BLACK STAR Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are LP NEW VINYL Rawkus reissue
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BLACK STAR Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are / LP NEW VINYL / Rawkus 2014
2014 reissue - While Puff Daddy and his followers continued to dictate the direction hip-hop would take into the millennium, Mos Def and Talib Kweli surfaced from the underground to pull the sounds in the opposite direction. Their 13 rhyme fests on this superior, self-titled debut as Black Star show that old-school rap still sounds surprisingly fresh in the sea of overblown vanity productions. There's no slack evident in the tight wordplays of Def and Kweli as they twist and turn through sparse, jazz-rooted rhythms calling out for awareness and freedom of the mind. Their viewpoints stem directly from the teachings of Marcus Garvey, the legendary activist who fought for the rights of blacks all around the world in the first half of the 20th century. Def and Kweli's ideals are sure lofty; not only are they out to preach Garvey's words, but they also hope to purge rap music of its negativity and violence. For the most part, it works. Their wisdom-first philosophy hits hard when played off their lyrical intensity, a bass-first production, and stellar scratching. While these MCs don't have all of the vocal pizzazz of A Tribe Called Quest's Phife and Q-Tip at their best, flawless tracks like the cool bop of "K.O.S. (Determination)" and "Definition" hint that Black Star is only the first of many brilliantly executed positive statements for these two street poets.
A1 Intro
A2 Astronomy (8th Light)
A3 Definitíon
A4 Re:Definition
A5 Children's Story
A6 Brown Skin Lady
B1 B Boys Will B Boys
B2 K.O.S. (Determination)
B3 Hater Players
B4 Yo Yeah
B5 Respiration
B6 Thieves In The Night
B7 Twice Inna Lifetime
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