Word: talib
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Dilated Peoples 20/20 (Capitol) “Conscious” rappers can never have too many roof parties, nor do they ever tire of strolling down the block on a cloudy day. Just watch music videos by Black Star, Talib Kweli, or Nas—when he wanted his underground credibility back. Dilated Peoples have held to the b-boy aesthetic in the past, but watch the fancy video for their new single, “Back Again,” carefully. Those props did not pay for themselves. There is money in the underground, and “20/20...
...wanted to see,” which he filmed in Bed-Stuy Brooklyn in September 2004. Chappelle invited locals and the CSU marching band from his hometown of Dayton, Ohio, along with many lucky New Yorkers, to enjoy performances by neo-soul stalwarts West, John Legend, Common, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Jill Scott, The Roots, Erykah Badu, Kool G Rap and, reunited for the first time in seven years, the Fugees. Chapelle’s guests of honor are not thug-life poseurs; they are intellectual and, often, political wordsmiths. But they are also accessible. No matter one?...
...York hip-hop scene is in hibernation, the old Mos Def is AWOL (lost to Hollywood and bad concept albums), and Hi-Tek produces worthless album tracks for G-Unit and 213. Since 2004’s crossover flop “The Beautiful Struggle,” Talib has been more likely to show up on wax with a motley assortment of marginally “conscious” hip-hop, accompanied by cheap drums, whiny trumpets, and Ruff Ryder synths. While his new rush-released album, “Right About Now: The Official Sucka Free...
...Daniel Dumile, Brian Burton, Dennis Coles, Thomas Calloway, Talib Greene. Now if that isn’t an all-star line-up for a hip-hop album?...
...Doesn’t ring any bells? Perhaps you know them better by their pseudonyms: MF Doom, DJ Danger Mouse, Ghostface Killah, Cee-Lo and Talib Kweli, respectively...