Q-Tip Explains Beef w/ ATCQ Documentary (Video)

Tip finally expresses his beef with the Michael Rapaport-directed documentary Beats, Rhymes and Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest, which premiered at Sundance in January.

According to Q-Tip, on December 17, 2010, a couple of weeks after he initially expressed concern about the film, an e-mail was accidentally sent to him by one of the producers that read as follows: “First off let’s close the Billing Block and put it on the poster so they can’t get on that. Then we’ll f— them on everything else.”

Well, damn.

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~ by Shake on March 15, 2011.

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14 Responses to “Q-Tip Explains Beef w/ ATCQ Documentary (Video)”

  1. That’s pretty fucked up. Lucky Tip for getting that email…

    Darkallah said this on March 15th, 2011 at 2:59 pm

  2. IM on his Tip love that mofo

    EachNEverDayNoSleep said this on March 15th, 2011 at 3:01 pm

  3. good promo tactics. ATCQ & Rappaport are not stupid. It’s like the production company said, “if we make a rap movie we need rap beef for promotion, the internets eats that shit up.”
    free promotion = mission accomplished.
    I’m not mad, just saying.

    MASJ said this on March 15th, 2011 at 3:10 pm

  4. #4080

    DonSneaks said this on March 15th, 2011 at 3:12 pm

  5. Good one. LOL! @DonSneaks

    shycetee said this on March 15th, 2011 at 3:53 pm

  6. Whoever sent that Email to Q-tip should get punched in the face for fucking up a chance to put out a great documentary and thinking its ok to play with peoples paper.

    marty mcfly said this on March 15th, 2011 at 4:22 pm

  7. Haha, 4080… But I guess that applies to film people as well.

    Maga D said this on March 15th, 2011 at 4:47 pm

  8. all in all i still wanted to see that ish.

    D. said this on March 15th, 2011 at 5:31 pm

  9. 4080!…damn i remember reading quite a few comments a while back really shittin on q tip about this project…the apologies should prolly begin below.

    stevep said this on March 15th, 2011 at 6:22 pm

  10. Come on, someone (anyone) was stupid enough to actually write “and then we’ll fuck them on everything else?” I call bullshit on that.

    Bobo said this on March 15th, 2011 at 6:50 pm

  11. Definitely 4,080…The only way I see ME staying righteous through all this is DON’T BUY THE MOVIE! COP THE BOOTLEG!! DON’T BUY THE MOVIE! COP THE BOOTLEG!! DON’T BUY THE MOVIE! COP THE BOOTLEG!! DON’T BUY THE MOVIE! COP THE BOOTLEG!!

    FIVER said this on March 15th, 2011 at 7:05 pm

  12. Industry rule #4050, movie company people are shiftyyyyyyy -Q Tip

    Verbal said this on March 15th, 2011 at 8:21 pm

  13. The only way I see US staying righteous through all this is DON’T BUY THE MOVIE! COP THE BOOTLEG!! DON’T BUY THE MOVIE! COP THE BOOTLEG!! DON’T BUY THE MOVIE! COP THE BOOTLEG!! DON’T BUY THE MOVIE! COP THE BOOTLEG!!

    xxxxx said this on March 16th, 2011 at 4:09 pm

  14. White folks trying to get over on niggas. Wow, that’s an innovative notion…

    BC-TW said this on March 16th, 2011 at 6:02 pm

 

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