The artist is also well known for his charity activities. Kweli is married to writer Darcel Turner. The album features a touching tribute to Talib's children, My Stars. The lead single Listen immediately caught the attention of the listeners with its energy, combined with the witty rhymes. The Eardrum album brought Kweli not only a new storm of astonished overviews, but also the long time deserved financial success. As usually, Kweli worked with the first-rate producing command, including long-time collaborator Kanye West and Will.I.Am from The Black Eyed Peas. Blige.Īfter this brilliant work Talib organized his minor label the Blacksmith Records, on which he finished the disc Eardrum by the fall of 2007. Along with Jay-Z the work was touched by the hands of The Neptunes, Just Blaze, Kanye West and soul diva Mary J. One its collaborator was Jay-Z, calling himself a fan of Kweli's texts. In the fall of 2004, the full-length titled The Beautiful Struggle hit the shelves. Their collaboration Get By became the major hit from the album, resulting again in a wave of amused critical reviews on Talib's creativity. That was the way the first artist's work Quality saw light, produced by Kanye West, unknown to the wide public by that moment. In 2000, Talib Kweli and DJ Hi-Tek released the album Reflection Eternal, after which DJ Hi-Tek went in for producing, while Kweli decided to go solo. The other guests of this show were Fugees, Kanye West, Erykah Badu and other hip-hop and R&B celebrities. After this event Mos Def left the group in order to pursue his successful solo career.Ī large part of Black Star's popularity resulted from its members' multiple appearances in the comedy program Chappelle's Show, hosted by comedian Dave Chappelle. In 1998, the debut self-titled album by Black Star was released.
For this purpose he made a trip to Cincinnati, Ohio, where Talib met the third Black Star participant DJ Hi-Tek. In 1997, Kweli became a guest vocalist on the album Doom by the band Mood. Young men united their creative power, calling their band Black Star. In high school, Kweli made friends with Dante Smith, more known as MC Mos Def. As he grew up in Brooklyn, no wonder that in his teens Talib got involved into a group of young rappers, being fascinated by this genre and realizing that rap is his devotion. Talib, in his turn, showed the ability for writing from the early age, creating poems and short stories. The younger brother of the rapper Jamal Greene studied law and works in the court for now. Talib's parents are professors, his mother teaches English, while his father is a sociologist. Give It Up - J-Live & R.A.Talib Kweli Greene, known on the scene as Talib Kweli, was born on Octoin New York. Preservation - Aesop Rock & Del Tha Funkee Homosapienġ7. Verses - Scaramanga Shallah, La The Darkman, Ras Kass & GZAġ6. Listen - Littles, Khalid & Planet Asiaġ5. Street Corners - Bronze Nazareth, Soloman Childs & Byataġ3. Think Differently - Casual, Tragedy Khadafi, Rock Marciano & Vordul Mega (of Cannibal Ox)ġ0. Still Grimey - U-God, Sean Price, Prodigal Sunn & C-Rayz WalzĦ. Slow Blues - Vast Aire (of Cannibal Ox), Byata, Timbo King & Prodigal SunnĤ. The concept was bringing Wu Tang affiliated rappers/producers and the best of the hip hop underground together for some crazy collaberations that you can't help but think were made to happen. 'Wu Tang Meets Indie Cultre' is a compilation album put together by Dredd Kruger, an affliate of the Wu Tang Clan and a part time rapper (you might remember his fairly bad verse on 'Graveyard Chamber' from the Gravediggaz' debut album). Kanye West/Chops-Changing Lanes (Mixed by DJ Lt. Kanye West Instrumentals (Mixed by DJ Lt. Reflection Eternal-Train Of Thought Instrumentals (2000)ĩth Wonder-God’s Stepson Instrumentals (2003)Ĭompany Flow-Little Johnny From The Hospitul (1999) Mos Def-Black On Both Sides Instrumentals (1999) Group Home-Livin’ Proof Instrumentals (1996) Mobb Deep-Hell On Earth Instrumentals (1996) Ghostface Killah-Supreme Clientele Instrumentals (2001) and post back a comment if you liked the post. great for DJ's or crazy people like me that appreciate the work producers put into making a beat. but i know B is gonna appreciate some of these albums. I went a bit crazy with the post on the instrumentals. * All songs on CD 2 are produced by Eric B & Rakim
this album is a favorite for me cuz through all the drama of biggie and pac dying in 96-97. people to this day in hip hop sample his songs,lyrics and flow. Rakim has always been the forgotten son of hip hop.
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