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He embarked on his music career as part of the critically acclaimed East Coast hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest. John Bush of AllMusic called him "the best rapper/producer in hip-hop history," while editors of About.com placed him #17 on their list of the Top 25 Hip-Hop Producers, as well as placing him #38 on their list of the Top 50 MCs of Our Time. In 2012, The Source ranked him #20 on their list of the Top 50 Lyricists of All Time. </p> <p> Also known as <a href="/profession/105/">Rapper</a>, <a href="/profession/113/">Singer</a>, <a href="/profession/15/">Actor</a>, <a href="/profession/81/">Record Producer</a> </p> </div> <span class="more" id="auhtor_info_more" more="more" less="Less">more</span> <ul class="author__about__options"><li><a href="http://www.defjam.com/artists/q-tip/" class="i-link" target="_blank" itemprop="url" title="Q-Tip official website"></a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-Tip_(musician)" class="i-wiki" target="_blank" itemprop="url" title="Wikipedia article about Q-Tip"></a></li><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/qtip" class="i-fb" target="_blank" itemprop="url" title="Q-Tip Facebook page"></a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/QtipTheAbstract" class="i-tw" target="_blank" itemprop="url" title="Q-Tip Twitter account"></a></li><li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/defjamrecords/" class="i-inst" target="_blank" itemprop="url" title="Q-Tip Instagram account"></a></li></ul> </div> </section> <div class="switch"> <ul class="switch-view" role="menu"> <li id="switch_cards" role="menuitem" class="active"><i class="i-cards" title="view_as_cards"></i></li> <li id="switch_list" role="menuitem"><i class="i-list" title="view_as_list"></i></li> </ul> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a319/046a7/">Dealing with those personalities and the people who run this music thing has been most challenging. It's hard to really communicate things to people who run a business yet forget the nature of the business. They only look at the bottom line and the financial return, you know, they forget what it is they're packaging. It's art.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a319/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1f/319.v5.jpg" alt="Q-Tip"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Q-Tip</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="046a7"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="046a7" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a319/046a7/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Dealing%20with%20those%20personalities%20and%20the%20people%20who%20run%20this%20music%20thing%20has%20been%20most%20challenging.%20It%27s%20hard%20to%20really%20communicate%20things%20to%20people%20who%20run%20a%20business%20yet%20forget%20the%20nature%20of%20the%20business.%20They%20only%20look%20at%20the%20bottom%20line%20and%20the%20financial%20return%2C%20you%20know%2C%20they%20forget%20what%20it%20is%20they%27re%20packaging.%20It%27s%20art.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa319%2F046a7%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/92/">People</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/114/">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/423/">Art</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a319/01914/">I grew up on the rough side of the tracks. If you looked like you were soft, you would be fodder for the wolves. I came up in my neighbourhood like, 'I'm just gonna be me,' and all the thugs just said, 'It's OK, he's special.' They knew I had the talent with the rhymes, so they kept me around.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a319/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1f/319.v5.jpg" alt="Q-Tip"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Q-Tip</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="01914"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="01914" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a319/01914/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20grew%20up%20on%20the%20rough%20side%20of%20the%20tracks.%20If%20you%20looked%20like%20you%20were%20soft%2C%20you%20would%20be%20fodder%20for%20the%20wolves.%20I%20came%20up%20in%20my%20neighbourhood%20like%2C%20%27I%27m%20just%20gonna%20be%20me%2C%27%20and%20all%20the%20thugs%20just%20said%2C%20%27It%27s%20OK%2C%20he%27s%20special.%27%20They%20knew%20I%20had%20the%20talent%20with%20the%20rhymes%2C%20so%20they%20kept%20me%20around.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa319%2F01914%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/855/">Up</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/13/">Me</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/312/">Talent</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul><div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-1'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; var slotName = 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-1'; if (screen.width > 1000) { slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[728, 90]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } else { document.getElementById(slotName).classList.add("banner--mobile"); slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[336, 280]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } googletag.display(slotName); googletag.pubads().refresh([slot]); }); </script> </div> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a319/3bcf/">A lot of people who curate in the business, and curate the art, don't really have good artistic sense. They may know commerce, but they aren't savvy enough to know how to balance commerce and art, you know? They don't know how to satisfy both palates.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a319/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1f/319.v5.jpg" alt="Q-Tip"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Q-Tip</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="3bcf"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="3bcf" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a319/3bcf/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=A%20lot%20of%20people%20who%20curate%20in%20the%20business%2C%20and%20curate%20the%20art%2C%20don%27t%20really%20have%20good%20artistic%20sense.%20They%20may%20know%20commerce%2C%20but%20they%20aren%27t%20savvy%20enough%20to%20know%20how%20to%20balance%20commerce%20and%20art%2C%20you%20know%3F%20They%20don%27t%20know%20how%20to%20satisfy%20both%20palates.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa319%2F3bcf%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/92/">People</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/57/">Good</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/423/">Art</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a319/2ed4/">You know, I hate to sound self-involved, but I feel like I haven't peaked yet.