Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star

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Dec 30, 2019 Sold Date

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Artikel Name: Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
Genre: Rap Produkt Typ: LP (Vinyl) Label: Rawkus Titelanzahl: 13 Dauer: 49:57

Trackliste LP - 1

1. Black Star - Intro 1:11 2. Black Star - Astronomy (8th Light) 3:23 3. Black Star - Definition 3:26 4. Black Star - Re:Definition 3:02 5. Black Star - Children's Story 3:32 6. Black Star - Brown Skin Lady 5:46 7. Black Star - B Boys Will B Boys 2:36 8. Black Star - K.O.S. (Determination) 4:49 9. Black Star - Hater Players 4:08 10. Black Star - Yo Yeah 1:10 11. Black Star - Respiration 6:05 12. Black Star - Thieves in the Night 5:11 13. Black Star - Twice Inna Lifetime 5:38

Beschreibung

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. [Black Star was released on LP in 2014.] ~ Jason Kaufman

Jason Kaufman