- hip hop
- 8 tracks
- Universal Motown
The Renaissance is the second studio album by American hip-hop artist Q-Tip, released on November 4, 2008, through Universal Motown Records.
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Grave, spare, classical in form and character-led.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
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Metacritic 82/100
- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubB
- Entertainment WeeklyA
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times3.5/4 ★
- Mojo4/5 ★
- Pitchfork8.4/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Spin4/5 ★
- USA Today4/4 ★
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Tracks
- 1Johnny Is Dead
- 2Won't Trade
- 3Official
- 4You
- 5We Fight/We Love
- 6Manwomanboogie
- 7Move
- 8Believe
About the album
- Artist
- Q‐Tip
- Label
- Universal Motown
- Released
- 2008
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD-R
- Country
- US
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