Talib Kweli

This week found two new hip-hop albums debuting in the top 50 spots of the Billboard 200 chart. The original soundtrack to the film The Great Gatsby - which was executive produced and features Jay-Z - took the number two spot on the chart with over 135,000 copies sold, while Talib Kweli's latest effort Prisoner of Conscious topped at the 47th position. At the same t...

Talib Kweli is letting everyone stream his new album Prisoner of Conscious over on the Billboard website. The highly anticipated album is set to officially release tomorrow. The Brooklyn MC's album should be filled with the usually thought provoking lyrics, tackling social and political issues. From what we heard so far from the alb...

This week find Murs, Sacha Jenkins and Darryl Jenifer tackling issues of race in the White Mandingo's latest video, while Wyclef Jean wrestles with his own public images in the first video off his April Showers mixtape. Additionally, Quelle Chris and Prince SAMO bring the weird this week with some colorful but definitely bizarre videos. ...

With the Prisoner Of Conscious album less than a week away from being released (May 7), Talib Kweli decides to bless us with a new track from the album. Talib gets Busta Rhymes to assist him on "Rockets Ships," which is also produced by RZA. The duo ...

Talib Kweli does it again. The Brooklyn rapper hops on Chris Brown's "Fine China" for the remix and does the song justice. The track is already a hit, placing in at No. 51 on Billboard's Hot 100 list. Add in the legendary emcee and the song goes from pop to hip-hop soul. Talib lends a...

R.A. The Rugged Man drops the video to "Learn Truth" featuring Talib Kweli. The two veteran rappers put their talents on full display on this powerful and strong video. Propaganda has been evident in the world throughout history, this is without question. What is ...

Talib Kweli takes us around South Africa with his new video for "High Life" featuring Rubix Cube and Bajah. I always enjoy a good video that takes you overseas to a place an average person doesn't often see. It shows you how hip-hop has grown internationally. ...

Today, super-producer/fashion icon/sometimes-hologram will.i.am put out a new record, #willpower, a dance-pop supernova of an album that features Miley Cyrus, Justin Beiber, k-pop stars 2NE1, and a long list of other huge acts. The album is pretty much what you'd expect - a lot of rave beats and huge anthemic hooks and simple one-liners sprinkled throughout...

This week finds Tyga unleashing his third album under the YMCMB banner Hotel California, as well as Rich Boy's long-awaited sophomore release Break the Pot via Vice/E1. On the singles front, Kid Cudi released the sequel to "Solo Dolo" with a guest feature from Kendrick Lamar, while Young Jeezy enlists Snoop Dogg, E-40 and Too $hort for the G-Mix to his widely-successful single "R.I

Talib Kweli drops his new single "Come Here" featuring Miguel. With the Rick Ross controversy in the past, we get a fresh new track from Mr. Kweli. The four minute-plus record is really smooth with Miguel on the hook. Talib's new album, Prisoner of Conscious, is set to be release in May 2013. Listen to the...

After criticizing Rick Ross and Lil Wayne earlier this week, Talib Kweli spoke to Hot 97 to clarify his comments. Kweli recently spoke to Peter Rosenberg and Cipha Sounds about his previous statements regarding Wayne's Emmett Till lyric and Ross' date rape lyric. The...

Amidst radio bans and petitions, Rick Ross took to Twitter to speak on his controversial date rape lyric featured on Rocko's "U.O.E.N.O." After last week's radio interview, in which he stated that "I would never use the term ‘rape’ in my records, and as far my camp, hip-hop don’t condone that," the MMG impresario released a Tweet regarding his inflammatory line. Rozay apologiz