Articles tagged "talib kweli"

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Live at the Shrine

by Andrew Martin

[10.Feb.09] :. Save your money for an actual Talib Kweli concert. You'll be glad that you did.

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Madlib the Beat Konducta: WLIB AM: King of the Wigflip

by Andrew Martin

[2.Feb.09] :. As often as it seems like Madlib might be a genius, there are records like this that prove true the old adage of "quality versus quantity".

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PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2008 Feature

The Best Albums of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[19.Dec.08] :. PopMatters presents our 60 best albums of 2008, highlighted by the return of British trip-hop legends and some infectious American indie rock by way of the Cascade Mountains.

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PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2008 Feature

The Best Hip-Hop of 2008

by Quentin B. Huff

[12.Dec.08] :. A return to the mic nine years in the making, a hip-hop supergroup of sorts, and Tom Waits beatboxing: this year's top-shelf hip-hop is equal parts anticipation, teamwork, and wha?!

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The Roots, in new album, tangle with the big issues

by Dan Deluca [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[1.May.08] :. The Philadelphia band the Roots has always made socially aware, stylistically varied music that’s kept it on the leading edge of left-of-center hip-hop. But the collective led by drummer Ahmir...

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The Roots: Rising Down

by Zeth Lundy

[29.Apr.08] :. Eighth studio album from Philly's legendary hip-hop crew, a minor-key rush of synthesizer-heavy vamps and distrustful rhymes, features cameos from Mos Def, Talib Kweli and more.

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Talib Kweli, Hot Chip, Bell X1…

by PopMatters Staff

[20.Feb.08] :. Talib Kweli Hostile Gospel Part 1 (Deliver Us) [Video] Hot Chip One Pure Thought (Streetlab Mix) [MP3]       Bell X1 Rocky Took a Lover...

 

Rapping with hip-hop artist and producer Talib Kweli

by B.J. Hammerstein [Detroit Free Press (MCT)]

[22.Jan.08] :. 2007 was a big year for Brooklyn-bred MC Talib Kweli. On New Year’s Eve, he released the critically acclaimed “Liberation,” his collaboration with uber-producer Madlib, free on the...

 

“Not Because I’m Conscious”: An Interview with Talib Kweli

by Steven J. Horowitz

[19.Sep.07] :. The rapper says, "I just try to write songs," but he's tackling difficult subjects while trying to launch a business.

 
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Talib Kweli: Ear Drum

by Quentin B. Huff

[22.Aug.07] :. Hip-hop's "Flow Captain" returns with another artistic statement that almost hits the mark.

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Talib Kweli

by Sam Frank

[30.May.07] :. In anticipation of his (long-awaited) new solo CD, rhymesmith extraordinaire Talib Kweli makes pre-emtive good on an old promise.

 

Talib Kweli: Right About Now

by Dave Heaton

[7.Dec.05] :. Right About Now is Kweli's attempt to free himself from the burden of expectations, and just make music.

 

Black Star (Mos Def and Talib Kweli): 28 November 2005 - Washington, DC

by Wills Glasspiegel

[1.Dec.05] :. What do you do when the mold that breaks the mold needs breaking?

 

Talib Kweli: The Beautiful Struggle

by Terry Sawyer

[16.Nov.04] :. Talib Kweli is clearly struggling between the underground's 'values-based' approach and the mainstream's love of the crook and the hook, trying to find a third way that negates the either/or tug-of-war between 'consciousness raising' and big pimpin'.

 

Talib Kweli

by Andrew Watson

[26.May.04] :. Talib Kweli Rap music, for the most part, gets a bad rap. It’s become an overtly visual, gimmicky art form over the last decade, providing most of what passes for MTV’s...

 
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Talib Kweli: Quality

by Dave Heaton

[27.Dec.02] :. Quality is filled with songs that are ripe for the radio, at least in an ideal world where radio paid any attention to songs.

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Audiotistic: Mos Def + Talib Kweli + The Roots + Outkast

by J. Victoria Sanders

[24.Apr.02] :. Audiotistic isn't/wasn't meant to be purely hip-hop, though. Billed as the Future Sound Festival in Southern Cali, it's typically been a cutting edge sort of venue with electronica and house at the center of its agenda.