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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MattKlomp1 wrote:
yesterday morning

Talib is great - I also recommend checking out the new Wyclef mixtape. His best stuff in years, no question. www.myspace.com/wyclefjean

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Painkiller10 wrote:
Friday evening

Maybe underground, but sounds like mainstream music, so clean and sterile...

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InsertScaryName wrote:
last month

you guys should definitely check his mixtapes!

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mackypaige wrote:
last month

Have you guys checked out the new Wyclef CD yet? It's awesome! http://www.last.fm/music/Wyclef%2520Jean?ac=wycl

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InsertScaryName wrote:
last month

wow, so good is really a catchy song =) getting his discography now

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L-White wrote:
last month

Listen!!! <3

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kasiut wrote:
last month

he's so damn great.

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raoulfreytag wrote:
last month

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNIIcMa4buQ HELL YEAH IS THIS A BIG SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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MetalFL0riO86 wrote:
last month

When the hell is his new album coming out? or Reflection Eternal?

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leshrac93 wrote:
last month

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

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Armadillo_Lord wrote:
October 2009

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

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October 2009

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DeezyBeatz wrote:
October 2009

listen ;)

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DramaSetter619 wrote:
October 2009

Love him

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krustywazoo wrote:
October 2009

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:
October 2009

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

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rhoffmanjr wrote:
October 2009

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

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BeerDee64 wrote:
October 2009

Its cause hes underrated.

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BKelliot wrote:
October 2009

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

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MaerKid wrote:
October 2009

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

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