I know how it is, my fellow patients. Teeth hurt, sciatica acting up, whooping cough, etc. It's hard to keep a handle on the various maladies of modern life. But when's the last time you had your Taste Barometer tuned? What's that? You haven't looked under that hood in ages? Well, let Dr. Q-Tip, M.D. help you with that.
With MTV cameras in tow, Q-Tip talks about the highly sensitive Taste Barometer; that meter by which fans measure their trust in an artist's ear for tones. According to the widely respected former Tribe member, a highly functioning Taste Barometer comes from long afternoons getting fingers dusty in the crates of Lower East Side record stores. Now, Tip likes to keep his Barometer, "in the red." That may not work for you. You may be a chartreuse kinda cat. Up to you. In the above video, Tip talks about the long ago time when Tribe used to compete with groups like Brand Nubian, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, N.W.A. and Ice Cube on an aesthetic level, rather than a chart one. While browsing a store full of the sounds that influenced his latest solo album, The Renaissance, he talks about his influence on newer artists like Kid Cudi, Cool Kids and Kanye West. Get this looked at.
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