Articles Tagged “Talib Kweli”
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LISTEN: Talib Kweli – Distractions
Talib has been talking about his forthcoming solo album, ‘Prisoner of Conscious’ for a while now but it seems like it will finally see the light of day in 2012. A beat by Oh No…
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Black Star – “Fix Up” + “You Already Know” (Updated)
I liked it when I first saw them kick this thing around at House of Blues sans the vocal polish and later on The Colbert Report. I still like it now that I can actually…
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Talib Kweli On The Colbert Report
Talib Kweli visited The Colbert Report in light of StePhest Colbchella ’011. The interview bears Stephen Colber’s signature hilarity and Kweli also performed ‘Cold Rain‘ from ‘Gutter Rainbows‘ on the show as well as ‘Get…
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Listen to Talib Kweli’s “Cold Rain” (Prod. by Ski)
Talib Kweli is prepping his next solo album, Gutter Rainbows, for a January 25th release date. In the meantime, here’s the first leaked song from that album, “Cold Rain.” It’s a collaboration with Ski Beatz.…
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Kanye West – “Chain Heavy” (feat. Talib Kweli & Consequence)
“This is the making of a masterpiece. So, we broke out the chain and told the master, peace.”
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Cutting Talib Kweli’s Sound During “Get By” Will Get You the Middle Finger
Talib Kweli was performing his smash “Get By” at The Roundhouse in Camden when some bloke decided it was a good idea to cut his sound.
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Dub Kweli
Has it been a while since you had your mind blown? Well, dust it off because it’s about to get a special treat.
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Reflection Eternal – Ballad Of the Black Gold
I posted the lyrics to “Ballad of the Black Gold” back in April to buttress a point about Kweli’s occasional raptivism on Revolutions Per Minute. A month later, the song still sounds as fresh as when I first experienced it. Hit the play button to hear Kweli describe how his experience in the world’s most populous black nation inspired “Ballad of the Black Gold.”
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WIN of the Month
While you were guzzling that six-pack over the weekend, rapper Talib Kweli harnessed the power of Twitter to mobilize his entire following in the search for one man: a thief who robbed a laptop and baseball cap from the rapper’s dressing room.
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An Album I Care About Today: Revolutions Per Minute
We sometimes forget that hip-hop has always served an instrument of social activism. Every now and then, a Mos Def or Talib Kweli comes along and prods us back in that direction. Case in point: Reflectional Eternal’s latest disc, the aptly titled Revolutions Per Minute.
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New Music: Reflection Eternal – In This World
Talib Kweli and production partner Hi-Tek remind us why we fell in love with Reflection Eternal nine years ago. And I don’t even mind that he’s still referencing that Jay-Z line. Yeah, that one.
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Reflection Eternal Drops the Skinny on New LP
The good folks at Okayplayer TV sat down with Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek to discuss the upcoming Reflection Eternal album (Revolutions Per Minute), their latest RE:Union mixtape with Statik Selektah, among other issues. April 6 can’t come soon enough.
