Arista Records (Release Date: TBD)
Hip Hopish
You’ve really kind of got to feel bad for Q-Tip. I mean the guy has appeared in what could be considered both of John Singleton and Spike Lee’s worst films, his ex is shagging the ugliest man in the music industry (and he’ll hold that [...]