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Free Music Review: Maybe the best. Ever.
Hit: 5 Stars
If the RZA had not come up with his new theories on the postmodern than this would be unquestionably the best hip hop album of all time. Don't get me wrong - it may be the best ever. But it also might not be. Feel me?
I have cried listening to "Respiration" and "Thieves in the Night." If there has ever been a greater expression of the urban experience, well... I must have missed it. And I haven't missed much in hip hop. Trust me, if you don't own this album, you are missing out on something special. This is not just one of the greatest albums to emerge from hip hop's (semi) underground. This isn't just one of the greatest albums in hip hop history. This is one of the greatest albums to be produced - by any artist in any genre - in the past thirty years. This is, to our culture, what Foucault was to the original wave of postmodern thinking... in other words, the expression of our selves in this evolving musical landscape would not be complete without this group or these words or the ideas that are expressed.
If all you see it crime in the city when you listen to hip hop, you need to breath this in and let your narrative grow to help explain this existence that we are all participating in.
Free Music Review: Any discussion of hip hop is incomplete without it
Hit: 5 Stars
Using the term "authentic" can be dangerous in describing music, but for many, Mos Def and Talib Kweli embody the term.
Prophetic Hip Hop was born in Brooklyn, NY. In this seminal album, Def and Kweli push hip hop into a new domain: the very real expression of urban space found in Wu Tang Clan, and the consciousness of Public Enemy, combined with a skill for narration and ease with poetry produce an album that marks a paradigm shift in hip hop.
Both Def and Kweli are artists in the truest sense of the word. They look not to integrate into the corporate establishment for affirmation, but to feed the soul.
Free Music Review: good beats, lyrics as good as youd expect
Hit: 5 Stars
i missed this when it came out originally, but recently it has really grown on me.
the beats are good, lyrics are as good as you would expect from guys like def and kweli.
Free Music Review: Black Star
Hit: 5 Stars
Recieved this CD very quickly and it was in great shape. Black Star is a good cd.Free Music Review: Review
Hit: 5 Stars
The lyrics on this album are absolutely brilliant. Mos Def and Talib Kwali are intelligent poets who can lay down catchy lines themed with political, and social commentary, but all in good taste without being too preachy. This is the first rap album I've loved all the way though.