Q-Tip’s “Noisemakers” (ft. The Cypher, hosted by Peter Rosenberg) - 92Y Tribecca; NYC, 4-15-09 (Complete Interview + Tribute Sets w/live band)
Posted on April 19th, 2009 by HighVoltage in Daru Jones, Peter Rosenberg, Q-Tip, Questlove, The Cypher
Q-Tip was the featured guest at the third installment of Noisemakers, a bimonthly series hosted by Peter Rosenberg which, as he puts it, is a hip-hop version of Inside The Actor’s Studio. Q-Tip shed insight into his acclaimed career, revealing stories never publically told before including recalling his first experience listening to J-Dilla, the origins of A Tribe Called Quest and the Native Tongues movement, his hilarious encounter with Miles Davis, Busta Rhymes nearly becoming a member of Tribe, and many more (the whole event is well over 2 hours long). Questlove was in the building and joined in the discussions towards the end of the interview. Also included for your listening pleasure is The Cypher’s tribute sets to Q-Tip and A Tribe Called Quest. The 5-piece band, anchored by Daru Jones on drums, absolutely nailed the interpretations of the songs and their sets were amazing. Questlove even hopped on twitter to say “The Cypher might be the illest hip-hop band. It would behoove any emcee already established to scoop em now… their attention to sample detail is to a level and standard that I don’t even set!” Those are pretty strong words coming from the mighty afro considering its unanimously viewed that The Roots are top dog in that space. Fans of hip-hop, or music in general…. you need to hear this.
Audio (includes complete interview and The Cypher’s tribute sets.. 2.5 hours of interviews & live music)
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[...] Q-Tip Noisemakers Event. Pete Rosenberg hosted his third installment of this event with the legendary Q-Tip. They discussed his early beginnings with Tribe, J Dilla, and how Busta Rhymes almost joined the group after L.O.N.S. broke up. [...]
?uest been drummin while textin!!!! dem stories really show the comradery of the older rap cats
yo u have any contact info for the cypher?
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