Talib Kweli

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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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leshrac93 wrote:
13 hours ago

"gun music" and "get by" rocks.... ;)

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Armadillo_Lord wrote:
last week

black star is awesome. haven't heard of his solo stuff yet though. gonna git some soon.

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DeezyBeatz wrote:
last week

listen ;)

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DramaSetter619 wrote:
last month

Love him

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krustywazoo wrote:
last month

I need to listen to him more. Furthermore, I need more of his stuff. One album just doesn't cut it. :'(

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mathewjordan wrote:
last month

Baseline on Youthful from that EP sounds like a song from The Wire.

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rhoffmanjr wrote:
last month

http://www.jperiod.com/noisemakers/ free J. Period / Talib Kweli EP

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BeerDee64 wrote:
last month

Its cause hes underrated.

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BKelliot wrote:
last month

almost 6 and a half million plays and people keep tag him as undergound :'DD

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MaerKid wrote:
last month

from kweli's page on twitter: "Wait in the lab with mfdoom madlib and kanye. No words" it's interesting

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Pistol999 wrote:
last month

underrated as hell

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Imperial_Cereal wrote:
last month

this is so fucking catchy

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mathewjordan wrote:
last month

best of the best.

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usman6 wrote:
last month

Good music. Conscious revolution!

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lucian_atcq wrote:
last month

soul music

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BeerDee64 wrote:
last month

Really better than soulja boy and stuff. Respect.

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Davviid wrote:
September 2009

Raspy voice awesomeness*

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Dr1ftwood wrote:
September 2009

Raspy voice awesomeness*

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oMBal wrote:
September 2009

everything man.

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