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Track Listings
| 1. Feelin' |
| 2. Do You 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 |
| 10. Make It Work |
Editorial Reviews
2009 release from the acclaimed rapper and former member of A Tribe Called Quest. This long-delayed album, slated originally for release in 2001, is finally dropping! A musical hybrid, Kamaal was commendably avant-garde at the time of its creation. Amazingly, it's even more apropos in 2009; given the dearth of musical merit and capable MCs in today's Hip Hop, the time is ever-so-right for Tip. Kamaal the Abstract is an intensely idiosyncratic and revealing record. To that end, Q-Tip produced the entire album himself, even playing several instruments. What comes from Kamaal is daring m‚lange of Soul, supa-cool Jazz, head-nodding Hip Hop, and organic Pop magic in the vein of Stevie Wonder or Prince.
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
ATCQ bought that jazz vibe. For those who were in their early 20's, Tribe was a perfection transition from rap to more grown up music. Admist the New Jack Swing and Chicago House stuff you had the conscious MCs. Great stuff! We can enjoy a few rap songs (and I'm saying rap as not in real hip hop)here and there but I always go back to Q. He's grown up too and he has realized his growth and wants to share it with the grown up world. To Q I say thank you. I still love the lyrical but I need it to make sense to me as a 40 yr woman.
This cd is perfect for me. Contemp and a lil traditional jazz, neo, funk and rhyming. The formula is just right. I give it 5 stars because it will be awhile before anyone else comes out that I can groove to at work.
This cd is perfect for me. Contemp and a lil traditional jazz, neo, funk and rhyming. The formula is just right. I give it 5 stars because it will be awhile before anyone else comes out that I can groove to at work.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Q-Tip's third album "Kamaal the abstract" was originally intended to be released as his second album in 2001, but was shelved by the record company over doubts about it's commercial viability. It finally gets released some 8 years later and finds Q-Tip twiddling production keys as well as playing some instruments.
The feel is Jazz/Funk a la Stevie Wonder or even Prince (especially on the Funk/Rock-laced "Heels" and on the guitar driven "Barely in love" with chunky/clunky percussion and hand claps), and finds Q-Tip doing more singing than rapping. Featuring no samples but live instrumentation, the presence of jazz legends Kenny Garrett, Gary Thomas and Kirk Rosenwinkel adds to the loose Jazzy feel.
The album comprises just 10 tracks and every thing stands out really, with variety. For lovers of Hip Hop, there's sing-song rapping on the horn/piano sprinkled "Abstractionisms" and "Do you dig u?" (lilting harmonies and funky rhodes) both set to a languid Neo-Soul sound with an incredibly groovy bassline, the melancholic piano ballad "Caring" features soothing female vocals/harmonies, while songs like "A million times" or "Even if it is so" (with a brilliant sax solo) wouldn't sound out of place on a D'Angelo or Erykah Badu CD.
This album is only "uncommercial" as compared to the uninspired clones being spit out of the musical conveyor belt, it will hardly get any airplay. Don't let that fool you though, this is music at it's finest, and I'm glad Q-Tip insisted on getting it finally released. An album you really should own.
The feel is Jazz/Funk a la Stevie Wonder or even Prince (especially on the Funk/Rock-laced "Heels" and on the guitar driven "Barely in love" with chunky/clunky percussion and hand claps), and finds Q-Tip doing more singing than rapping. Featuring no samples but live instrumentation, the presence of jazz legends Kenny Garrett, Gary Thomas and Kirk Rosenwinkel adds to the loose Jazzy feel.
The album comprises just 10 tracks and every thing stands out really, with variety. For lovers of Hip Hop, there's sing-song rapping on the horn/piano sprinkled "Abstractionisms" and "Do you dig u?" (lilting harmonies and funky rhodes) both set to a languid Neo-Soul sound with an incredibly groovy bassline, the melancholic piano ballad "Caring" features soothing female vocals/harmonies, while songs like "A million times" or "Even if it is so" (with a brilliant sax solo) wouldn't sound out of place on a D'Angelo or Erykah Badu CD.
This album is only "uncommercial" as compared to the uninspired clones being spit out of the musical conveyor belt, it will hardly get any airplay. Don't let that fool you though, this is music at it's finest, and I'm glad Q-Tip insisted on getting it finally released. An album you really should own.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
what can I say Q-Tip always puts out music that is always good and what one would not here other rappers put out, and is no exception on this cd which is ot standing from the time you push play and here the first selection(Feelin) till the end of the cd you will just be dancing and moving along to his groove...I advise anyone to buy this cd, for it is one of Q-Tips best!!!!!!!!!!excellent
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great music!
Loved it! Been a Tribe Called Quest & Q-Tip fan from the beginning! Good to hear him continue to move forward in his style!
Published 1 month ago by fareed
5.0 out of 5 stars
Kamaal the Abstract
Real simple Q tip is bangin this joint this is must have if you like The Tribe,Q Tip or just Hip Hop BUY IT!!!!
Published 19 months ago by Todd Carter
5.0 out of 5 stars
Q-Tip gets experimental on the long-delayed "Kamaal The Abstract"
When Q-Tip released the dance record "Amplified" in 1999, it was successful but critics and fans didn't know what to make of the album. Read more
Published on April 18, 2011 by Perverted Alchemist
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Hip Hop Jazz Fusion Classic
I am so glad they released this incredible,awesome hip hop jazz fusion cd. Q Tip delivers the goods here and takes it to another level. Read more
Published on January 4, 2011 by Edward L. McDaniel
5.0 out of 5 stars
a tragically delayed gem
can't believe that some corporate dumbass wouldn't release this - wtf??
i was excited when i heard this, thinking it was his newest, and the sign of his current direction, but... Read more
i was excited when i heard this, thinking it was his newest, and the sign of his current direction, but... Read more
Published on December 22, 2010 by musicglenn
2.0 out of 5 stars
Mmm... eeehh...
I'm only twenty, but I grew up listening to the rap my older brothers played, including ATCQ. I've loved them ever since, and can still find time to enjoy 'The Low End Theory' or... Read more
Published on September 17, 2010 by MDunn1937
5.0 out of 5 stars
Even If It Is So...
I titled my review after my favorite song on this cd. Love all of the songs but this one really gets me going. (In fact I'm listening to it as I write this. Read more
Published on May 17, 2010 by Siobhan Harris
5.0 out of 5 stars
Do you dig u?
It would be a little too reductive to just call this album "a blast," but it's a blast - and one you can imagine having in a room full of artists and musicians. Read more
Published on April 28, 2010 by E. Kutinsky
5.0 out of 5 stars
Q-tip-TOPS
This is the direction that rap/hip-hop should have gone, unfortunately it's not that way.
Q is a mature artist that we all should appreciate. Read more
Q is a mature artist that we all should appreciate. Read more
Published on February 26, 2010 by pierrot ce-cool
5.0 out of 5 stars
I'm guilty
I'm just glad it ever officially came out. Makes you wonder how much good music is on the shelves. This should have come out in 2001. The music industry is full of sleazy idiots.
Published on December 19, 2009 by Adam Voorhees
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