Talib Kweli
Gutter Rainbows

Kweli’s rhymes are enjoyable, but his repetitive delivery makes the album so blah....

There is a (not so) famous lyric from the Jay-Z track 'Moment of Clarity' where he answers critics who claim he has a lack of lyrical depth by saying ...

You know, it's nice that Kanye reinvents himself every few years and Ghostface Killah occasionally seems to think he really should try to be a hot but...

Talib Kweli is certainly one of the more consistent artists hip-hop has to offer. Going into his music, there’s always an implicit understanding that ...

It’s truly hard to imagine the world Talib Kweli lives in. Sure, we have some data points — for instance, based on his conviction that he’s coming “f...

For many years Talib Kweli has remained a pivotal figure in NYC’s alternative rap/hip-hop scene, initially emerging with Mos Def in the genre-defining...

That being said, Gutter Rainbows may be the most accessible and varied album in his discography. Much of that comes from the wide range of producers h...

When he spoke of the need for "less misogyny, less curses; let’s put more depth in our verses," in 2007, Talib Kweli’s approach to rap seemed to clang...

Here's a phrase I haven't heard too often: "What the fuck was Kweli thinking" I know that as far as conscious-skewing MCs go, Talib Kweli's had his s...

Though Gutter Rainbows has beenon the net since Talib loaded it onto his Myspace last week, theofficial drop was today, and the fourteen-track sixth ...