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a319/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1f/319.v5.jpg" alt="Q-Tip"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Q-Tip</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="2ed4"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="2ed4" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a319/2ed4/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=You%20know%2C%20I%20hate%20to%20sound%20self-involved%2C%20but%20I%20feel%20like%20I%20haven%27t%20peaked%20yet.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa319%2F2ed4%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/108/">You</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/55/">Hate</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/56/">Know</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a319/0468e/">I'm in a hallowed league of artists. Whether it's Billie Holiday or Rakim or Jimmy Hendrix or... I don't know, MGMT, we're all blessed to be able to create. It's a lineage that extends a long time. And to be able to be active in it and have made a difference in it, it's humbling. To know I had a place in all of this; that's the rewarding part.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a319/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1f/319.v5.jpg" alt="Q-Tip"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Q-Tip</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="0468e"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="0468e" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a319/0468e/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%27m%20in%20a%20hallowed%20league%20of%20artists.%20Whether%20it%27s%20Billie%20Holiday%20or%20Rakim%20or%20Jimmy%20Hendrix%20or...%20I%20don%27t%20know%2C%20MGMT%2C%20we%27re%20all%20blessed%20to%20be%20able%20to%20create.%20It%27s%20a%20lineage%20that%20extends%20a%20long%20time.%20And%20to%20be%20able%20to%20be%20active%20in%20it%20and%20have%20made%20a%20difference%20in%20it%2C%20it%27s%20humbling.%20To%20know%20I%20had%20a%20place%20in%20all%20of%20this%3B%20that%27s%20the%20rewarding%20part.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa319%2F0468e%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/11/">Time</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/268/">Long</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1114/">Blessed</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a319/23b68/">I'm kind of a pop culture stew, you know.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a319/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1f/319.v5.jpg" alt="Q-Tip"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Q-Tip</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="23b68"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="23b68" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a319/23b68/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%27m%20kind%20of%20a%20pop%20culture%20stew%2C%20you%20know.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa319%2F23b68%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/315/">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/56/">Know</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/188/">Kind</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a319/157ef/">I shot a movie with Nicole Kidman that I got cut out of - it was crap anyways.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a319/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1f/319.v5.jpg" alt="Q-Tip"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Q-Tip</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="157ef"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="157ef" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a319/157ef/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20shot%20a%20movie%20with%20Nicole%20Kidman%20that%20I%20got%20cut%20out%20of%20-%20it%20was%20crap%20anyways.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa319%2F157ef%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/3726/">Movie</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/2075/">Got</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/367/">Out</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a319/25a21/">I do try to speak of positive things. I still try to, like, present two sides of the story, and I do try to relate to life in a 360 degree and not be one-dimensional. But by all means, manage expectations.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a319/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1f/319.v5.jpg" alt="Q-Tip"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Q-Tip</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="25a21"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="25a21" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a319/25a21/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20do%20try%20to%20speak%20of%20positive%20things.%20I%20still%20try%20to%2C%20like%2C%20present%20two%20sides%20of%20the%20story%2C%20and%20I%20do%20try%20to%20relate%20to%20life%20in%20a%20360%20degree%20and%20not%20be%20one-dimensional.%20But%20by%20all%20means%2C%20manage%20expectations.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa319%2F25a21%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/145/">Life</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1269/">Present</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/681/">Positive</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-2'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; var slotName = 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-2'; if (screen.width > 1000) { slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[728, 90]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } else { document.getElementById(slotName).classList.add("banner--mobile"); slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[336, 280]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } googletag.display(slotName); googletag.pubads().refresh([slot]); }); </script> </div> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a319/23c8c/">I definitely move to the beat of my own drummer and man, he's not playing something anyone has heard before. It's pretty cool, though. Pretty cool.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a319/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1f/319.v5.jpg" alt="Q-Tip"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Q-Tip</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="23c8c"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="23c8c" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a319/23c8c/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20definitely%20move%20to%20the%20beat%20of%20my%20own%20drummer%20and%20man%2C%20he%27s%20not%20playing%20something%20anyone%20has%20heard%20before.%20It%27s%20pretty%20cool%2C%20though.%20Pretty%20cool.