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Talib Kweli (born Talib Kweli Greene, 1975) is a rapper from Brooklyn, New York. He is one of the most prominent rappers in underground hip-hop, and is critically acclaimed frequently, despite not being incredibly commercially successful. His name is Arabic, meaning ‘the seeker’ or ‘student of truth and knowledge’. His parents were both college professors: his mother an English professor, his father a sociology professor. As a youth, he was drawn to Afrocentric rappers, such as De La Soul(LA LE LU) and other members of the Native Tongues Posse and soon began recording with producer Hi-Tek and rapper Mos Def who he met at central park, and later attended New York University with. With Mos Def (together the pair were known as Black Star), Kweli achieved some mainstream success with the eponymously titled album Black Star. (1998) While Mos Def went on to a solo career. Also noted are Talib and Mos Def’s central input on the Rawkus Records CD SoundBombing (1997) which includes a great mix of rappers linked together on the CD mixed by ‘Evil Dee’, Kweli released the Hi Tek-produced Reflection Eternal in 2000, which sold better than most alternative hip hop albums at the time. He has since released a critically acclaimed solo debut, Quality, in 2002. In 2004, Kweli released his second solo album, The Beautiful Struggle, which features production more akin to commercial rap, while Kweli’s lyrical content retains its powerful social-political content. His third solo album Ear Drum was released on August 21st, 2007 on Warner Bros./Blacksmith Music.

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1	Never Been In Love full track	1,237
2	Get By	943
3	Listen!!!	940
4	Beautiful Struggle full track	896
5	Broken Glass full track	842
6	Going Hard full track	838
7	NY Weather Report	788
8	Everything Man	782
9	Holy Moly	737
10	Back Up Offa Me full track	697
11	Black Girl Pain full track	658
12	Eat To Live	511
13	Hot Thing	444
14	A game full track	414
15	Stay Around	361

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jzarecta wrote:
yesterday morning

History is awesome, RE Union is awesome.... keep the rhymes flowing

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kennyken07 wrote:
yesterday morning

Damn Kweli and Hi-tek mixtape is siiick! check it http://www.yearoftheblacksmith.com/

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FightThaPower wrote:
7 days ago

probably my favourite MC, lyrics are just wonderful)

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Cittabella wrote:
8 days ago

hell yeah, me too! TALIB KWELI SENSATION LIVE FEBRUARY.5!!! pardon me for cap lock rape

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Mr-Shane____ wrote:
8 days ago

I am going to see him live! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY

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musickology wrote:
12 days ago

I slept on him for a long time, he's one of my favorite artists now.

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undefinedx wrote:
14 days ago

One of the all-time greats in Rap. A true influence on many artists, including myself.

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POE1988 wrote:
15 days ago

Everything Man

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muschbert wrote:
16 days ago

@ eekiee: 'train of thought' or 'top kwelity classics vol 1.'

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UncleDogg wrote:
17 days ago

Eekiee >>>Quality

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Eekiee wrote:
17 days ago

what's a good album to start with?

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muschbert wrote:
22 days ago

moodswings remix is fuckin great! top kwelity...

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karola00001 wrote:
23 days ago

Ms. Hill !!!!! <3

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blue_magick wrote:
23 days ago

♥ Never Been In Love

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YouBroke wrote:
24 days ago

why is this guy so wack?

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jonpwnsu wrote:
24 days ago

damn, 6 million plays? calm down. ahahah

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Vordul_mega wrote:
25 days ago

rick ross is shit

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Prelims wrote:
25 days ago

Check out the new Clipse album "Till the Casket Drops"! The album was produced by Pharrell and is out now! Here are some videos from the album: "I'm Good" Remix feat Rick Ross (premiered on Pitchfork): http://pitchfork.com/tv/#/musicvideo/3896-clipse-im-good-remix-ft-rick-ross-columbia

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Stratopolonez wrote:
26 days ago

"If emceeing was a Pokemon Trading Card Game, Talib Kweli would be the "Conscious Emcee Starter Pack"... just without all the cool holographic cards & shining charizard"

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JUSOUL wrote:
27 days ago

http://www.lastfm.de/event/1331609+Monsters+Of+Rap+%22THE+FESTIVAL%22

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Jan 30 TALIB KWELI Tripod, Dublin 2, Dublin, Ireland
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Jan 31 Talib Kweli The indigO2, London, United Kingdom
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Feb 2 Talib Kweli Muziekcentrum TRIX, Antwerpen, Belgium
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