“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,” Tip told us last week. “I’m a student of the game. I know what Clive did. He put out an album with Miles Davis called Bitches Brew in the ’70s. It’s considered to be the first fusion album of its kind. I said to Clive, ‘I want to do the hip-hop album that’s kind of like fusion in that way.’ He co-signed it. In 1999, I started putting it together.”
Read the full story here. MTV also confirms the track list that I posted earlier. If you remember, I gave you the album cover first.
Previously: Q-Tip – ‘Damn You’re Cool’ x ‘Heels’ x ‘Reverber For Factory’