Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are BLACK STAR POLL

thought about doing a poll for 'best simile on this album' but don't know how many options you can have in a poll

i don't usually like to vote for singles in album polls but definitely "Respiration" here

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1) respiration
2) brown skin lady
3) re:defintion

Twice Inna Lifetime

respiration but their version of the bdp track is FIRE, except for kweli's off-beat shit

Respiration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiNwTL0HQRI

Definition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt5ycIbXBZU&feature=related

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respiration again

I vividly remember going to the store after school in 7th grade and having enough money to buy 2 out of this, Aquemini, and the Love Movement. I chose the last 2 (a halfway good decision) and taped this off my friend.

Anyways, Definition, that song was sooo huge for my Rawkus lovin' ass in grade school.

Definition, no doubt.

brown skin lady

basically i love them all, but "definition" stands out for the dope beat and for some of the best lyrics and flow ever recorded. it gets teh vote.

I vividly remember going to the store after school in 7th grade and having enough money to buy 2 out of this, Aquemini, and the Love Movement. I chose the last 2 (a halfway good decision) and taped this off my friend.

Anyways, Definition, that song was sooo huge for my Rawkus lovin' ass in grade school.

-- maciej recognizing trill, Monday, February 4, 2008 8:23 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life came out that day, too! My brother got that and the Tribe, I either had a promo of the Black Star already or got it shortly afterward.

respiration seems like the pinnacle of backpacker rap to me

Twice Inna Lifetime is cool, too. I love Hi-Tek's guitar shit.

"Definition" for the beat, class.

Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life came out that day, too! My brother got that and the Tribe, I either had a promo of the Black Star already or got it shortly afterward.

-- Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 20:56 (1 hour ago) Link

Haha, such a fine example of where my taste was a decade ago that I wouldn't even have thought about buying the Jay-Z.

gotta go with respiration in a narrow win over astronomy with definition in 3rd

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RE:DEFinition 3

I like this but what a weird choice for a favorite track. Shame "K.O.S. (Determination)" didn't get any votes, definitely in my top 3.

was about to poll this album

i saw talib speak in college, he said that the reason he was off beat for his first like six albums is because he was using rhymes hed written down before he had any beats to rap over

which is like

*smh*

talib

I liked that last talib album

eardrum

six albums talib??? what the hell

this is sad
https://www.instagram.com/p/-ljS85jYt7/
apparently, Talib was beaten when visiting "Freetown Christiania" - he's interpreting the assault as racially motivated, locals are suggesting he was punished for taking pictures of drug dealing...

wtf

"Children's Story" is really hitting me lately. What an album.

I hope that second album actually materializes

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53151106

the new black star album is called no fear of time, consists entirely of years-old tracks produced by madlib, and is officially only available behind a paywall, so fuck it without relent and listen to it on youtube while you can.

It’s not good. So stale

absolutely agreed.

feels like way more of a mixtape than a proper album. just beats and rhymes. not awful, but they sound so unenthused the entire time. guess it was recorded in makeshift studios (hotel rooms and the like) and it sounds like it. the black thought feature was quite welcome and the last four tracks are really the meat of the album. hard to consider this a proper follow up, but i guess that's technically what it is. nothing embarrassing happens, it's just all so meh.
super disappointing. 2.5 mics.

Yah just absolutely nothing memorable here. Not a single hook or melody of note.

The original album is one of my favorite albums.

well then, this will be a huge disappointment for you too =/

The original album is one of my favorite albums.