Q-Tip's Hottest Cameos

The Abstract's dopest features.

Electric Relaxation - Hip hop legend Q-Tip turned 45 today and has been spitting game since 1988. In honor of the Tribesman's born day, check out some of his dopest guest performances over the years. —Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA)(Photos from left: Kevin Winter/Getty Images, Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for John Varvatos, Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Global Citizen Festival) 

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Electric Relaxation - Hip hop legend Q-Tip turned 45 today and has been spitting game since 1988. In honor of the Tribesman's born day, check out some of his dopest guest performances over the years. —Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA)(Photos from left: Kevin Winter/Getty Images, Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for John Varvatos, Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Global Citizen Festival) 

Deee-Lite, Featuring Q-Tip and Bootsy Collins – 'Groove Is in the Heart' - Q-Tip helped Dee-Lite rule the dance floors in 1990 with their Top 10 smash. Feeling the vibes, Kamaal The Abstract had folks grooving with lines like, "Feelin' kinda high like a Hendrix haze/ Music makes mostly moves like a maze/ All inside of me, heart especially/ Note of the rhythm, where I wanna be."(Photos from left: Gregorio Binuya/Getty Images, Ian Dickson / Redferns)

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Deee-Lite, Featuring Q-Tip and Bootsy Collins – 'Groove Is in the Heart' - Q-Tip helped Dee-Lite rule the dance floors in 1990 with their Top 10 smash. Feeling the vibes, Kamaal The Abstract had folks grooving with lines like, "Feelin' kinda high like a Hendrix haze/ Music makes mostly moves like a maze/ All inside of me, heart especially/ Note of the rhythm, where I wanna be."(Photos from left: Gregorio Binuya/Getty Images, Ian Dickson / Redferns)

Janet Jackson, Featuring Q-Tip and Joni Mitchell – 'Got 'Til Its Gone' - Janet Jackson summoned Q-Tip and folk singer Joni Mitchell for her lead single off The Velvet Rope as Tip spit about being fed up with his woman's hassles. "That was out with the tide but my love you impeach/ Now you looking at the walls, head in hands, cold jonezin/ Ringing my house, hanging up and then posing."(Photo: WENN/ Sidewalk)

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Janet Jackson, Featuring Q-Tip and Joni Mitchell – 'Got 'Til Its Gone' - Janet Jackson summoned Q-Tip and folk singer Joni Mitchell for her lead single off The Velvet Rope as Tip spit about being fed up with his woman's hassles. "That was out with the tide but my love you impeach/ Now you looking at the walls, head in hands, cold jonezin/ Ringing my house, hanging up and then posing."(Photo: WENN/ Sidewalk)

Jay-Z, Featuring Q-Tip, Slick Rick and Biz Markie – 'Girls, Girls, Girls' - Q-Tip, Slick Rick and Biz Markie held Jigga down on the hooks for his 2001 ode to the lovely ladies he crossed throughout his worldly travels.(Photo: Ray Amati/Getty Images)

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Jay-Z, Featuring Q-Tip, Slick Rick and Biz Markie – 'Girls, Girls, Girls' - Q-Tip, Slick Rick and Biz Markie held Jigga down on the hooks for his 2001 ode to the lovely ladies he crossed throughout his worldly travels.(Photo: Ray Amati/Getty Images)

Mark Ronson and the Business Intl., Featuring Q-Tip and Amanda Warner – 'Bang Bang Bang' - Q-Tip showed his Top 40 appeal once again when he dropped his cool vibes over Mark Ronson's "Bang Bang Bang." Kamaal was about that paper when he spit, "On the plane, on my brain, 'bout to do the sho'/ 40k contract, take it out the do/ Dice, symbolize my life, roll 'em on the flo'." (Photo: Roger Kisby/Getty Images)

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Mark Ronson and the Business Intl., Featuring Q-Tip and Amanda Warner – 'Bang Bang Bang' - Q-Tip showed his Top 40 appeal once again when he dropped his cool vibes over Mark Ronson's "Bang Bang Bang." Kamaal was about that paper when he spit, "On the plane, on my brain, 'bout to do the sho'/ 40k contract, take it out the do/ Dice, symbolize my life, roll 'em on the flo'." (Photo: Roger Kisby/Getty Images)

