Common "Be"

[Guest Brian]

Anyway pick it up yesterday? It's fucking hot. Album of the Year.

[Lord of The Curry 0]

It's at the top of my list currently. Any standout tracks?

[Dangerous A 0]

Looking to pick this up in the next 48 hours. From the reviews on Amazon, it sounds like straight fire!

[Guest Brian]

It's at the top of my list currently. Any standout tracks?

Pretty much the whole thing. Be, The Coner, and the Food are what I'm hooked on particularily right now.

[ant_7000 0]

5 Mics=CLASSIC!!!!!!!!!!!! nuff said.

[Lord of The Curry 0]

Straight fire indeed.

 

Picked it up Sunday and been really enjoying it since. The track w/ him, Kanye and Legend is hot.

[Dangerous A 0]

"Be" opened up #2 on Billboard behind Audioslave's new album. Pretty good. Hopefully this album will have some legs and help usher in more conscience hip hop on the radio, mainstream, etc.

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

"Be" opened up #2 on Billboard behind Audioslave's new album. Pretty good. Hopefully this album will have some legs and help usher in more conscience hip hop on the radio, mainstream, etc.

I'm not sure I want that. Most what classes itself as "conscience hip hop" has been really subpar of late. It's meandering junk in its own way. I don't need Talib Kweli's shitty new singles blowing up.

[Guest Brian]

That's because to get into the mainstream, most of what passes has to water itself down.

[CBright7831 0]

One of the only three rap albums I have listened to this year.

 

10/10

[Guest Flyboy]

OMG THE FOOD

 

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That is all.

[Ripper 0]

"Be" opened up #2 on Billboard behind Audioslave's new album. Pretty good. Hopefully this album will have some legs and help usher in more conscience hip hop on the radio, mainstream, etc.

I'm not sure I want that. Most what classes itself as "conscience hip hop" has been really subpar of late. It's meandering junk in its own way. I don't need Talib Kweli's shitty new singles blowing up.

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Don't you DARE insult Talib. He is the fucking man.

[Zack Malibu 0]

First off, I agree with Ripper. Kweli is awesome. He and Mos Def (especially Mos) are two of my favorite rappers period.

 

"The Food" is hot. I need to cop this once I get paid this week.

[Modern Man's Hustle 0]

I'm glad Talib and Mos Def hooked up and did Blackstar. Mos Def's rap/rock stuff was alright for a bit, but it's absolute shite when compared to his stuff with Talib.

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

Don't you DARE insult Talib.  He is the fucking man.

He used to be the man. Beautiful Struggle is ass. I found a lot of Quality pretty boring too. Black Star is one of my favorites but he's gone downhill since. I still like most of his guest appearances, especially his bit on the Roots' Phrenology.

[Guest Brian]

Reflection Eternal is a classic, or near classic, album. It's top of the line. Add Black Star on top of that, and Quality is at least a better-than-decent outing, and you've got a top quality artist. Yeah, there's a drop-off, but he's proven himself to be very good.

 

As for Mos, I thought Black on Both Sides was another classic (or near classic) album. As for his latest outing, the New Danger, I've learned to really like it; it's insightful and the beats are just going to be a thing of taste. I love how he spends the first half or so of the album talking about Jack Johnson, former heavyweight champ.

[ant_7000 0]

Talib is the truth, Reflection Enternal was hot, (Which gets alot of spins in my car) I liked Quality as well, Beautiful Struggle was decent, wasn't better than the first two albums, but its still worth a pick up.

[B. Brian Brunzell 0]

While I know it's not as good as Quality, I think I actually like The Beautiful Struggle a bit more.