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Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star (EXPLICIT) (CD)

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Track Listing
DISC 1 for Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star (EXPLICIT) (CD) Album By Black Star (Artist)
1   Intro
2   Astronomy (8th Light)
3   Definition
4   Re:Definition
5   Children's Story
6   Brown Skin Lady
7   B Boys Will B Boys
8   K.O.S. (Determination)
9   Hater Players
10   Yo Yeah
11   Respiration
12   Thieves In The Night
13   Twice Inna Lifetime
 
Review

Rolling Stone (10/29/98, p.77) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "...not only an eagerly awaited rap album but also a desperately needed one....Black Star are socially conscious and lyrically sound--with their hearts close to the underground."
Entertainment Weekly (10/23/98, p.80) - "...Mixing rugged street beats and rhymes brainy enough for boho B-boys (they cite literary references and quote Nina Simone) makes this Black Star shine bright." - Rating: A-
The Wire (1/99, p.27) - Included in Wire's "50 Records Of The Year [1998]"
CMJ (1/11/99, pp.5-6) - "...Mos Def and Talib Kweli truly are 'the best alliance in hip-hop,' with Mos's stylized, grainy delivery serving as yang to the smart, spoken words of Kweli's yin..."
The Source (11/98, p.198) - 3.5 Mics (out of 5) - "...With a delicate balance of Black Nationalism, well-chosen interludes and lyrics to go, high-pitched metaphor specialist Kweli and straight-up showman Mos prove that they're more than just 'lyrically handsome'..."

Title Note

Black Star: Mos Def, Talib Kweli (rap vocals).

Additional personnel: Apani, Common, Jane Doe, Vinia Mojica, Weldon Irvine.

Producers: DJ Hi-Tek, Talib Kweli, Mr. Walt, Shawn J. Period, J. Rawls.

After listening to this album, one hopes that the duo of Mos Def and Talib Kweli (both respected individual artists in their own right) would make this unification thing a permanent deal. In the wake of the disbanding of A Tribe Called Quest, hip-hop needs more efforts like the one put forth by these two. A well-crafted piece of work, with an infusion of concepts such as cultural awareness, spiritual reflection, self-actualization, and upward mobilization (sound familiar?), this album will uplift you and move your butt at the same time. Cuts like "K.O.S. (Determination)" and "Brown Skin Lady" should become classics if there is any justice in the hip-hop world. And "Thieves in the Night" is not far behind them.

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5 out of 5 stars Put this in Your Backpack Son, January 28, 2008
By Wisa
Mos Def & Talib Kweli are like the Batman & Robin of this rap ish... besides Rae and Ghost. With Hi-Tek on the boards, the conscious flows of Black Star bring that natural chemistry that rap so desperately needed for a hot minute. While each MC can obviously hold their own, the pairing is undeniably dope and five to ten years from now you will wish you never slept on this duo.

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