Artist Name – Q-Tip
Date Of Birth – April 10, 1970
Place of Birth – Brooklyn, NY
Raised In – Queens, NY
Currently Lives In – Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Birth Name – Johnathan* Davis / Jonathan** Davis
* “Johnathan” on IMDB
** “Jonathan” on AllMusic
Legal Name – Kamal* [Kamaal**] Ibn John Fareed
*”Kamal” Ibn John Fareed on IMDB
**”Kamaal” on the cover of Kamaal the Abstract (Arista [Not Released], 2002), (ZLG/Battery/Red, 2009)
Religious Affiliation – Muslim
Aliases – Tip, The Abstract Poetic, The Abstract, The Abstract Incognito, The Abstract Original, Kamaal, Kamaal the Abstract, Midnight Marauder
RIAA Music Award(s) -
I. Artist Name, Group Name (If Applicable)
Album Title (Record Label, Release Date)
(1) Award (i.e., Platinum, Gold) – Award Certification Date
I. Q-Tip, as member of A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest RIAA Album Awards -
The Low End Theory (Jive, 1991 )
(1) Platinum – January 11, 1995
(2) Gold – February 19, 1992
Midnight Marauders (Jive, 1993)
(3) Platinum – February 1, 1995
(4) Gold – January 14, 1994
People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm – (Jive, 1990)
(5) Gold – January 19, 1996
Beats, Rhymes And Life (Jive, 1996)
(6) Gold – September 30, 1996
(7) Platinum – October 27, 1998
The Love Movement (Jive, 1998)
(8) Gold – – November 1, 1998
II. Q-Tip, as Solo Artist -
Amplified (Arista, 1999)
(1) Gold – Certified in January 5, 2000
Q-Tip Official Social Network on Ning
A Tribe Called Quest Related Groups
Other Blogs
Consequence (Q-Tip’s Cousin) on ConsTV
Unofficial A Tribe Called Quest Blog
Q-Tip to Release Kamaal the Abstract on September 15, 2009
July 2009 – New York, NY – Q-Tip announces Kamaal the Abstract will be released on September 15, 2009. Back in April 2002, Arista cancelled the release of Kamaal the Abstract and shelved the album due to what Arista executives described as a lack of commercial appeal. After leaving Arista and signing with Universal Motown, Q-Tip released the critically acclaimed album, The Renaissance on November 4, 2008. The success of his latest release may have helped propel the release of Kamaal the Abstract – the previously unreleased precursor of- and now the follow-up to The Renaissance (Universal/Motown, 2008).
Kamaal the Abstract Original Track Listings:
1. Feelin’
2. Do U Dig U?
3. A Million Times
4. Blue Girl
5. Barely In Love
6. Heels
7. Abstractionisms
8. Caring
9. Even If It Is So
