“Vivrant
Thing,” the debut solo single by Q-Tip of the defunct
group A Tribe Called Quest, continues to pick up adds
for the BDS Rhythmic Top 40 chart. “Vivrant Thing”
is from the IDJMG (Island/Def Jam Music Group)
compilation “Violator The Album.” Q-Tip’s solo
hit, “Vivrant Thing,” is also included on
“Anthology,” the best of CD by A Tribe Called Quest,
which is slated to hit stores on October 26th.
The “Violator” album also features Q-Tip on the
track “The Violators” with L Boogie, Sonya Blade,
Busta Rhymes, Mysonne, the Franchise, Noreaga, Cam’ron.
Sonya Blade’s debut CD is due out on Virgin Records in
2000.
“Violator The Album” includes tracks by Busta
Rhymes, Mobb Deep, Noreaga, Big Pun, Fat Joe, Ja Rule,
Cam’ron, Flipmode Squad, Mysonne, Hot Boys, Beatnuts,
and Next. LL Cool J’s “Saw What” will be the next
single from the “Violator” compilation.
Q-Tip’s self-titled solo CD, to be released by
Arista Records, is slated to hit stores on November
23rd.
Q-Tip told MTV his new solo CD will be pure Q-Tip.
“It’s just a collection of songs. It’s just how I
feel,” Q-Tip confessed. “I think it’s different
than Tribe, because Tribe was just...it lived underneath
a curtain, instead of being in a group with other
people. It’s kinda just a part of yourself. Here, I
can be all of me. So hopefully it’s gonna have
something out there that everybody will be able to
enjoy.”
MTV News (http://www.mtv.com)
reports Q-Tip will co-star with Mary J. Blige, Fat Joe,
and Elvis Costello in the upcoming movie “Prison
Song.” Q-Tip co-wrote the flick, which follows a young
man through poverty and imprisonment, with Director
Darnell Martin. Shooting for the flick, co-produced by
Robert DeNiro, began in New York in September. Q-Tip,
who’s also serving as the music supervisor for the
movie, appeared in the 1993 flick “Poetic Justice”
with Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur.
Q-Tip’s former pals in A Tribe Called Quest are
also working on new projects. MTV reports Phife recently
recorded a solo single called “Bend Ova” and Ali
Shaheed Muhammad is involved in a project called Lucy
Pearl with Raphael Saadiq, formerly of Tony! Toni!
Tone!, and Dawn Robinson, formerly with EnVogue.
