Talib Kweli Backlash

and the anti-Talib Kweli meme continues... (see Milo, Sally, or Sean)

The problem with Talib, besides him dissing or threatening his fanbase, is that he doesn't know how to make a song song. He raps well, but who cares? This is music, not just rhymes over beats. Talib, since his first album with Mos Def, still doesn't know how to ride a beat correctly, something he even admitted in XXL when 50 Cent interviewed him.

I myself learned as an emcee and writer is that wordiness seems impressive, but really is horrible, whether in writing or music.

Comments

[sally]

thanks for the mention. i expanded on the first post, just to flesh out EXACTLY HOW BAD THIS ALBUM IS....ugh...

[ej]

I was all for getting the album, but I literally haven't seen a great review about it. I'll have to pass on this one, which is really too sad.

[David]

http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=2397

straight. up. sucks.

[phil]

I gotta say, Talib is one of my favorite artists. I understand the knocks against his charisma, and his rapping style isn't as appealing as other artists (I obviously love it though). I haven't heard the new album yet, I bought it without thinking and I hope everything I've heard is wrong.

In general though, I love his message, and I love the fact that he HAS a message in a rap buisness which seems to lose more and more meaning every day. As for his flow, it isn't as smooth as Mos Def, thats clear, but I don't have a problem with it, he is capable of producing some nice vocals, even putting aside his lyrics. I agree that his tracks have weak beats though...

Anyway, Its too bad that people don't like the new album, but you can't hate people for speaking their minds about a bad album.

[Sizabantu]

I have listened to ''Beautiful Struggle''. I think it's the best hip-hop album I have listened to since 2000's ''Train of Thought'' by Kweli and Hi-Tek. Fuck all you Kweli haters out there. Kweli ain't like you fake ass emcees out there that only rap bout the money, drugs and bitches. Kweli raps bout love and the truth. He's the realest thing out there. The new album is deep and so real. Go listen to the title track and you'll know wot I'm talking bout. ""Around my way'' will make you proud of who you are, so will ''Blak girl pain'' for all the Black women out there. All you all are being misled. I think it's so pitifully. Shame on all y'all. Shit!

[maalmillz]

If you're all about the "love and truth" then maybe you should tone down the "fuck you haters" and let others speak their minds. Personally, I think the more albums and fame an artist has, the less he can be tune with his own message. Proof of this can be seen in two separate commercials I've seen (GMC and Spalding) in which Mos Def uses his talent to sell automobiles and sports equipment. But hey, this is America, can anyone really turn down a dumptruck full of money? At least he and Kweli make some sort of attempt to bring some positivity to rap in stead of relying on beats and fucking yelling that generally leads to misguided youth and "tearing da club up".

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