Tip and Sha speak on the controversial “Beats, Rhymes, and Life” documentary on A Tribe Called Quest, with Sway of MTV. Additional clips in succession after the first clip.

As you can see from Q-Tip’s tweets, the Grammy’s fucked up big last night… We’re not talking about any of the awards (although we have some beefs there, too), but during the show’s in memoriam segment, where they left out Guru! Who’s gonna take the weight?

Michael Rappaport sits down with MTV at Sundance, discussing the controversies behind his recent A Tribe Called Quest documentary, Beats, Rhymes, & Life.

Q-Tip recently spoke with Entertainment Weekly about his plans for 2011. He will begin working on his next solo LP, The Last Zulu, in February, expecting to see it released by the end of the year or early 2012. He also plans to release the album in three different language versions, English, Spanish and French. [cont.]

Consequence kicked off the weekend and Tweeted this new Queens collaboration, taken from Movies On Demand 2, dropping soon. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] LISTEN: Consequence – “Fake ID” (feat. Q-Tip + Large Professor + Havoc) (MP3) Consequence – “Fake ID” (feat. Q-Tip + Large Professor + Havoc) (MP3)

A Tribe Called Quest frontman sat down for an hour with XXL, speaking on a variety of topics including working with Kanye and Jay-Z, his next project, and more.

G.O.O.D. Fridays continue, albeit a little later than usual. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] LISTEN: Kanye West – “Chain Heavy” (feat. Talib Kweli + Consequence; prod. Q-Tip) Kanye West – “Chain Heavy” (feat. Talib Kweli + Consequence; prod. Q-Tip) (MP3)

YP and DJ RTC, both at the forefront of Chicago’s burgeoning Hip Hop scene, have come together for this new project entitled “No Sleep”. The mixtape features all new material from YP, as well as special guests and is mixed and arranged by RTC. Q-Tip makes a cameo.

Here’s a little something from Chiddy Bang’s The Preview, featuring verses from the Abstract. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] LISTEN: Chiddy Bang – “Here We Go” (feat. Q-Tip) (MP3) Chiddy Bang – “Here We Go” (feat. Q-Tip) (MP3)

Q-Tip and The Roots channel the raw spirit of NWA with a live rendition of “Straight Out of Compton.” The Tipster from Queens also announced via Twitter that not only is he working on tracks for Mary J Blige and Beyonce, but he is also working with Kanye West on beats for Jay-Z. Jay-Z over [cont.]

“Queens is in the house…Represent! Respresent!” The Abstract backs up the King of Queens on his classics: “NY State of Mind”, “One Love”, and “Made You Look”.

Check out Q-Tip, Buckshot, Mase, Lupe Fiasco, Barry White, and many more in this movie trailer for this upcoming Hip Hop documentary, “Check the Rhyme.”

Roc Marciano announced on Twitter this evening that he will remix his Marcberg LP as Marcberg Reloaded. The new version will be produced by Roc, Alchemist, Just Blaze, Q-Tip, Madlib, Pete Rock, Ray West, and Large Professor.

Bilal has a new album dropping, called “Airtight Revenge”, hitting September 14th on Plug Research. Phonte and Q-Tip wax poetically about the soul singer in the clips below. Tracklist right under that. Tracklisting: 1. Cake & Eat It Too – Produced by Bilal Oliver & Steve Mckie 2. Restart – Produced by Bilal Oliver & [cont.]

Skillz sits down with Peanut Butter Wolf and Q-Tip for this episode of Hip-Hop Confessional.

Ronson delivers the first single from his third LP, The Record Collection, due July 11th in the UK, and featuring Q-Tip and MNDR.

Yessir! Nice collabo track here with Black Sheep featuring Q-Tip, Dave & Mike Gee. Native Tongues have officially been reinstated? [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Black Sheep – “Birds of a Feather” (MP3)

Ya’ll know how we feel about radio rips. It’s a rule we will only break for special occasions. This is one of those times. Mark Ronson joins with Q-Tip and Amanda Warner (aka MNDR) for the first single from his upcoming Record Collection LP, due later this year. Sounds like Ronson’s off his funk shit [cont.]

Consequence sits down with MTV to talk about the production for his new album, the free mixtape Movies On Demand and making a great album. He talks about Kanye West and Q-Tip co-executive producing his entire album. He refers to the album from a soundscape point of view as The Blueprint meets Midnight Mauraders.