Posts Tagged ‘TALIB KWELI’
Talib Kweli Speaks On His Times Meeting President Obama, Relationships With Other Artists And Much More (Video)
December 24, 2016
Tell the truth, we ‘never thought that Hip-Hop would take it this far’…
According to Talib Kweli (above), President Obama got his favorite artists together in a room to share ideas on and declare his desire for criminal justice reform to be part of his administration’s legacy… and ask for their inputs & help. Talk about a work-play moment! Imagine a concert featuring Talib, A$AP Rocky, J. Cole, Busta Rhymes, Pusha T and others? Why not? It’s the White House! But nah, country first. Still sounds like a cool meet-up.
(The story about his Grandma though… wow!)
Kweli also speaks on his next project (with Styles P), Yasiin Bey, the experience of working with Q-Tip and getting on the A Tribe Called Quest album, Jay Electronica and more. DOPE interview!
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Talib Kweli – “Every Ghetto” feat. Aloe Blacc x Problem (Remix) [Prod. By Nottz]
October 17, 2016
WOOOOO! Aloe Blacc put it down on this one, reminding you that he is way more than a jingle singer for M&Ms. Haaa! But seriously, Talib with this “Every Ghetto Pt 2” (a Nottz-produced remix of the “Indie 500” original). Niiiiice. Blacc… Kweli… Problem!
TALIB KWELI X 9TH WONDER – EVERY GHETTO FEAT. RAPSODY (ORIGINAL) | INDIE 500
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DJ Yogi – “The Insomniac Show #2” (Mixtape)
October 12, 2016
Ah, dig the intro to this (meant to say that before)…Now, this great late night audio escape mixtape is different from “The Insomniac #2” (which we posted on here earlier). The homie DJ Yogi calls this one “The Insomniac SHOW #2”… a continuation of a series (hopefully) starting with “The Insomniac SHOW #1” (which we posted on here days ago). Pay attention. Keep up. And if you’re up late, cue this mixtape curate up; featuring work from Fetty Wap (yup, you’ll dig what Yogi dug), BoneBreaker Jones, Reek Da Villian, Talib Kweli, T.I., J. Keys & Robyn Hood, Phil Da Agony and more.
#MixTitlesMatter #FleetDJs
– @ojones1
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Samuel L. Jackson x KRS-One x Sticky Fingaz x Mad Lion x Talib Kweli x Brother J – “I Can’t Breathe”
July 12, 2016
All lives will never matter until Black Lives Matter.
– Talib Kweli
‘Calling out the violence of the racist police,’ is what Samuel L. Jackson is singing and what Sticky Fingaz, Talib Kweli, Mad Lion, Brother J and KRS-ONE saying with the rhymes in “I Can’t Breathe.” Mad Lion brought the beat. And check out KRS with the shutdown verse. Revolution!
#BlackLivesMatter
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The Black Power Mixtape (1967-1975) [Trailer]
February 24, 2016
Another must-see for your Black History Month experience: “The Black Power Mixtape” (1967-1975). That’s right man. We wouldn’t lead you wrong. A mixtape, before we really recognized the term for the most part, of powerful stuff on the Civil Rights Era struggle. Peep the trailer above ( rent/buy link below), teasing footage of Black Pathers co-founder Bobby Seale, reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., activist Angela Davis, and others; with commentary from contemporaries (like Talib Kweli).
The Black Power Mixtape is an award winning compilation feature documentary that displays the story of the African-American community 1967-1975, the people, the society and the style that fueled a change. Told with sparkling, beautiful and deep footage, lost in the archives in Sweden for 30 years.
WATCH THE FULL FILM NOW: THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE (IFC FILMS)
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Talib Kweli x 9th Wonder – “Pay Ya Dues” feat. Problem x Bad Lucc (Prod. By Eric G) [Video]
January 21, 2016
How you gone bang with the Clubber Lang of gutta slang?
– Talib Kweli
Bars! Bodied! Credit due to these dudes whose demand to these others is simply “Pay Ya Dues.” Beat by Eric G. Problem & Bad Lucc on the ride-along. Get this and more freshness off that “Indie 500” collabo album we posted from Talib Kweli & 9th Wonder.
