- hip hop, conscious hip hop
- 50 min
- 13 tracks
- Rawkus Records
Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star is the debut studio album by American hip hop duo Black Star, composed of rappers Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey. The album was released on September 29, 1998, to critical acclaim. The title is a reference to the Black Star Line, a shipping line founded by Pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey. The album deals with modern-day issues, philosophical ideas, and life in Brooklyn, New York City as the two artists know it.
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Character-led, classical in form, spare and grave.
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
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- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- Muzik4/5 ★
- NME8/10
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5 ★
- The Source3.5/5 ★
- Spin10/10
- The Village VoiceA−
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Tracks
- A1Intro1:12
- A2Astronomy (8th Light)3:24
- A3Definition3:26
- A4RE:DEFinition3:03
- A5Children’s Story3:33
- A6Brown Skin Lady5:47
- B1B Boys Will B Boys2:36
- B2K.O.S. (Determination)4:49
- B3Hater Players4:08
- B4Yo Yeah1:11
- B5Respiration6:05
- B6Thieves in the Night5:17
- B7Twice Inna Lifetime5:39
13 tracks, 50 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Black Star
- Label
- Rawkus Records
- Released
- 1998
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Cassette
- Country
- US
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