Raw, uncut, and more revealing than ever, here are the very best VIBE Qs of the past fifteen years, collected in one extraordinary volume and published for the first time in expanded form. Featuring 100% uncensored conversations with the new icons of American culture: TUPAC SHAKUR on black leadership OPRAH WINFREY on money, power, and hip hop QUINCY JONES on gangstas versus revolutionaries JAY-Z on why he shot his brother TONI MORRISON on the first black president 50 CENT on learning not to cry SNOOP DOGG on extraterrestrials MARY J. BLIGE on her battle with drugs MICHAEL JORDAN tells CHRIS ROCK a dirty joke LOUIS FARRAKHAN on whites in the Nation of Islam RICHARD PRYOR on addiction and affliction COLIN POWELL on why war is hell LAURYN HILL on why the Fugees fell apart L.L. COOL J on love and lust ICE CUBE on settling down in the suburbs MICHAEL JACKSON on the joy of water balloon fights JANET JACKSON on the things she"s gotten pierced SEAN "PUFFY" COMBS on tantric sex AND MANY MORE! "The VIBE Q is our name for the magazine"s most significant interviews with the people who helped to shape our music and culture. The VIBE Q is way too real to be a normal interview. Unpredictable things happen, and sometimes the truth comes out in surprising ways." --Quincy Jones, from the Foreword