Posts tagged "Talib Kweli"
Talib Kweli Prisoner of Conscious: Album Review

Talib Kweli Prisoner of Conscious: Album Review

Lyrical giant Talib Kweli returns with a new album. Check out our review of “Prisoner of Conscious.”

Popblerd's New Release Report 5/7/2013

Popblerd’s New Release Report 5/7/2013

Brooklyn stand up! Your own Talib Kweli has a new album out today. He’s far from the only one, too! Check out the highlights of this bountiful new release Tuesday!

Talib Kweli Wants You To "Come to Me" (With a Little Assist from Miguel)

Talib Kweli Wants You To “Come to Me” (With a Little Assist from Miguel)

Kweli? Miguel. Let’s do a record together.

Aging Hip Replacement 2.0: Reunited And I Don't Care...Or Do I?

Aging Hip Replacement 2.0: Reunited And I Don’t Care…Or Do I?

That’s me at my high school graduation 19 1/2 years ago. I’m not sure I wanna go back and visit that guy.

Spin Cycle: Gift of Gab's "The Next Logical Progression"

Spin Cycle: Gift of Gab’s “The Next Logical Progression”

It’s a bit hard to believe that hip-hop, as a genre, is old enough for grumpy old men to number among its ranks; it’s even harder to believe that it’s been a decade since the heyday of Quannum, the collective that counted Blackalicious, Latyrx, and Pigeon John as decorated members. I remember reviewing music in 2002, the year Blackalicious’ Blazing Arrow was released; I’d become so enamored with the album that I wrote a gimmicky concept review of it in my […]

Spin Cycle: Soul Khan's "Wellstone" EP

Spin Cycle: Soul Khan’s “Wellstone” EP

Battle rapper Soul Khan has unleashed a new album entitled “Wellstone.” Check out the review!

bLISTerd: The 100 Best Albums of the '00s (60-51)

bLISTerd: The 100 Best Albums of the ’00s (60-51)

We’re almost at the halfway point on our list of the 100 best albums of the ’00s. Check out where we placed albums by Spoon, Talib Kweli and Common.

The Viewfinder: Talib Kweli's "Distractions"

The Viewfinder: Talib Kweli’s “Distractions”

Talib Kweli has been a very busy man these days. In the past two years alone, the Brooklyn-bred emcee has recorded an album with producer partner Hi-Tek as Reflection Eternal, collaborated with outside-the-box R&B singer Res on the Idle Warship project, released his own album Gutter Rainbows, and has also played shows and recorded material with his longtime rhyme partner Mos Def (I will not embarrass myself by asking for a new Black Star album because…well, I’ve done that before.) […]

The Singles Bar: “Fix Up” by Black Star

Individually, Mos Def Yasiin Bey and Talib Kweli are dope. Together, these dudes are magic. That thing about the whole being greater than the sum of it’s parts? Totally accurate when it comes to these two. Anyway, there’s been talk of a second Black Star album for dog years at this point, and it looks like things might be finally in the process of happening. “Fix Up” was premiered on The Colbert Report a while back, and it’s finally available […]

New Release Report 11/1/11: OMIGODJUSTINBIEBEROMIGOD!!!!!

Why is your teenage daughter begging you for money today? Find out why in our New Release report…

Spin Cycle: Phonte’s “Charity Starts At Home” // 9th Wonder’s “The Wonder Years”

In the reasonably notable absence of the classic line-up of North Carolina hip-hop trio Little Brother, we’ve been fortunate enough to hear from the individual parts; frontman Phonte made waves as one half of the critically-acclaimed Foreign Exchange, and producer 9th Wonder’s been nothing short of prolific behind the boards. And, of course, there’s Big Pooh, who’s been… well, Pooh’s been doing something, probably. There were even a couple of 9th-less Little Brother albums that totally don’t count because they’re […]

Tighten Up!: The Black Keys’ BlakRoc Project Gets A Sequel

True confession: I only became a Black Keys fan with the release and eventual success of last year’s Brothers. I was so much a fan of the Akron, Ohio’s breakthrough release that I went back and bought everything they’d released previously, collectively and individually. Of course, Brothers was not the album with which I became aware of The Black Keys. It wasn’t even the first album I’d purchased that featured their involvement. That would be the Blakroc project–an album that […]