Talib Kweli - Ear Drum
List Price:
Our Price: $7.86
You Save: $9.06 (53%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $3.23 (click here)
Category: Music CD
See more new music releases
Buy this Music CD at online store in your country
Canadian Music Store
Canadian Music Store
Music CD Cover
Artist: Talib KweliEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-08-21
Music Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Everything Man
- My Weather Report
- Hostile Gospel, Pt. 1 (Deliver Us)
- Say Something
- Country Cousins
- Holy Moly
- Eat to Live
- In the Mood
- Soon the New Day
- Give 'Em Hell
- More or Less
- Stay Around
- Hot Thing
- Space Fruit (Interlude)
- The Perfect Beat
- Oh My Stars
- Listen!!!
- Go with Us [*]
- Hostile Gospel, Pt. 2 (Deliver Me) [*]
- The Nature [*]
Ear Drum Poster
One of the best-known and most acclaimed rappers in hip-hop, Talib Kweli makes his Warner Bros. debut with his first album on his own label, Blacksmith. Eardrum, his fourth solo album, delivers music that matters, that both sparks the mind and makes the body move. Solidifying Kweli?s status among rap?s most talented and important voices, Eardrum deserves to be heard.In the "conscious" rap game, even mid-list mainstreamers tend to get all but shut out of the highest-profile vehicles for hip-hop (BET, MTV, urban radio). Among these, Talib Kweli remains that exemplary liminal artist, one foot in the artistic purity of his underground roots and the other planted firmly in business of popular culture. Recent albums--The Beautiful Struggle and Right About Now--disappointed fans and critics alike, but Ear Drum marks a milestone in the Kweli catalogue. Wisely chosen collaborators (Kanye West, Roy Ayers, Jean Grae, Pete Rock, KRS-One, even Justin Timberlake and Norah Jones), accessible beats, and Kweli's staple of insightful, rhythmically drilling lyrics conspire to create his best outing since 2002's Quality. Blatantly front-loaded, Ear Drum's early tracks clearly outshine its back half. "NY Weather Report," "Say Something," "Holy Moly," and especially "Hostile Gospel Pt. 1" plainly sear, the latter two establishing the repeating theme of Kweli's tenuous relationship to religion. As Kweli himself makes clear in his first line on Ear Drum, "They say you can't please everybody," and plenty of sleepers lurk among Ear Drum's 20 cuts, but the standout tracks suggest that Kweli has bounced back from declining relevance with all cylinders firing. --Jason Kirk
Pop Music CDs
Music Genres
Top music charts in Pop Music CDs
Yvette Freeman - Dinah Was (L.A. Theatre Works Audio Theatre Collection)Release date: 2005-04-12; Music CD
Best price: $21.07
Price in other shops:
Twin Sisters Productions - Building Character Music CDTWIN SISTERS PRODUCTIONS; Release date: 2007-01-01; Music CD
Best price: $9.99
Price in other shops:
Bernadette Peters in ConcertDVD
Best price: $129.99
Everything Must Go/ Two Against Natureby Steely Dan
Published: 2003; Music CD
Scattered Ashesby Ihsahn / Emperor
Candlelight Records/Emi; Published: 2009-07-28; Audio CD; Book
Best price: $9.75
Price in other shops:
![Christmas at the Biltmore Estate [VHS] Image](/images/Christmas-at-the-Biltmore-Estate-VHS-076700437X-X.jpg){kind=small}
Christmas at the Biltmore Estate [VHS]A&E Home Video; Release date: 1998-09-04; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $13.83
Price in other shops:
The Shadow: Rare Radio Gems (Rare Radio Gems)Release date: 2002-09-01; Published: 2002-09-01; Music CD
Best price: $20.00
Price in other shops:
On the Shoulders of Giants, Vol. 1: An Audio & Musical Journey Through the Harlem Renaissanceby Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Release date: 2011-09-06; Published: 2008; Music CD
Best price: $1.98
Price in other shops:
Francis Durbridge, Paul Temple & The Gilbert Case - Radio ShowRelease date: 2003-05-12; Music CD
Best price: $21.49
Price in other shops:
The Serenaders - My One and Only YouRelease date: 2011-05-28; Music CD
Best price: $8.76
Price in other shops:
Top Rated Albums
![Undun / [Explicit] Image](/images/Undun-Explicit-B005VR9328-X.jpg)
The Roots - Undun / [Explicit]Release date: 2011-12-06; Music CD
Best price: $10.84
Price in other shops:
Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's Food & LiquorRelease date: 2006-09-19; Music CD
Best price: $6.92
Price in other shops:
Mos Def - Black on Both SidesMOS DEF; Release date: 2002-06-04; Music CD
Best price: $5.41
Price in other shops:
Talib Kweli - Right About NowRelease date: 2005-11-22; Music CD
Best price: $14.59
Price in other shops:
Reflection Eternal (Talib Kweli & HiTek) - Revolutions Per MinuteBaker & Taylor; Release date: 2010-05-18; Music CD
Best price: $9.98
Price in other shops:
Talib Kweli - Beautiful StruggleRelease date: 2004-09-28; Music CD
Best price: $8.21
Price in other shops:
Black StarMOS DEF/KWELI,TALIB; Release date: 2002-06-04; Music CD
Best price: $9.39
Price in other shops:
Talib Kweli - Gutter RainbowsRelease date: 2010-12-05; Music CD
Best price: $11.05
Price in other shops:
Hi-Tek, Talib Kweli - Reflection Eternal/ Train of ThoughtKWELI/HI-TEK; Release date: 2002-06-04; Music CD
Best price: $6.48
Price in other shops:
Talib Kweli - QualityRelease date: 2002-11-19; Music CD
Best price: $6.74
Price in other shops: