Q-Tip had a tough time carrying on the meld of hip-hop, jazz and elsewise that made A Tribe Called Quest such a big deal. Soon after his second solo effort, 2002's
Kamaal The Abstract, was shelved by troubled Arista, he signed with equally troubled DreamWorks and recorded a whole other project called
Open, featuring guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel with guest appearances by Common, D'Angelo and Andre 3000. But
Open went unreleased as well, with DreamWorks shutting down for good one year later. Q-Tip fled to Universal Motown, who promised to release a reworked
Open as
Live At The Renaissance and then didn't. It wasn't until 2008 that rescued
Open tracks appeared on
Abstract Innovations and
The Renaissance, with
Kamaal The Abstract seeing light of day the following year. Many
Secret Open tracks were scrounged from YouTube, so bitrates may disappoint. Pie is never free.
Open
DreamWorks 2004 (unreleased)
01 Johnny Died
02 Black Boy
03 The Official
04 N/A (w/ Common)
05 Say Something For Me
06 Interlude
07 Not Gon' Have It
08 Unknown
09 Feelings
10 Where Do You Go?
11 Unidentified
12 That's Sexy (w/ Andre 3000)
13 Late Mornin'
14 Compute
15 I Believe (w/ D'Angelo)
16 Lisa (extended instrumental)
17 Instrumental
18 Lisa (originial)
Open
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