Word: track
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...nervous," Traugott said. "But I think it was more of a positive nervous energy which I was able to channel into running the race, since I was really pumped up to run in my first collegiate track meet...
...gangsta rappers. Q-Tip, on his new album, Amplified (Arista), brings back the honesty--but doesn't cut back on the fun. This is a party album about picking up chicks (Vivrant Thing), cruising the streets (Let's Ride) and dancing in clubs (Breathe & Stop). "I look at a track like a lady I'm about to get into a relationship with," says Q-Tip. "I let the music guide me and take me wherever...
What makes Amplified noteworthy is the fact that it is ultimately reflective about its playfulness. The CD's unlisted final track, Do It, See It, Be It, contains a heartfelt message. "The song says you can be who you want to be," says Q-Tip. "Just see your goal." Q-Tip raps about growing up in Queens, the breakup of A Tribe Called Quest and his embrace of Islam. He admits his partyin' ways don't always conform to Islamic values, but he's constantly striving to better himself, and at least in his mind, it's the effort that...
...indignities faced by young blacks at the hands of policemen, waiters and others, even when the young black men in question are rich and successful. "Even if it's never said and lips stay sealed," he raps about his antagonists, "their actions reveal how they really feel." On another track, he questions the size of the defense budget...
...Eclecticism is seen as a virtue. The Roots is working on a cover of Bob Dylan's 1976 song Hurricane, a protest anthem about Rubin ("Hurricane") Carter, a black boxer sentenced to die for a crime he didn't commit. The song is scheduled to appear on the sound track to the Denzel Washington film The Hurricane. Mos Def is also contributing material to the album...