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Talib Kweli (born Talib Kweli Greene, 1975) is a rapper from Brooklyn, New York. He is one of the most prominent rappers in underground hip-hop, and is critically acclaimed frequently, despite not being commercially successful. His name is Arabic, meaning ‘the seeker’ or ‘student of truth and knowledge’. His parents were both college professors: his mother an English professor, his father a sociology professor. As a youth, he was drawn to Afrocentric rappers, such as De La Soul(LA LE LU) and other members of the Native Tongues Posse and soon began recording with producer Hi-Tek and rapper Mos Def who he met at central park, and later attended New York University with. With Mos Def (together the pair were known as Black Star), Kweli achieved some mainstream success with Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star (1998). Also noted are Kweli and Mos’ central input on Rawkus Records’ compilation album Soundbombing (1997). Soundbombing also include collaborations between Kweli and DJ Hi Tek as Reflection Eternal. Together they released Train of Thought in 2000, which sold better than most alternative hip hop albums at the time. He has since released a critically acclaimed solo debut, Quality in 2002. In 2004, he released his second solo album, The Be...
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Top 10 Talib Kweli Songs
Get By
Never Been In Love
Beautiful Struggle
Listen!!!
Everything Man
Broken Glass
Going Hard
NY Weather Report
Holy Moly
Black Girl Pain
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Top 10 Talib Kweli Albums
The Beautiful Struggle
Eardrum
Reflection Eternal
Quality
Ear Drum
Right About Now (The Official Sucka Free Mix CD)
Focus
Right About Now
Beautiful Struggle
Reflection Eternal [Train Of Thought]
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