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The Beautiful Struggle 2004

hip hop 54 min 13 tracks Rawkus Entertainment LLC

The Beautiful Struggle is the second studio album by American rapper Talib Kweli. The album was released on September 28, 2004, by Rawkus Records and Geffen Records. It features guest appearances from Common, Faith Evans, Anthony Hamilton, Mary J. Blige, and John Legend.

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Classical in form, spare, character-led and grave.

classical in formformally daring
sparerichly built
character-ledplot-driven
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Tracks

1Going Hard3:50
2Back Up Offa Me3:38
3Broken Glass3:11
4We Know3:45
5A Game3:36
6I Try4:25
7Around My Way4:48
8We Got the Beat3:20
9Work It Out4:19
10Ghetto Show4:47
11Black Girl Pain5:04
12Never Been in Love5:01
13Beautiful Struggle4:04

13 tracks, 54 minutes.

About the album

Artist: Talib Kweli
Label: Rawkus Entertainment LLC
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Album
Format: Digital Media
Country: XW

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