a few weeks ago gilles peterson started dropping some tunes from the q-tip album, The Renaissance, on his radio show (where you need to check out the latest show which is a vinyl only, hip-hop brownswood basement session). these tunes captured the imagination and you just knew that this was going to be such a great hip-hop album that harks back to the golden years while managing to effortlessly pull the sounds onwards and upwards in a way that only q-tip and a few others can do.
i got the album last week and am lovin' it. there have been a good few tunes posted from the album already and i'm surprised that this tune 'won't trade' hasn't been hyped up more. the track excellently samples ruby andrews powerful voice, kickin' beats and beautiful piano loops from 'you made a believer out of me' which is a classic (northern) soul tune.
while we're at it, might as well check out the video for 'move' off the same album. choice!
Download 01_you_made_a_believer_out_of_me.mp3
buy: 'you made a believer out of me': (iTunes), Amazon (US)
buy: 'the renaissance' : CD @ Amazon (UK), (US) , Download: Amazon (US), iTunes
red: glad the post tipped you over the edge to get the album. :)
lawrence: good to hear from you mate. been following your ffffest posts.
man, i miss ATX! maybe see you for sxsw. :)
Posted by: cubikmusik | November 13, 2008 at 03:57 PM
hello from austin! i checked out this new Q-Tip album just last night. it is muy bueno!
Posted by: Lawrence | November 13, 2008 at 01:12 PM
I've heard some really good stuff about this album, I'm definitely going to check it out now.
Posted by: red | November 12, 2008 at 04:35 PM