Daily entertainment news covering Q-Tip en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/10/27/eminem_aamp_jay_z_get_hooked_on_dj_hero__1 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:37:09 EST Entertainment News 142435@http://www.starpulse.com/news New videogame DJ Hero has inspired rappers Jay-Z and Eminem to become celebrity record spinners. The two superstars are endorsing the game's Renegade Edition, which features a compilation of their hits

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/08/25/michael_jackson_remixes_get_digital_rele_27 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:30:40 EST Entertainment News 135288@http://www.starpulse.com/news Universal Motown Records will release "Michael Jackson: The Remix Suite I" on Tuesday, August 25. It is the first batch of music to be unveiled from Universal Motown's innovative five-part

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/01/23/motown_records_celebrates_50th_anniversa Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:00:00 EST Entertainment News 108687@http://www.starpulse.com/news A special series of online podcasts featuring rare and intimate conversations with the label's legends, producers, songwriters and singers, are now available at www.classic.motown.com.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/09/03/solange_knowles_hopes_to_emerge_from_sis Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:50:56 EST Entertainment News 97176@http://www.starpulse.com/news NEW YORK (AP) - Solange Knowles turns out to be a little sensitive about using a certain b-word. No, not that b-word. This b-word: Beyonce.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/08/04/q_tip_tribe_will_never_record_again_ Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:21:02 EST Entertainment News 94719@http://www.starpulse.com/news Rap group A Tribe Called Quest will never reunite to record another album, according to member Q-Tip.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/03/14/q_tip_claims_that_rap_is_dying Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:25:55 EST Entertainment News 81218@http://www.starpulse.com/news Rapper Q-Tip is mourning the demise of hip-hop, because he's sure the genre is heading for a slow death. The A Tribe Called Quest star claims rap is destined for the same demise disco suffered, if the latest batch of stars can't reinvent the musical genre in time.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/03/10/barack_obama_to_appear_in_q_tip_album Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:26:12 EST Entertainment News 80491@http://www.starpulse.com/news Rapper Q-Tip has recruited U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama to lay down vocals on a politically motivated track for his latest LP.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/14/consequence_s_debut_album_don_t_quit_you Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:08:36 EST Entertainment News 29741@http://www.starpulse.com/news Consequence was born in Queens at the dawn of the hip-hop era, when all rap was East Coast rap and all of rap's influential early artists were based in the New York City area. Throughout his career, Consequence gained credibility not only on the streets with his peers but with the critics as well. A gifted storyteller, he has a keen and unwavering sense of what he is all about.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/09/14/vh1_s_hip_hop_honors_aamp_ice_t_s_rap_sc_17 Thu, 14 Sep 2006 15:46:14 EST Entertainment News 15986@http://www.starpulse.com/news VH1's "Hip Hop Honors" Airs Oct. 17 at 9pm (EST) VH1 pays homage to the hip hop pioneers who transformed the genre into a true cultural phenomenon with the third annual "VH1 Hip Hop Honors." Hosted by Ice-T, this year's "VH1 Hip Hop Honors," will pay tribute to Wu-Tang Clan, Afrika Bambaataa, Russell Simmons, MC Lyte, Rakim, Beastie Boys, Ice Cube, and Eazy E.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/07/27/a_tribe_called_quest_announce_reunion_to Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:46:57 EST Entertainment News 11415@http://www.starpulse.com/news LATEST: Hip-hop pioneers A Tribe Called Quest will stage a surprise reunion tour of the US in the autumn to promote new basketball console game NBA 2K7. Rappers Q-Tip and Phife Dawg and Dj Ali Shaheed Muhammad split in 1998 to pursue solo projects, but calls from fans for a Tribe comeback have proved too strong for the band to resist.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/07/25/stars_perform_work_from_tupak_s_spoken_w Tue, 25 Jul 2006 09:52:58 EST Entertainment News 11212@http://www.starpulse.com/news Mos Def, Russell Simmons, Q-Tip and Danny Glover are all coming to together to perform work from Tupac Shakur's spoken-word album The Rose That Grew From Concrete. The stars will take part in the eighth annual presentation of the "Shoulders Of Giants" at Georgia State University's Rialto Center for Performing Arts in Atlanta, organized by Tupac's mother Afeni Shakur and the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/05/15/a_tribe_called_quest_plans_reunion_tour Mon, 15 May 2006 09:48:52 EST Entertainment News 6930@http://www.starpulse.com/news Hip hop pioneers A Tribe Called Quest are planning to stage a surprise reunion tour of the United States in the autumn. The DJ, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, is amazed by the number of requests he has received from fans to reform the group - and he is happy to take time out from his solo career to oblige.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/05/11/busta_rhymes_has_worthy_collaborators_on Thu, 11 May 2006 12:12:34 EST Entertainment News 6828@http://www.starpulse.com/news Multi-platinum recording artist Busta Rhymes will release his Aftermath Entertainment debut, "The Big Bang," on June 13. The album, his first in three years, showcases a combination of two of the most dynamic, creative forces in hip-hop music as Busta Rhymes teams with super-producer and Aftermath chief, Dr. Dre.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/02/01/black_eyed_peas_tour_dates_pussycat_doll Wed, 01 Feb 2006 12:44:27 EST Entertainment News 2556@http://www.starpulse.com/news In celebration of its 6th anniversary, The Black Eyed Peas will kick off the enormously popular Honda Civic Tour on March 23rd at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California. This will be their first headlining North American tour to promote their multi-platinum album, Monkey Business. The Black Eyed Peas will be hitting the stage in more than 35 cities nationwide.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/01/26/new_sergio_mendes_album_timeless_is_load Thu, 26 Jan 2006 12:00:59 EST Entertainment News 2283@http://www.starpulse.com/news It's not often an album comes along that truly blends two distinct cultures in an innovative way. That album is Timeless (click for review) by Sergio Mendes, due out on February 14 as a co-release by Concord Records and Starbucks Hear Music. Produced by and featuring will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas, Timeless is a wholly original blend of music from one of the most internationally successful Brazilian musicians of all time, Sergio Mendes, who--40 years ago--brought Brasil '66 and "Mas Que Nada" to the world.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2005/12/09/mos_def_common_aamp_talib_kweli_featured Fri, 09 Dec 2005 13:44:53 EST Entertainment News 1127@http://www.starpulse.com/news Hip-Hop always had an underground, a minor league, if you will. It was a place that artists kicked around, cutting their teeth, sharpening their lyrical swords while they awaited their chance to shine. But in the mid-'90s, as mainstream Hip-Hop embraced its pop potential, the nature of the underground changed.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2005/11/15/star_studded_benefit_cd_for_hurricane_re_22 Tue, 15 Nov 2005 14:21:20 EST Entertainment News 628@http://www.starpulse.com/news Responding to the overwhelming outpouring of support from musicians, writers and producers, EMI Group, SONY BMG, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and Concord Music Group along with the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) today announced the addition of new artists and songs to complete the double CD multi-artist benefit album Hurricane Relief: Come Together Now.

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