Talib Kweli - what to check out and why.

[yoshi]

So for all those who haven't heard him (Slim Zaddy ) or those who still need it to be proven that he's great and deserves some credit for that amazing work called 'music'.




Discography
* Solo albums:
- Quality
- The Beautiful Struggle
- Eardrum

* Collaborations:
- Blackstar (with Mos Def)
- Train of Thought (with Hi-Tek)
- Liberation (with Madlib)

Also lots of mixtapes, like Focus or Right About Now.

Tracks you should check out:

The Blast:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OdSmccz6C8

Get By:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/57087781f0be3cba/

The Proud:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87t26tccbyU

The Ones with Jean Grae - with sampled 'Billy Jean' track
http://www.zshare.net/audio/57087603547ee2ad/

Old School with Danger Doom:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dNLy9qFeGw

Ms. Hill:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1ziQecudK8&feature=related

also:
Hot Thing ft Will.I.Am
Hostile Gospel (Deliver Us)
Africa Dream
Love Language
Hip Hop Worth Dying For
Broken Glass
Respiration ft Mos Def and Common
Never Been In Love
I Try ft Mary J Blige

^ couldn't find links to them, youtube is fucked up. but either download them or find a way to get them somehow and check them out and enjoy

[yoshi]

Hmm.. I like Kweli more. Mos is good too and I love them collabing, but uhh.. I think Kweli's better. It's his voice, his flow, his lyrics - it all keeps me listening to him
'Respiration' with Mos and Common is just great, it's orgasmic I'd say. I love how Mos flows on his verse and chorus, it's so laid-back and in my mind, I can literally see what they're talking about. *bumps*

[DrRapid]

I love Respiration! Specially how it begins with Mos Def's flow. Very good thread

[yoshi]

"My rhymes are like shot clocks,
interstate cops
and blood clots,
my point is your flow gets stopped."

[Big Proof 4ever]

talib kweli is da truth

[Tornado]

Talib is quality.Nuff said

[mcZu]

Talib is quality.Nuff said

Because of Talib they put the kweli in quality ya digg.

[Sleepy]

i like mos and common better but i heard blackstars album recently and he was fire so im going to check him out some more

[James R.]

Talib Kweli is one of the greatest to ever pick up the mic. His voice turned me away from him at first, but you really just can't deny that he's one of the best. Period. It's really sad when I think that Jim Jones, MIMS, and fuckin Soulja Boy can get hours of radio play every week, but I've only heard Get By a handful of times on the radio.

[Slimm]

Can't deny his talent but i dislike his voice and apart from a few songs, its hard for me to get over that.

[Sophie]

hostile gospel was the first song i heard from him i think.

talib <3

[Slim Zaddy]

yeah ,, good for posting some of his music, i will download them to see what he got of talent , then i will come back here telling what i had figured out

[yoshi]

Talib Kweli is one of the greatest to ever pick up the mic. His voice turned me away from him at first, but you really just can't deny that he's one of the best. Period. It's really sad when I think that Jim Jones, MIMS, and fuckin Soulja Boy can get hours of radio play every week, but I've only heard Get By a handful of times on the radio.

I never heard Talib on the radio here, but I stopped worrying about it looong time ago. I know, many people dislike his voice, no idea why - personally I love it, I think he's got one of the most amazing voices I've ever heard in my life, including Chali2Na from J5. But I can understand that, that's the reason I can't listen to more than 2 MF Doom's songs lol (hope Asp won't read it ).

I soooo want him to come to Poland again, I been to his performance last summer. I was electrified.

[Slim Zaddy]

well gotta admit , this guy had talent ,, he is very good , how come i missed him ,, the songs that i listen too were Get By, Old School,Love Language, MS,Hill these what i have listened to so far , and i can tell ya they are sick , i love his style and voice , i'm gonna listen for all of them for sure , thanks for posting these links again ,, and yeah he deserve to be in your top 5 list yoshi

[yoshi]

No problem Told you he's the shit. Keep listening kid, he's worth the time.