Q-Tip w/ Auto Erotique

It took nearly a decade, but A Tribe Called Quest leader Q-Tip finally released a second solo album last year, a well-received fusion of neo-soul and meat-and-potatoes hip-hop called The Renaissance. The record is the latest chapter in the rapper’s stormy solo career, which began with 1999’s Amplified, an album many Tribe fans initially derided as a flossy attempt at commercial stardom, but would embrace years later and cite as an early highlight from the pioneering, late producer J Dilla. When Q-Tip tried to assuage concerns that he’d gone pop by recording message-heavy hip-hop on his 2001 live-band experiment Kamaal the Abstract, his label shelved the disc, deeming it too noncommercial. Sorry underage jazz-rap enthusiasts: Tonight’s show is 21-and-up, since it’s sponsored by Bacardi.