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Talib Kweli – “Which Side Are You On” feat. Tef Poe x Kendra Ross (Prod. By Nottz) [Video]
November 17, 2015
Kendra Ross chanting that “Which Side Are You On” is like her taking us all to the church of Talib Kweli; special guest Tef Poe and music director Nottz on the beat. Stirring audio and visual off the “Indie 500” project Kweli and 9th Wonder have out now. Don’t be surprised if you get more than a little fired up after experiencing this.
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Talib Kweli x 9th Wonder – “Indie 500” (Album Stream)
November 4, 2015
Indie 500 this and Indie 500 that… been hearing it from us, and seeing the posts on ’em from us on here for a while now. Time to put up or shut up, right? Well, here you go. Stream the album audio above in advance of the “Indie 500” album – due out November 6, 2015 – from Talib Kweli & 9th Wonder (pre-order from iTunes via the link below).
(Now, shut up and listen. Haaaaaa!)
Talib Kweli & Rapsody Perform “Every Ghetto” Live On ‘The Tonight Show’ (Video)
October 28, 2015
OHHH! The sound, the style, the swagger. What’s not to love about this live performance of “Every Ghetto” by Talib Kweli; featuring Rapsody and musical backing by The Roots. Got the music video and Indie 500 (Kweli and 9th Wonder) album pre-order linked below from an earlier post.
Talib Kweli – “The Mathematics” feat. Styles P (Prod. By HenryDaher)
October 19, 2015
“The Mathematics” is a collaborative contribution to “Roy G. Biv: What A Colourful World” by Talib Kweli and Styles P. Check out the single stream above. You can get the single and album at the Kweli Club web store for… $0.00 (yep, that’s what the price reads right now). Go!
TALIB KWELI – THE MATHEMATICS FEAT. STYLES P (PROD. BY HENRYDAHER) | ROY G. BIV: WHAT A COLORFUL WORLD
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Indie 500 (Talib Kweli x 9th Wonder) – “Every Ghetto” feat. Rapsody (Prod. By Hi-Tek) [Video]
October 15, 2015
Talib Kweli and 9th Wonder putting some more Indie 500 work out. This here is that “Every Ghetto” (featuring Rapsody, from 9th’s Jamla movement) off the forthcoming “Indie 500” LP (due out November 6, 2015). Beat by Kweli’s buddy on “The Blast,” Ohio’s own Hi-Tek.
PRE-ORDER: TALIB KWELI X 9TH WONDER – INDIE 500 (ALBUM)
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9th Wonder x Talib Kweli – “Pay Your Dues” feat. Problem x Bad Lucc (Prod. By Eric G)
September 25, 2015
Gimme dat, b!tch, gimme dat!
Yoooo! It’s a Problem…and Bad Lucc and Talib Kweli… beating up an Eric G beat. Oughta press charges for this. Actually, just “Pay Your Dues” and we’ll be good. Listen up above to this one (linked below). Appears that it bears the Indie 500 (Pharoahe Monch, Talib Kweli & 9th Wonder’s movement to bring sense, sensibility and unity back into Hip-Hop, esp. with the Independent grinders) stamp. Cool.
9TH WONDER X TALIB KWELI – PAY YOUR DUES FEAT. PROBLEM X BAD LUCC (PROD. BY ERIC G)
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Talib Kweli And Bill Maher Discuss #BlackLivesMatter Protesters Interrupting Bernie Sanders’ Presidential Campaign Speech (Video)
September 9, 2015
Bill Maher: Why Bernie Sanders? …If you’re gonna interrupt somebody… This guy had a hundred percent approval rating from the NAACP.
Talib Kweli: NAACP liked Donald Sterling, too.
And folks, that’s how we dig into a real conversation! Watch the video clip above and gain some perspective.
A while back, #BlackLivesMatter shut down a speech appearance by 2016 Presidential hopeful and leading American Progressive Bernie Sanders. Many disagreed with the women who took the mic. But EVERYONE paid attention, talked about it, talked about #BlackLivesMatter from many angles. Whether you ultimately agree or disagree with the tactic, Kweli does make a couple of solid points. The first, the duty of activist-protesters is to disrupt and gain the platform (which #BlackLivesMatter did LITERALLY). The second, NO candidate should take the Black vote for granted in 2016.
