Talib Kweli Working on Autobiographical Book, Talks New Album and No New Black Star

[MC The Rapper]

Mos Def just don't wanna work with Kweli on a whole album

 

[RuffDraft]

Mos Def just don't wanna work with Kweli on a whole album

I disagree to be honest, saw them live in concert and they seemed in their element performing the old Black Star tracks and their collab's through the years...

Arguably, the Black Star album is probably their 2nd best projects they've ever completed alongside Kweli's Train of Thought and Mos' BOBS.

Why do you think he doesn't want to work with him?

 

[waterproof]

Blackstar is one of those groups that define a moment in time, when they dropped Big and Pac just died. Bad-boy, Jay-Z all blinged out and hip-hop as a culture was in a dark time with death and selling the soul for riches. Blackstar was that light for hip-hop that brought everything back to the essence but was leading foward to the future. That album is a BEAUTIFUL FUCKING ALBUM.

 

[VulcanRaven]

Blackstar is one of those groups that define a moment in time, when they dropped Big and Pac just died. Bad-boy, Jay-Z all blinged out and hip-hop as a culture was in a dark time with death and selling the soul for riches. Blackstar was that light for hip-hop that brought everything back to the essence but was leading foward to the future. That album is a BEAUTIFUL FUCKING ALBUM.

Blackstar is a great album,but Hip Hop was far from the dark ages in 98 and Diddy and Jay were not the only flashy rappers.Nas was on that shit too and so was Ja.You niggas blame Jay and Diddy for every thing.You talk like Hip Hop was about being pro black and political when in fact it was about having the latest whips,the freshest clothes and jewelry.Word to Run DMC and LL.

 

[RuffDraft]

Blackstar is one of those groups that define a moment in time, when they dropped Big and Pac just died. Bad-boy, Jay-Z all blinged out and hip-hop as a culture was in a dark time with death and selling the soul for riches. Blackstar was that light for hip-hop that brought everything back to the essence but was leading foward to the future. That album is a BEAUTIFUL FUCKING ALBUM.

Yeah, agreed. Definitely a timeless album as well as their other two solo projects at that time.

Blackstar is a great album,but Hip Hop was far from the dark ages in 98 and Diddy and Jay were not the only flashy rappers.Nas was on that shit too and so was Ja.You niggas blame Jay and Diddy for every thing.You talk like Hip Hop was about being pro black and political when in fact it was about having the latest whips,the freshest clothes and jewelry.Word to Run DMC and LL.

Agreed, but there was also a focus on rhymes and originality, what Run DMC and LL were doing was fresh and new, you only have to look at how LL's formula on 'I Need Love' is still prescribed to most albums with the odd track 'for the ladies'. It's commercial and pathetic that rappers still choose to release such weak material of a 14 year old's mentality as grown men. As well as how they aren't being themselves in the booth in general. I'd rather hear raps about coca cola than raps about coke unless you're actually being real with it... that's why I have a lot of respect for underground artists as they stay true to themselves and the essence of hip hop. Only have to look to Pigeon John for a perfect example of this.

Post 00's generally followed the same formulaic hits and albums of throwaway material (my hip hop collection at this time showed this as I became more and more disappointed with each purchase). I'm a fan of commercial hip hop still, but the releases are few and far between. I am a fan of Jay-Z as well, not so much Diddy, my posts aren't anti-commercial hip hop or pro-underground, but they're a response/reflection to the amount of money that I spent from 01-05 on albums that I felt were made up of one or two good tracks.

Either way, to get it back on track, Kweli's new album should be nice... looking forward to it droppin'

 

[The 3mcee]

Mos Def just don't wanna work with Kweli on a whole album

LOL. Cold blooded

 

[The 3mcee]

Blackstar is a great album,but Hip Hop was far from the dark ages in 98 and Diddy and Jay were not the only flashy rappers.Nas was on that shit too and so was Ja.You niggas blame Jay and Diddy for every thing.You talk like Hip Hop was about being pro black and political when in fact it was about having the latest whips,the freshest clothes and jewelry.Word to Run DMC and LL.

LOL. Around 97-04 or so Hip Hop was hella diverse in the mainstream. You had all different types of movements getting shine on MTV, BET and even the radio. I will agree it wasn't just Diddy and Jay that were stuntin it was a lot of other folks also but at least hip hop was more multifaceted for everybody to see. Now you have pretty much the same type of artist and music getting airplay in public. You have to really search for different types of hip hop