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Score
- Artist: Q-Tip
- Rating:
- Release Date: November 23, 1999
- Total Time: 47:30
- Type: Contains explicit content
- Genre: Rap
Review
Just over a year after A Tribe Called Quest issued its final album, the group's nominal frontman Q-Tip issued his debut solo album, Amplified. For Tribe fans able to get over the fact that Q-Tip isn't trading off on rhymes with Phife Dog and Ali as usual, Amplified is an excellent work, almost up to the same level as the group's underrated final Jive album, The Love Movement. The sound here is very similar to The Love Movement, obviously no coincidence since production credits throughout go to Jay Dee and Q-Tip for the Ummah, the same combo that produced most of A Tribe Called Quest's material. It's a style that emphasizes deep grooves and clipped beats with a polished sheen that takes Tribe's jazz-rap into the age of quiet storm and fusion. Q-Tip's rapping is as smooth and inventive as ever, though it's a mild surprise that he doesn't include any message tracks (most Tribe albums have at least one or two). The band's breakup was a blow to hip-hop fans all over the world, but Amplified will make everyone feel much better. ~ John Bush, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Wait Up (Lyrics) | Q-Tip | (3:43) | |
| Higher (Lyrics) | Q-Tip | (3:30) | |
| Breathe and Stop (Lyrics) | Q-Tip | (4:03) | |
| Moving With U (Lyrics) | Q-Tip | (3:22) | |
| Let's Ride (Lyrics) | Q-Tip | (4:07) | |
| Things U Do (Lyrics) | Q-Tip | (4:06) | |
| All In (Lyrics) | Q-Tip | (3:08) | |
| Go Hard (Lyrics) | Q-Tip | (3:02) | |
| Do It (Lyrics) | Q-Tip | (2:51) | |
| Vivrant Thing (Lyrics) | Q-Tip | (3:11) | |
| N.T. | Busta Rhymes, Q-Tip | (3:54) | |
| End of Time | Q-Tip, Korn | (8:33) | |
| Do It, See It, Be It (Lyrics) | Q-Tip |