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De La Soul, Featuring the Native Tongues – 'Buddy (Remix)' - The Native Tongues collective all rallied around De La Soul's classic remix, and Tip left us with a few unforgettable bars like, "Now for the next, I'm the Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest/ And when if you quest for the Buddy, don't fess/ If your jimmy wants nothing but the best." (Photos from left: Paul Natkin/WireImage, Peter Kramer/Getty Images)

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De La Soul, Featuring the Native Tongues – 'Buddy (Remix)' - The Native Tongues collective all rallied around De La Soul's classic remix, and Tip left us with a few unforgettable bars like, "Now for the next, I'm the Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest/ And when if you quest for the Buddy, don't fess/ If your jimmy wants nothing but the best." (Photos from left: Paul Natkin/WireImage, Peter Kramer/Getty Images)

Heavy D, Featuring Big Daddy Kane, Kool G Rap, Grand Puba, CL Smooth and Pete Rock – 'Don't Curse' - Tip rocked out alongside Heavy D and some of New York’s illest on the 1991 posse cut “Don’t Curse” as they showed they could spit without dropping F-bombs. They sent some shots towards the censorship committee as well. The Queens MC caused wreck as he spit, "You can put the sticker where the sun don't shine/ So back off and let me get mine!”(Photos from left: Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Bacardi, Rick Diamond/Getty Images for BET)

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Heavy D, Featuring Big Daddy Kane, Kool G Rap, Grand Puba, CL Smooth and Pete Rock – 'Don't Curse' - Tip rocked out alongside Heavy D and some of New York’s illest on the 1991 posse cut “Don’t Curse” as they showed they could spit without dropping F-bombs. They sent some shots towards the censorship committee as well. The Queens MC caused wreck as he spit, "You can put the sticker where the sun don't shine/ So back off and let me get mine!”(Photos from left: Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Bacardi, Rick Diamond/Getty Images for BET)

Jungle Brothers, Featuring Q-Tip – 'Black Is Black' - The Jungle Brothers and Q-Tip delivered more Black awareness with this 1988 Native Tongues collabo, as Kamaal schooled the youth with, "Now way back when in '68/ Brothers didn't have it great/ They fought back with civil rights/ They scarred your soul and took your sight."(Photos from left: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images, Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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Jungle Brothers, Featuring Q-Tip – 'Black Is Black' - The Jungle Brothers and Q-Tip delivered more Black awareness with this 1988 Native Tongues collabo, as Kamaal schooled the youth with, "Now way back when in '68/ Brothers didn't have it great/ They fought back with civil rights/ They scarred your soul and took your sight."(Photos from left: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images, Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Black Eyed Peas, Featuring Cee-Lo Green, John Legend, Q-Tip and Talib Kweli – 'Like That' - The "Vivrant" MC spit alongside The Black Eyed Peas on their super mash-up and dropped a few lines like, "It's the Abstract/ Will is on the beat/ Women all around the globe, the world/ You got to follow me."(Photos from left: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images, Jo Hale/Getty Images)

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Black Eyed Peas, Featuring Cee-Lo Green, John Legend, Q-Tip and Talib Kweli – 'Like That' - The "Vivrant" MC spit alongside The Black Eyed Peas on their super mash-up and dropped a few lines like, "It's the Abstract/ Will is on the beat/ Women all around the globe, the world/ You got to follow me."(Photos from left: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images, Jo Hale/Getty Images)

The Chemical Brothers, Featuring Q-Tip – 'Galvanize' - Q-Tip helped the Chemical Brothers win a Grammy for Best Dance Recording in 2006 when he "pushed the button" on this electronic dance hit.(Photos form left: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for GQ, Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

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The Chemical Brothers, Featuring Q-Tip – 'Galvanize' - Q-Tip helped the Chemical Brothers win a Grammy for Best Dance Recording in 2006 when he "pushed the button" on this electronic dance hit.(Photos form left: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for GQ, Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

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Nas, Featuring Q-Tip – 'One Love' - Tip worked the boards and supplied the hook on Nas' kite to his homeboys locked down.(Photo: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images for Moet Rose)