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa319%2F23c8c%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/1335/">Pretty</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/20/">Man</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/839/">Cool</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a319/3315b/">It's called 'I Wanna Thank You,' and I'm encouraging everybody out there to blog, Tweet, Facebook, anything about it. Let's sign a petition. The petition is called 'Busta Rhymes Make 'I Wanna Thank You' Your First Single.'</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a319/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1f/319.v5.jpg" alt="Q-Tip"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Q-Tip</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="3315b"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="3315b" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a319/3315b/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=It%27s%20called%20%27I%20Wanna%20Thank%20You%2C%27%20and%20I%27m%20encouraging%20everybody%20out%20there%20to%20blog%2C%20Tweet%2C%20Facebook%2C%20anything%20about%20it.%20Let%27s%20sign%20a%20petition.%20The%20petition%20is%20called%20%27Busta%20Rhymes%20Make%20%27I%20Wanna%20Thank%20You%27%20Your%20First%20Single.%27&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa319%2F3315b%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/108/">You</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/440/">Single</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/8601/">Encouraging</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a319/065dd/">For people who love Tribe, I'm the defector. They say, 'You should get back with Ali to do the beats.' But a lot of people don't realize I did all the music in Tribe. In the first three albums, I did all the beats!</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a319/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1f/319.v5.jpg" alt="Q-Tip"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Q-Tip</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="065dd"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="065dd" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a319/065dd/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=For%20people%20who%20love%20Tribe%2C%20I%27m%20the%20defector.%20They%20say%2C%20%27You%20should%20get%20back%20with%20Ali%20to%20do%20the%20beats.%27%20But%20a%20lot%20of%20people%20don%27t%20realize%20I%20did%20all%20the%20music%20in%20Tribe.%20In%20the%20first%20three%20albums%2C%20I%20did%20all%20the%20beats%21&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa319%2F065dd%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/92/">People</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/114/">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/259/">Realize</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a319/1532f/">On the radio there's only a certain amount of artists: Jay-Z, Beyonce, Kanye, T-Pain, Lil Wayne, T.I., Mary J Blige, Alicia Keys. Other artists are achieving things that are really special, they have a hard time getting people's attention. Music has been just a little bit lacklustre.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a319/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1f/319.v5.jpg" alt="Q-Tip"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Q-Tip</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="1532f"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="1532f" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a319/1532f/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=On%20the%20radio%20there%27s%20only%20a%20certain%20amount%20of%20artists:%20Jay-Z%2C%20Beyonce%2C%20Kanye%2C%20T-Pain%2C%20Lil%20Wayne%2C%20T.I.%2C%20Mary%20J%20Blige%2C%20Alicia%20Keys.%20Other%20artists%20are%20achieving%20things%20that%20are%20really%20special%2C%20they%20have%20a%20hard%20time%20getting%20people%27s%20attention.%20Music%20has%20been%20just%20a%20little%20bit%20lacklustre.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa319%2F1532f%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/92/">People</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/11/">Time</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/114/">Music</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a319/23402/">I don't really listen to my work. If I have to DJ and I play something, I hear it. But I don't sit quietly and listen to my work; I'm always off to do the next thing.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a319/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1f/319.v5.jpg" alt="Q-Tip"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Q-Tip</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="23402"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="23402" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a319/23402/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20don%27t%20really%20listen%20to%20my%20work.%20If%20I%20have%20to%20DJ%20and%20I%20play%20something%2C%20I%20hear%20it.%20But%20I%20don%27t%20sit%20quietly%20and%20listen%20to%20my%20work%3B%20I%27m%20always%20off%20to%20do%20the%20next%20thing.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa319%2F23402%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/10/">Work</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/308/">Play</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/654/">Listen</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a319/34423/">I sang in church, but growing up in the neighborhood, music was more of an expression of relief or entertainment.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a319/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1f/319.v5.jpg" alt="Q-Tip"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Q-Tip</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="34423"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="34423" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a319/34423/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20sang%20in%20church%2C%20but%20growing%20up%20in%20the%20neighborhood%2C%20music%20was%20more%20of%20an%20expression%20of%20relief%20or%20entertainment.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa319%2F34423%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/855/">Up</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/114/">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/557/">Growing</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-3'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; var slotName = 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-3'; if (screen.width > 1000) { slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[728, 90]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } else { document.getElementById(slotName).classList.add("banner--mobile"); slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[336, 280]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } googletag.display(slotName); googletag.pubads().refresh([slot]); }); </script> </div> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a319/33d0c/">In theory, people would pick progression every time over being idle. But if you look at us as a culture, as a people, you would say that if you get up at five o'clock in the morning, eat your breakfast, go to work, make money, pay your bills, you're progressing, when you're still doing what's comfortable.