Very interesting. Do you agree with Kweli? Discuss…
PREVIOUS: TALIB KWELI – F#CK THE MONEY FEAT. CASSPER NYOVEST (VIDEO)
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Talib Kweli – “F#ck The Money†feat. Cassper Nyovest (Prod. By Farhot) [Video]
September 2, 2015
Visuals for the title track of the FREE mixtape from Talib Kweli entitled “F#ck The Money” (linked below). Went with a lyric video format this go ’round. Now no one can say they missed the message.
DOWNLOAD: TALIB KWELI – F#CK THE MONEY FEAT. CASSPER NYOVEST
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Talib Kweli – “F#ck The Money” (Album Stream)
August 22, 2015
How about that?! Talib Kweli went a step further with putting out his FREE “F#Ck The Money” LP for y’all. Now, instead of going to the site and joining (as we posted here), you can just stream the whole deal on SoundCloud (still a FREE download link there, too). You can stream that above (even easier). Linked below.
DOWNLOAD: TALIB KWELI – F#CK THE MONEY
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Talib Kweli – “F#ck The Money” feat. Cassper Nyovest (Prod. By Farhot)
August 17, 2015
LISTEN. New DOPE sh!t from Kweli. AND it’s FREE! The single is FREE for the downloading via the SoundCloud (linked below). There is a FREE album, too. Stream Talib Kweli’s mixtape title track “F#ck The Money” (featuring Cassper Nyovest). Produced by Farhot. Got to join the club at http://kweliclub.com/ to get the FREE mixtape.
DOWNLOAD: TALIB KWELI – F#CK THE MONEY FEAT. CASSPER NYOVEST | KWELICLUB.COM (FOR THE MIXTAPE)
– @ojones1
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DJ EFN – “Paradise” feat. Talib Kweli x Redman x Wrekonize (Prod. By The Guild) [Video]
April 20, 2015
Visuals for DJ EFN’s “Paradise” off the “Another Time” project. Featuring Talib Kweli, Wrekonize, and Redman on the vocal side. Track produced by The Guild.
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Talib Kweli in South Africa (Docu-Short)
December 18, 2014
Cassper Nyovest relating memories and insights gained from hanging with Talib Kweli on his trip to Johannesburg. Kweli running all through the city, bonding with the South African fans. Nice clip.
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Diamond D – “Where’s The Love” feat. Talib Kweli x eLZhi x Skyzoo
October 2, 2014
Latest heat rock from The Diam Piece (which you can get via earlier post here). Producer Diamond D (D.I.T.C. Crew) guaranteed a hit track with a solid instrumental and a loaded vocal lineup that features Talib Kweli, eLZhi and Skyzoo. Banger! Admit it. C’mon… “Where’s The Love” maaaannnn?
DIAMOND D – WHERE’S THE LOVE FEAT. TALIB KWELI X ELZHI X SKYZOO | THE DIAM PIECE
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Beatnick x K-Salaam – “Checkpoints: Ghetto To Gaza” feat. Talib Kweli x M1 (Of Dead Prez) [Video]
September 17, 2014
A checkpoint, a checkpoint, everywhere a checkpoint…
The visuals for “Checkpoints” probably bring to light what most of us probably know (a reality of which we are informed or numbed enough to no longer fear): a ghetto is a ghetto. And the ghetto (be it in yesteryear Germany; or today’s Gaza or Ferguson) is where the real casualties of war take place. Where we are being killed in government sanctioned ways… oppressive poverty, lacking nutrition and education, youth roaming the streets… unprotected from danger… from those meant to protect and serve… either the government chooses to do something, or chooses NOT to do something, about what’s going on in the ghetto (here or there, now or then; no difference).
Who would speak truth on a track with themes like that? Guess. A Beatnick & K-Salaam track. Talib Kweli and M1 added on. C’mon! Single out on iTunes now. Video above. Full-length on the way.
Watch to the end.
BEATNICK X K-SALAAM – CHECKPOINTS: GHETTO TO GAZA FEAT. TALIB KWELI X M1 (OF DEAD PREZ)
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