Talib Kweli - Eardrum
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Artist: Talib KweliEdition: Music CD
Format: Explicit Lyrics
CD Release Date: 2007-08-21
Music Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Everything Man
- NY 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
- The Perfect Beat
- Oh My Stars
- Listen!!!
- Go With Us
- Hostile Gospel Pt. 2 (Deliver Me)
- The Nature
Free Music Notes for Eardrum
Free Music Review: Best hip-hop album of '07
Hit: 5 Stars
In my opinion, thi is the only album of 2007 that is better than The Cool. And that says a lot. "Eardrum" feels very slow, chill, and soulful in the beginning, picks up in the middle, and finishes very up-tempo and furious. Honestly, the soulful beginning is the best part, but that's not knocking the rest of the album by any means.
Kweli shows why he needs more recognition from the mainstream with epics like "Hostile Gospel Pt. 1 (Deliver Us)" and "Listen" and touches hearts of hip-hop heads with old-school influenced tracks like "Everything Man" and "NY Weather Report." Kweli touches on Poverty in "Eat To Live" and religious confusion in "Give Em Hell." Kweli speaks from his sensual side with "In The Mood" and "Hot Thing" and speaks to his children in "Oh My Stars." The only track that felt like it was not on par with the rest of the album was "Say Something."
Top Tracks:
1. Hostile Gospel Pt.1
2. Eat To Live
3. NY Weather Report
4. Everything Man
5. The Nature (ft. Justin Timberlake)
6. Give Em Hell
Honorable Mentions:
In The Mood
Hot Thing
Hostile Gospel Pt. 2
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Eardrum Poster
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 KirkOne 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.
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