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a319/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1f/319.v5.jpg" alt="Q-Tip"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Q-Tip</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="33d0c"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="33d0c" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a319/33d0c/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=In%20theory%2C%20people%20would%20pick%20progression%20every%20time%20over%20being%20idle.%20But%20if%20you%20look%20at%20us%20as%20a%20culture%2C%20as%20a%20people%2C%20you%20would%20say%20that%20if%20you%20get%20up%20at%20five%20o%27clock%20in%20the%20morning%2C%20eat%20your%20breakfast%2C%20go%20to%20work%2C%20make%20money%2C%20pay%20your%20bills%2C%20you%27re%20progressing%2C%20when%20you%27re%20still%20doing%20what%27s%20comfortable.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa319%2F33d0c%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/92/">People</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/855/">Up</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/11/">Time</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a319/257e3/">I read the Koran and it appealed to me. At the time I was agnostic and it really breathed spiritually back into me. For me it's really a cushion; it's cool, I'm cool with it.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a319/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1f/319.v5.jpg" alt="Q-Tip"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Q-Tip</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="257e3"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="257e3" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a319/257e3/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20read%20the%20Koran%20and%20it%20appealed%20to%20me.%20At%20the%20time%20I%20was%20agnostic%20and%20it%20really%20breathed%20spiritually%20back%20into%20me.%20For%20me%20it%27s%20really%20a%20cushion%3B%20it%27s%20cool%2C%20I%27m%20cool%20with%20it.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa319%2F257e3%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/11/">Time</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/839/">Cool</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/3166/">Agnostic</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a319/33cf6/">I think I have great responsibility, and when I do my music, when I try to relate to my audience, I just try to do it in an honest fashion, you know, just try to be as earnest as possible and sometime it may be self-effacing. Sometimes it may be finger-pointing. Sometimes it may be beautiful, and sometime it may be ugly.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a319/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1f/319.v5.jpg" alt="Q-Tip"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Q-Tip</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="33cf6"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="33cf6" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a319/33cf6/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20think%20I%20have%20great%20responsibility%2C%20and%20when%20I%20do%20my%20music%2C%20when%20I%20try%20to%20relate%20to%20my%20audience%2C%20I%20just%20try%20to%20do%20it%20in%20an%20honest%20fashion%2C%20you%20know%2C%20just%20try%20to%20be%20as%20earnest%20as%20possible%20and%20sometime%20it%20may%20be%20self-effacing.%20Sometimes%20it%20may%20be%20finger-pointing.%20Sometimes%20it%20may%20be%20beautiful%2C%20and%20sometime%20it%20may%20be%20ugly.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa319%2F33cf6%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/178/">Great</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/114/">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1081/">May</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a319/1650c/">I feel like Obama in a way. His idea that hope means not shrinking from a fight; it's the courage to reach for something. My music is that. Those are principles I try to embody.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a319/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1f/319.v5.jpg" alt="Q-Tip"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Q-Tip</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="1650c"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="1650c" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a319/1650c/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20feel%20like%20Obama%20in%20a%20way.%20His%20idea%20that%20hope%20means%20not%20shrinking%20from%20a%20fight%3B%20it%27s%20the%20courage%20to%20reach%20for%20something.%20My%20music%20is%20that.%20Those%20are%20principles%20I%20try%20to%20embody.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa319%2F1650c%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/114/">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/586/">Hope</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/583/">Courage</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a319/366b3/">In 1999, I just came out of putting out the song 'Vivrant Thing' and 'Breathe and Stop' off the 'Amplified' album. Clive Davis signed me to Arista.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a319/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1f/319.v5.jpg" alt="Q-Tip"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Q-Tip</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="366b3"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="366b3" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a319/366b3/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=In%201999%2C%20I%20just%20came%20out%20of%20putting%20out%20the%20song%20%27Vivrant%20Thing%27%20and%20%27Breathe%20and%20Stop%27%20off%20the%20%27Amplified%27%20album.%20Clive%20Davis%20signed%20me%20to%20Arista.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa319%2F366b3%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/493/">Song</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/13/">Me</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/545/">Stop</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a319/232f6/">One thing the music industry has taught me is to manage my expectations.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a319/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1f/319.v5.jpg" alt="Q-Tip"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Q-Tip</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="232f6"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="232f6" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a319/232f6/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=One%20thing%20the%20music%20industry%20has%20taught%20me%20is%20to%20manage%20my%20expectations.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa319%2F232f6%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/114/">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1127/">Expectations</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/869/">Industry</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-4'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; var slotName = 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-4'; if (screen.width > 1000) { slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[728, 90]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } else { document.getElementById(slotName).classList.add("banner--mobile"); slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[336, 280]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } googletag.display(slotName); googletag.pubads().refresh([slot]); }); </script> </div> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a319/2469a/">Predating the Internet and predating videos, you had an active imagination. You would hear sounds and then get mental pictures of what these sounds felt like to you. It engaged you and made you more invested in it. It made you want to get tickets to the show, buy the album, put the poster on the wall. Now it's sensory overload.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a319/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1f/319.v5.jpg" alt="Q-Tip"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Q-Tip</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="2469a"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="2469a" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a319/2469a/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Predating%20the%20Internet%20and%20predating%20videos%2C%20you%20had%20an%20active%20imagination.%20You%20would%20hear%20sounds%20and%20then%20get%20mental%20pictures%20of%20what%20these%20sounds%20felt%20like%20to%20you.%20It%20engaged%20you%20and%20made%20you%20more%20invested%20in%20it.%20It%20made%20you%20want%20to%20get%20tickets%20to%20the%20show%2C%20buy%20the%20album%2C%20put%20the%20poster%20on%20the%20wall.%20Now%20it%27s%20sensory%20overload.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa319%2F2469a%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/298/">Want</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/742/">Imagination</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1749/">Wall</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a319/34277/">I feel like Barack Obama, kind of in a political sense, embodies that same kind of spirit as a Q-Tip or a Santogold or a Common. I feel like there is a synergy going on here in this country and abroad. I feel like the doors are open, and it's time to push them wide open.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a319/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1f/319.v5.jpg" alt="Q-Tip"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Q-Tip</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="34277"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="34277" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a319/34277/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20feel%20like%20Barack%20Obama%2C%20kind%20of%20in%20a%20political%20sense%2C%20embodies%20that%20same%20kind%20of%20spirit%20as%20a%20Q-Tip%20or%20a%20Santogold%20or%20a%20Common.%20I%20feel%20like%20there%20is%20a%20synergy%20going%20on%20here%20in%20this%20country%20and%20abroad.%20I%20feel%20like%20the%20doors%20are%20open%2C%20and%20it%27s%20time%20to%20push%20them%20wide%20open.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa319%2F34277%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/11/">Time</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/470/">Country</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/420/">Political</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a319/248fa/">If there's a 'Cruel Summer' then there's got to be a 'Cruel Winter,' right? That's all I'm saying.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a319/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1f/319.v5.jpg" alt="Q-Tip"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Q-Tip</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="248fa"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="248fa" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a319/248fa/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=If%20there%27s%20a%20%27Cruel%20Summer%27%20then%20there%27s%20got%20to%20be%20a%20%27Cruel%20Winter%2C%27%20right%3F%20That%27s%20all%20I%27m%20saying.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa319%2F248fa%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/467/">Summer</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/466/">Winter</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/611/">Saying</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a319/35616/">The song, 'Life is Better,' is about hip-hop. It's about my love for hip-hop. And, you know, I go through all the artists from the beginning to the end, you know. And, well, not to the end, but since the beginning to now, you know.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a319/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1f/319.v5.jpg" alt="Q-Tip"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Q-Tip</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="35616"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="35616" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a319/35616/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=The%20song%2C%20%27Life%20is%20Better%2C%27%20is%20about%20hip-hop.%20It%27s%20about%20my%20love%20for%20hip-hop.%20And%2C%20you%20know%2C%20I%20go%20through%20all%20the%20artists%20from%20the%20beginning%20to%20the%20end%2C%20you%20know.%20And%2C%20well%2C%20not%20to%20the%20end%2C%20but%20since%20the%20beginning%20to%20now%2C%20you%20know.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa319%2F35616%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/145/">Life</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/56/">Know</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/303/">Better</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <dl class="pagination" role="menubar"> <dd><span class="active">1</span></dd><dd><a href="/a319/?p=1" class="ajax" rel="next">2</a></dd><nobr><dd><span class="disabled">previous</span></dd><dd><a href="/a319/?p=1" class="ajax" rel="next">next</a></dd></nobr> </dl> </main> <aside> <div class="banner--aside"> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539482008349-0'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1539482008349-0'); }); </script> </div></div><section class="tags--authors"> <h3>RELEVANT AUTHORS</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/a69/">F. 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