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Nas, Featuring Q-Tip – 'One Love' - Tip worked the boards and supplied the hook on Nas' kite to his homeboys locked down.(Photo: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images for Moet Rose)

Fugees, Featuring A Tribe Called Quest, Busta Rhymes and John Forté – 'Rumble in the Jungle' - Tip joined Busta and John Forte on this Fugees track as they paid homage to the great Muhammad Ali on the soundtrack When We Were Kings. The Tribesman delivered a few lyrical blows with, “People all around/ You got to recognize and witness/ The Mister who swift enough to knock you out with Mic fitness.”(Photos from left: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Nickelodeon, Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)

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Fugees, Featuring A Tribe Called Quest, Busta Rhymes and John Forté – 'Rumble in the Jungle' - Tip joined Busta and John Forte on this Fugees track as they paid homage to the great Muhammad Ali on the soundtrack When We Were Kings. The Tribesman delivered a few lyrical blows with, “People all around/ You got to recognize and witness/ The Mister who swift enough to knock you out with Mic fitness.”(Photos from left: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Nickelodeon, Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)

Missy Elliott, Featuring Q-Tip, Nas and Eve – 'Hot Boyz (Remix)' - Missy needed a few “Hot Boyz” for her remix, and those Queens dudes came through. Giving fair warning that he puts it down in the bedroom, Q-Tip explained, “I think you really should be told that I deal with long shafts/ Now look at a n---a and peel off fast.”(Photos from left: Donald Bowers/Getty Images for Samsung, Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for H&M)

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Missy Elliott, Featuring Q-Tip, Nas and Eve – 'Hot Boyz (Remix)' - Missy needed a few “Hot Boyz” for her remix, and those Queens dudes came through. Giving fair warning that he puts it down in the bedroom, Q-Tip explained, “I think you really should be told that I deal with long shafts/ Now look at a n---a and peel off fast.”(Photos from left: Donald Bowers/Getty Images for Samsung, Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for H&M)

Angie Martinez, Featuring Q-Tip – 'Dem Thang' - The “Scenario” MC provided the hook for The Voice of New York for the second single off her debut, Up Close and Personal. (Photo: Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

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Angie Martinez, Featuring Q-Tip – 'Dem Thang' - The “Scenario” MC provided the hook for The Voice of New York for the second single off her debut, Up Close and Personal. (Photo: Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

Mobb Deep, Featuring Q-Tip - 'Drink Away the Pain (Situations)' - It was a Queens thing back in 1995 when the Abstract supplied the beat and kicked some rhymes on this track from Mobb Deep’s breakout classic. While Havoc and P’s pen game dealt with sipping liquor to ease the pain, Q-Tip flipped a hood robbery where the characters were all popular clothing brands at the time. His bars included, “Levi had the snub so you know they getting laced/ Donna Karan was crying, 'cause mad shells was flying.”(Photos from left: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images, Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images)

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Mobb Deep, Featuring Q-Tip - 'Drink Away the Pain (Situations)' - It was a Queens thing back in 1995 when the Abstract supplied the beat and kicked some rhymes on this track from Mobb Deep’s breakout classic. While Havoc and P’s pen game dealt with sipping liquor to ease the pain, Q-Tip flipped a hood robbery where the characters were all popular clothing brands at the time. His bars included, “Levi had the snub so you know they getting laced/ Donna Karan was crying, 'cause mad shells was flying.”(Photos from left: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images, Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images)

Big Daddy Kane, Featuring Q-Tip and Busta Rhymes – 'Come on Down' - The Prince of Darkness invited the young guns at the time, Q-Tip and Busta Rhymes, to “Come on Down” and prove why they had next. The Queens titan kicked, “Tip's a smooth talker/ I love Alice Walker/ So get off the dillz and step back you little hawker.”(Photos from left: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Made With Elastic, Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch) 

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Big Daddy Kane, Featuring Q-Tip and Busta Rhymes – 'Come on Down' - The Prince of Darkness invited the young guns at the time, Q-Tip and Busta Rhymes, to “Come on Down” and prove why they had next. The Queens titan kicked, “Tip's a smooth talker/ I love Alice Walker/ So get off the dillz and step back you little hawker.”(Photos from left: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Made With Elastic, Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch)