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Talib Kweli comes through with his own collection of free Labor Day tunes with his Attack The Block mixtape. The project is a collaboration with DJ Z-Trip. Not the best day to drop a mixtape considering Lil Wayne just dropped Dedication 4, but the more music to choose from the merrier. Download this and you’ll […]

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Talib Kweli will be dropping his mixtape collaboration with Z-Trip, titled Attack The Block, next week and drops a new tune from the project called “Fly Away.” The song features poetry from the renowned Jessica care more and the “Get By” rapper provided some insight on it via his Tumblr: So I’m starting to get […]

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Musically, Talib Kweli and Maino couldn’t be more polar opposites, but the two Brooklynites link together over some 9th Wonder production for “To The Music.” This record can be found on Talib Kweli’s new mixtape Attack The Block.  This is a pretty peculiar paring for Kweli, but it’s not anything out of the ordinary for […]

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Talib Kweli drops the visual to accompany his new single “Push Thru,” featuring Curren$y and Kendrick Lamar. Spitta gets the first verse, followed by Talib and Kendrick, and the video finds each MC repping in their hometown’s of New Orleans, New York City and Los Angeles, respectively. The S1 produced “Push Thru” will be appearing […]

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An unfinished version of this song leaked onto the internet last year that didn’t include Curren$y and Kendrick Lamar. Talib Kweli previewed a portion of this song this week in Seattle, and now only mere moments after that show took place, the full song is here for your listening pleasure. Kweli, K.Dot and Spitta’s “Push […]

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Talib Kweli is headed back on the road. The Brooklyn MC will promote his forthcoming album with the accompanying Prisoner of Conscious tour kicking-off next month at the Fete Music Ballroom, in Providence, R.I. Kweli recently dropped the video for the album’s lead single “Distractions.” The Oh No-produced track runs along the lines of much […]

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YMCMB President Mack Maine recruits the services of Lil Wayne and Talib Kweli for a new joint called “Celebrate.” The Source gets the premiere. “Pop a bottle and celebrate, you made it to a new day,” goes the chorus. That’s as good a reason as any. Listen to and download Mack Maine’s “Celebrate” below. 

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No matter how many multifaceted collaborations (Bun B, Gucci Mane) Talib Kweli has on the resume, seeing that “featuring Ace Hood” credit still made you do a double take. “We Run This” is from Kweli’s We Run This, Vol 7 mixtape, which is out now and available on iTunes. The track has some knocking drums and […]

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Bossip: Pay Yo Bills: Uncle Sam Wants To Work On A Song With The-Dream…It’s Called “Gimme My $117,000 Ninja” 24 Wired TV: Clerk Fired After Being Robbed at Gunpoint Current Hip-Hop:  Akon – “Love You No More” [Download] Vibe:   Talib Kweli Remembers Martin Luther King Jr. and His Impact on Hip-Hop The Root: For King, the […]

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Black Star Perform Two Songs On Late Night Jimmy Fallon [Video]   Talib Kweli & Yasiin Bey (better known as Mos Def) hit the Late Night With Jimmy Fallon to perform their new, Oh No produced single “You Already Knew,” off of their mixtape Aretha, due out sooner than later. The music didn’t stop with the […]

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XXL Kendrick Lamar Show – S.O.B.’s, Dec. 18 New York City, NY    Featuring – King Mez, Emilio Rojas, Phil Ade, & Kendrick Lamar   XXL put together a showcase headlined by Kendrick, featuring several 2012 Freshman Candidates.  The show was hosted by Shade 45’s Sway & Devi Dev of the Sway in the Morning Show. […]

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Talib Kweli “Distractions” [Video] Talib unveils a new track from his forthcoming album, Prisoner Of Conscious,  dropping in 2012. The Brooklyn rappers stays dropping  gems and it’s no different as he wrecks this Oh No produced track. That Black Star album hopefully will come soon as well.  Let’s go Mos Def Yasiin Bey.  We’ve waited […]