Black Star (Mos Def & Talib Kweli) - Definition
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- Опубліковано 13 жов 2011
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From 1998 Album: "Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star"...[Artist info below].....
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Black Star arose from the underground movement of the late 1990s, which was in large part due to Rawkus Records, an independent record label stationed in New York City. They released one self titled album. Though the record achieved little commercial success, they (and other members of the Native Tongues Posse) helped shape underground alternative rap and helped bring it further into the mainstream eye. Both have gone on to greater commercial and critical success in separate solo careers.
Black Star's emergence into the hip-hop scene came at a crucial point in music history. Following the deaths of both Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur, hip-hop was consumed in a world of chaos. Black Star attempted to bring reconciliation in the wake of these violent deaths. The self titled album contains various references to Biggie and Tupac, and attempts to create reconciliation in the hip-hop world: "I said one, two, three. It's kinda dangerous to be an M.C. They shot Tupac and Biggie. Too much violence in hip-hop."
In 2001, Black Star performed "Money Jungle" with Ron Carter and John Patton for the Red Hot Organization's compilation album Red Hot + Indigo, a tribute to Duke Ellington, which raised money for various charities devoted to increasing AIDS awareness and fighting the disease. In 2005, hip hop website TheSituation.co.uk reported Kweli has said that a new Black Star album was "in the pipeline".[1] On Talib Kweli's Myspace he posted up a video saying that "We're going to find Mos Def and put it on camera that there will be a second Black Star album." In 2006, Mos and Kweli appeared together in the movie Dave Chappelle's Block Party, alongside Erykah Badu, Common, Jill Scott, Dead Prez and The Fugees, among others. They even contributed a new song, "Born & Raised", to the movie's soundtrack.
The first new Black Star song was leaked via DJ J Rocc from Stones Throw Records. The song is produced by Madlib and is titled "Fix Up". On October 5th 2011 they appeared on the Colbert Report and performed it for the first time.
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Fucking jaw dropping song. Even after all these years it sounds so fresh and dope
Facts
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hey uhm, I made a Top 10 Mos Def Verses video and just uploaded it. I bet ya you gonna enjoy this! Definition is in it. But which place? check it out :D (it turned out more like a Mos Def Tribute video than a hard fact Top 10 Verses) ❤ and of course with special guest *Talib Kweli* cause Def and Kweli close like Bethlehem and Nazareth ❤❤
Absolutly
indeed
Mos Def is one of those once in a lifetime artists.
actually hes twice inna lifetime :D
I'll give that the hundredth like, hell yeah.
Who is over 40 and still listen to it?
Alhamdu
"my name is in the middle of equality"
ekwelity
dang he is right
also kwelity
Shieeeeeet.....
@@colebrown8293 what dude
ukweli means truth in swahili
I get it lol
Just told my 10 year old while playing this, "Hear this? This is real hip hop."
Gatekeeper. And lame.
You gotta esssplain the awestruck reaction broooo
This is one of their greatest works..Real HIP HOP to the fullest
They used the flow from BDPs Stop the violence along with the beat From the P is free.
@@onealmcmilliansr1304 very, very good….thank u for naming it (I couldn’t place it), just absolutely carried away at the skill
7y666nnnnnnnnnnnnn
Fo sure
I can't agree more! Some of the most intelligent and coldest hip hop has come from NYC, these two are no exception if anything they set new standards. This act is right next to Cannibal Ox for my level of awe and respect.
I carried this on a Sony MP3 player in the Sahara Desert for ten years...did not meet a nomad or traveller who did not like the album. This has brought back many happy memories....and now I get to see those who made this magic happen. Stay safe and my regards from Scotland.
DOPE
this is the dopest comment ive ever seen on UA-cam enjoy urself and stay safe, my friend!
hhcj
Best is I know exactly what Sony MP3 player it is too. Legend
brotha thats wild!!!!! Salute to you
Yo this shit is legendary. Kweli and Mos riding around Brooklyn in the $1 van, just ryhming
Yeah son that shit is so LIT BRO
That would one dope road trip
Love those vans
Dollar van serving the working class ✊🏾
I grew up really vocally shy as a kid and never even remotely attempted to sing, learning all the lyrics to this song and rapping along with it helped me get over that and now i've been singing for years and love it.
😊
Well done 👏
I just came today to do just this it used to give me a sense of accomplishment to rap along with Yasiin's last verse... the breath work
That’s sick. ❤
You was the quiet type…. Whod a thought you were frontin
3:06: The best water break ever
This was low-key the best shot of the video. I always thought it was really cool shot when I was a teen
First time I saw that as a little kid, I was like: how did he do that? Is he something like a ventriloquist?
