Tag Archives: Talib Kweli
My Thoughts on Kanye West’s ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’
My thoughts on why Kanye West’s ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ is good, but not that good.
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Tagged A Tribe Called Quest, ballet, Big Boi, Big KRIT, black music, Common, Damian Marley, De La Soul, diaspora, emceeing, guitar, Hi-Tek, high art, hip hop, Jay Hova, Jay-Z, Jigga, Kamaal the Abstract, Kanye West, mainstream, meter, music industry, musical ambition, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Nas, Nottz, Novel, Open, OutKast, Q-Tip, rappers, Reflection Eternal, Talib Kweli, The Blueprint, white people
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Tigger’s 25 Best Albums of the Aughts (00s), Part 2
And here are the final 12 albums I consider to be the best of the first decade of the 21st century. Check out the first 13 here.
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Tagged after hours, Andre 3000, angela davis, atliens, Big Boi, Bobby Brown, Complex Simplicity, Confessions, conflict, cookie, cuban linx, etheridge knight, gil scott heron, Here I Stand, love in stereo, mathematics, Meshell N'degeocello, Michael Jackson, Nas, nigger, OutKast, R. Kelly, race, Raekwon, Rahsaan Patterson, RZA, Smoke E. Digglera, Speakerboxxx, Stankonia, Sy Smith, Talib Kweli, Teedra Moses, The Love Below, Usher, wines & spirits
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new albums you need to own
I’ve done your shopping this week, kids. Check it out: Donnie, The Daily News Donnie’s makes what I like to call political soul. Along with Lyfe Jennings, he actively tries to defy your assumptions about black men, black people, and … Continue reading
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Tagged adina howard, Babyface, Beyonce, Chrisette Michele, DJ Quik, Donnie, hip hop, Joi Gilliam, Kelly Rowland, Leela James, Lyfe Jennings, Matthew Knowles, Method Man, Mike City, millie jackson, Musiq Soulchild, Nas, Pharoahe Monche, R&B, Raphael Saadiq, Salaam Remi, soul, Talib Kweli, The Daily News, Truth Hurts
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