Barely in Love

Album: Kamaal the Abstract (2009)
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Songfacts®:

  • This is the first single from rapper Q-Tip's third studio album, Kamaal the Abstract. It was originally set to be released with the title Abstractions in 2001, but it was held back as the label believed that it did not have commercial appeal. The album was finally released by Battery Records on September 15, 2009.
  • Q-Tip told MTV News: "It's an uptempo song basically speaking about two people who ain't got no business falling in love. The power overtakes you, and you do it anyway."

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  • Daniel Dean Williams from OklahomaThis is a song i never heard before i didn't know Q sung
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