Some people said Mos rapped circles around Talib on this joint but I think both styles complimented each other perfectly. The way Def was attacking the beat perfectly, almost percussively, then Talib sliding around the drums without going off beat... dope as fuck
I wouldn't say circles around him but Mos is definitely the bread winner on this one, in my opinion. I agree the two styles work well together though
They are the epitome of complimentary together
Nailed it bruv. They both deliver. It's a masterpiece.
I've NEVER heard anyone compare rhymes. But this is the song that I discovered them and it was Kweli's line that was the most memorable.... "consider me the entity within the industry.....etc.." I was HOOKED.
@@MrAugustBlack i have, MANY times. I’ve heard and read this argument in threads and reviews about blackstar for damn near 2 decades 😂
Black star made a huge impact in Hip-Hop, it’s 2020 and real Hip-Hop Fans still here
never forget these mcs
And always we’ll be ❤️
This is what real hip hop heads live for
now this is real Hip-hop. REAL MUSIC
technically totally true
FACTS!!!!!!!!!!!
Agreed better than modern hip hop for sure
that's musical elitism. dont be a gatekeeper. there are a lot of different subgenres of hip hop. just because there are ones you don't like, doesn't make it "fake."
Cop: "What are you, deaf?"
Mos def: "No, no. He's Hi-Tek."
Talib Kweli: *Points at Mos Def* "He's Def"
😂
Hi-Tek*
what song plays in the background there is the real question...
Josh Manik No its not..Its called Twice Inna Lifetime
Josh Manik oops, not sure if you were being sarcastic :D
Hahahahahahahahhahaha I'm fucking crying! Hahahahahaha that was so funny!
The first time I listened to this the Mos Def verses I was like WTF is this ? The way he delivered is just fatal .Talib killed it too but Mos Def was unbelievable on this beat .
Look at Dead Prez all hyped in the van.
And Pharoahe Monch all mellow.
Literally thought I only saw that lol.
Got this on a CD in my car at home, song been stuck in my head whole time on vacation
Same here, been on a Mos Def/Black Star phase currently. I love this joint so much.
police : what are you deaf?
Hitek: (points to Mos Def) he's Def
it gets me everytime. 🤣
Smart clever covering mad ground in a matter of seconds……
Smart clever covering mad ground in a matter of seconds……
or how pharoahe monch is confused hahahahahah
Love the way they showed respect to biggie and Pac!!! This song was fire!!!
One of the greatest hip hop songs and their album. Classic 👍
for sure
My son just moved to Brooklyn from San Diego and he grew up listening to Blackstar, the first day he got there he came up to a red light on his Harley and the car next to him was playing this and he started singing along and it was like a moment. This song just unites everyone. It is so good.
That's dope
These young people don't know what real hip-hop is
William Jones I agree, I do tho I’m 23 years old started listening to 90’$ and 80’$ hip hop at 13 years old I was blesses
BIG FACTS
I 4 sho miss BET after school 😂😏 wit my koolaid and something to snack on
@@leoking8325 REAL BIG FACTS
i came across tribe called quest a couple years ago and fell in love with 90's hip hop, started listening to pharcyde recently too
Pre gentrified Brooklyn 🙌🏿
I remember being a teen and having the hugest crush on Most Def.... nothing's changed
Are you not married
I'm a straight dude and I got a crush on Mos.
❤❤❤❤❤ Definitely been loving Mos Def since 1997
mos def/black star = legendary
Kids today need to learn this song. Goated status.
Real talk
This is very well possibly, my favourite Hiphop Song Ever
one of them
Your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper ✊🏼 there is no bigger referendum of our failure as a society than the fact that Mighty Mos ain’t viewed as one of, if not THE, greatest ever
mos def is in my top 5 rappers and talib kweli might have the best voice i've ever heard
-What are you deaf?
-He’s def. :)))))
So underrated hip hop sound, true B Boy sound and way ahead of their time.
It black history month listening
In 2024!!!✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
Hip Hop at it's finest!
HIp hop needs to come back around to this.
Some One i agree!!! Probably WONT Happen tho!! Money has become MORE Important than GOOD Music & respect to MOST MCs ( "Rappers") Nowadays!! 👌✔
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Hip hop is dead it’s not coming back.
seriously. straight up
Man I wish my guy but the record industry got it mad fruity right about now.
Classic track, Black Star is one the best real hip-hop groups
absolutely agree
still bumping in last week of 2023...
Classic
Kweli's last verse is FIRE
YES
MOS DEF AND KWALI!! This was one of the best summers of my life. 😢. Wow.
I feel like the last 20 or so seconds of this video is by far the best.. Acknowledging and paying respect to the older generation, with something as simple as walking a little ways with them and sharing a few words.. I feel like that's something that's really missing in our culture, and we need to get that back.
And they're all dressed alike 💓 And I love to see it! It's all about respecting your elders.
This track is a whole ass VIBE. I miss this time in Hip Hop.
Originally BDP track. Fire track
I remember first seeing this on Rap City...omg!!! the lyricism, the flow, the chemistry
2023 and still a banger
2023 & STILL LISTENING!
