- hip-hop, hip hop
- 48 min
- 13 tracks
- Arista
Amplified is the debut solo studio album by American rapper Q-Tip, released on November 30, 1999, through Arista Records. It was recorded following the disbandment of his former group A Tribe Called Quest in 1998, and the production was primarily handled by himself and Jay Dee of the Ummah. The album spawned the Billboard Hot 100 singles "Vivrant Thing" and "Breathe and Stop".
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Spare, classical in form, grave and character-led.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- Los Angeles Times3/4 ★
- Muzik4/5 ★
- NME8/10
- Pitchfork6.8/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- Spin3.5/5 ★
- USA Today3.5/4 ★
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Tracks
- 1Wait Up3:43
- 2Higher3:30
- 3Breathe and Stop4:03
- 4Moving With U3:22
- 5Let’s Ride4:07
- 6Things U Do4:06
- 7All In3:10
- 8Go Hard3:03
- 9Do It2:51
- 10Vivrant Thing3:12
- 11N.T.3:55
- 12Do It, See It, Be It4:36
- 13End of Time3:56
13 tracks, 48 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Q‐Tip
- Label
- Arista
- Released
- November 23, 1999
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
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