Features
Tuesday, December 11 2007
The Best Hip-Hop of 2007
From Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five to a dope album named Desire, hip-hop showed growth in 2007.
Wednesday, September 19 2007
"Not Because I'm Conscious": An Interview with Talib Kweli
The rapper says, "I just try to write songs," but he's tackling difficult subjects while trying to launch a business.
Reviews
Thursday, May 16 2013
Talib Kweli: Prisoner of Conscious
For Talib Kweli, protest songs, love songs, dance tracks, bragging and boasting and rhyming for rhyming’s sake are all part of the same action, an emotional engagement with the world through music.
Wednesday, February 2 2011
Talib Kweli: Gutter Rainbows
Before Kweli attempts to shed some of his conscious shackles with Prisoners of Consciousness, he gifts fans with an up-and-down 14-track collection inspired by pools of oil and water.
Wednesday, February 11 2009
Live at the Shrine
Save your money for an actual Talib Kweli concert. You'll be glad that you did.
Wednesday, August 22 2007
Talib Kweli: Ear Drum
Hip-hop's "Flow Captain" returns with another artistic statement that almost hits the mark.
Wednesday, May 30 2007
Talib Kweli
In anticipation of his (long-awaited) new solo CD, rhymesmith extraordinaire Talib Kweli makes pre-emtive good on an old promise.
Blogs
Tuesday, June 5 2012
Talib Kweli Debuts New Song as Tribute to Adam Yauch
At a recent gig at the Sound Academy in Toronto, perennial PopMatters fave Talib Kweli debuted a new song in tribute to the Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch, who recently passed away. Word is, his sixth album Prisoner of Conscious will be on the way this year, but no release date has been announced yet. We are eagerly awaiting it.
Friday, July 1 2011
Talib Kweli: 21 June 2011 - Brooklyn
A chilled out, inaugural summer evening in the park was led by Talib Kweli.
Friday, January 21 2011
Talib Kweli's 'Gutter Rainbows' Streaming in Full on MySpace
Perennial PopMatters fave Talib Kweli has a new album, Gutter Rainbows, dropping next week and he's streaming the whole LP right now on his MySpace…
Tuesday, May 18 2010
Reflection Eternal - "Revolutions Per Minute" (new album / stream / videos)
The last time Hi-Tek and Talib Kweli collaborated, it was 2000 and they were the duo Reflection Eternal. The result of their partnership was the…
Thursday, May 6 2010
Reflection Eternal (Talib Kweli + Hi-Tek) - "Midnight Hour" feat. Estelle (stream)
Perennial PopMatters favorite Talib Kweli returns 18 May in a new Reflection Eternal release with his cohort Hi-Tek. Kweli's patented smooth and clever flow and…
News
Tuesday, January 22 2008
Rapping with hip-hop artist and producer Talib Kweli
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,…