2024 ?
Thumbs up if listening in 2016!
Doug Almonte damn fucking straight my bro !
2017
Doug Almonte Now
its 2018 now buddy
Still listening in 2019
I've loved this song for a thousand years but honestly didn’t know it was a remix. Just today heard 'Remix for P Is Free' by KRS-One for the first time. You boys did magic with that beat.
2022 and it's still FIRE!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Missing these days when music was written for a reason more significant than money, sex, and drugs. - ! - Pure love
Why Ooooh
"Here we go again quality of life, hitting us again" wise words by Talib
Man these guy are underrated and yet their songs are Amazing(Just an 18 year old listening to good stuff)
⚡️⚡️⚡️ facts
They’re over rated. They haven’t done anything relevant in over twenty years. This was their peak by far.
@@jsi5684 they are underrated in my opinion
@@gregpuryear8163 they aren’t underrated people that know these guys right them highly, they are underlistened.
@@dynamis8381 exactly
2022 and this is still some of the best hip hop there is.
I’m from NY & this is one of my default running/jogging songs.. it has literally carried me through to the next minute every time when I felt like stopping 💪🏼 so good
Real hip hop like this is timeless. No expiration date. And it hits the same whether it's in constant rotation or even if you blow the dust off of the record and put it on to the turntable
I LOVE THE WAY THEY FLOW WITH THIS BEAT...CLASSIC !!!
bumping this in 2015
2017 😉
a truly great moment in hiphop culture.
2 of the best in the business.
My name is in the middle of equality - Talib Kweli
Shit i read this exactly at the time Talib said it! LOL:P
Genius
That first verse is so fire
One of greatest collabs ever, Moss dropping that Big L flow he can spit & Talib being woke as in top.of lyrical gold. Defiantly a hip hop great if not one of the best!!
“What are you, deaf?” No, no he’s Hi-Tek. That’s Def. LOL I love that part!!
Best alliance in hip-hop! Y-O!
i love the way they sing that line
Man...this is one of my favorite songs when I'm having a bad day...the positive feeling always makes a day better...
Name a time kweli and/or the mighty mos havent killed a track
Listening to this again gives me goosebumps! Dope!
Me and kweli close like Bethlehem and Nazarath.
What a bar!
Instant head nod
I member a holiday in Italy with my family, 02 or 03, dunno. Was rocking my Walkman while laying on the beach suntanning and listening to this song. Awesome!
The amount of talent that gets in that van gives me goosebumps. Those people made music that made you feel!
I remember watching this on rap city back 1998 when I was in 8th grade
everyone has different hip hop memories to each song over the years from now into the past years
I love the sample from bdp! such a good song
Still love it. Twentyfour years. Beat is still banging.
Damn!
I can’t believe this was hip hop...Amazing.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
This whole album is 🔥🔥
Rest in peace Notorious B.I.G.
This track will forever rock ❤️❤️❤️
yes you are right
Mos def is one of those artists that you can just hit play on any of his albums and not have to skip any of the songs
Real Hip-Hop... Miss this type of flow!
May 2021 and still a masterpiece
Talk about making Brooklyn proud!!!!!!
long live Blackstar!
absolutely! long live Blackstar!
THIS IS HIP HOP!
22 yrs later this track is still 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Barzz!!!!
I've been listning to hip hop here and there and then I had the opportunity to visit NYC (I'm from EU) and now hip hop has a new meaning.
REAL HIP-HOP AT ITS FINEST!
there's only a few missing in this song,and that's KRS ONE,Q-Tip, Gangstar,NAS, & of course THE WU. The illest mugs in in da industry.Way ahead of their time
Chappelle's Block Party Version "Definition) with Quest love bangs on all musical cylinders with raw , sharp vocals....and those cymbals sound though....chi chi chi chi🥁
I am 53 years old and I love Black Star.
If you could put a stethoscope to hip hop's chest, this is the thump you would hear ❤️
Oh sht. I love this!!!
“You think your soul is bullet proof like Sade/ Stop acting like b***** already be a visionary and maybe you can see your name on the column of obituary.” 🔥🔥🔥 (still fire: dying for a cause) ✊🏾🙏🏽
Time when music being music.
STILL bumping on the regular. Its so damn good and still sounding brand new. 2 legends, amazing together.
BLACKSTAR LEGENDS 🇧🇷 ♥️ 🎧
good hip hop sound i wish i didnt lose this on vinyl memories!!
This is what hip hop ,rap is about
True quality of the Music! Thank you!
Love the flow and delivery of both def and talib...always Love the Pac and big shout out!!!
real rappers
We need more BlackStar
still hits so hard after all these years
I can't believe these 2 brothas put together one of the greatest hip hop masterpieces and never did it together again!
they will release a new album someday. with madlib