Black Star (Mos Def & Talib Kweli) - Definition
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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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WHO is listening in 2024? Made before I born but happy that I found it ❤
@BANANAPudding-cy9uf
5 күн бұрын
Sharelle Countz 😊😊
@kikiesaperdana3308
4 күн бұрын
how old r u bro hehe
Who is over 40 and still listen to it?
@earlaluga244
2 ай бұрын
Alhamdu
@meskgiggs8616
Ай бұрын
44
@jjaammeess84
Ай бұрын
oooh so close.....39! got it on vinyl though if that counts for anything lol
@mikeybee456
Ай бұрын
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@michaelboyd7100
Ай бұрын
Everyday
Mos Def is one of those once in a lifetime artists.
@simonking5381
2 жыл бұрын
actually hes twice inna lifetime :D
@LoganThomasSnyder
4 ай бұрын
I'll give that the hundredth like, hell yeah.
Fucking jaw dropping song. Even after all these years it sounds so fresh and dope
@jarvasedundy1
3 жыл бұрын
Facts
@andreamorgan6578
2 жыл бұрын
💯
@Slamdog500
2 жыл бұрын
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 ❤❤
@mountcomfort740
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutly
@MYNEWMOKE
2 жыл бұрын
indeed
"my name is in the middle of equality" ekwelity dang he is right
@chosen666sert
7 жыл бұрын
also kwelity
@serialhealer5113
5 жыл бұрын
Shieeeeeet.....
@therhymeinspector1804
3 жыл бұрын
@@colebrown8293 what dude
@bitta8433
3 жыл бұрын
ukweli means truth in swahili
@stellamagloire5270
3 жыл бұрын
I get it lol
Just told my 10 year old while playing this, "Hear this? This is real hip hop."
@CrashJC123
11 ай бұрын
Gatekeeper. And lame.
@Junglistical
3 ай бұрын
You gotta esssplain the awestruck reaction broooo
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
@_JellyDonut_
Жыл бұрын
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
@silversurfer8935
Жыл бұрын
They are the epitome of complimentary together
@jlovedj
9 ай бұрын
Nailed it bruv. They both deliver. It's a masterpiece.
@MrAugustBlack
8 ай бұрын
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.
@chiarosuburekeni9325
8 ай бұрын
@@MrAugustBlack i have, MANY times. I’ve heard and read this argument in threads and reviews about blackstar for damn near 2 decades 😂
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.
@dantegreen4094
3 жыл бұрын
DOPE
@mikeday2393
2 жыл бұрын
this is the dopest comment ive ever seen on KZread enjoy urself and stay safe, my friend!
@fucktanmay
2 жыл бұрын
hhcj
@jinjiyanazadi475
2 жыл бұрын
Best is I know exactly what Sony MP3 player it is too. Legend
@MaknCheEse1
2 жыл бұрын
brotha thats wild!!!!! Salute to you
Yo this shit is legendary. Kweli and Mos riding around Brooklyn in the $1 van, just ryhming
@earlesgonzalez7255
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah son that shit is so LIT BRO
@mountcomfort740
2 жыл бұрын
That would one dope road trip
@randydaytona5615
Жыл бұрын
Love those vans
@powderedtoastfacekillah734
5 ай бұрын
Dollar van serving the working class ✊🏾
3:06: The best water break ever
@themollymachine
3 жыл бұрын
This was low-key the best shot of the video. I always thought it was really cool shot when I was a teen
@stefjoseph-kruyswijk6892
2 жыл бұрын
First time I saw that as a little kid, I was like: how did he do that? Is he something like a ventriloquist?
@ewartzikhali4248
Ай бұрын
Bro tell me about it 🔥🔥🔥
This is one of their greatest works..Real HIP HOP to the fullest
@onealmcmilliansr1304
3 жыл бұрын
They used the flow from BDPs Stop the violence along with the beat From the P is free.
@michellesavarese2470
2 жыл бұрын
@@onealmcmilliansr1304 very, very good….thank u for naming it (I couldn’t place it), just absolutely carried away at the skill
@lisacaudill5602
2 жыл бұрын
7y666nnnnnnnnnnnnn
@mountcomfort740
2 жыл бұрын
Fo sure
@shadephyre
2 жыл бұрын
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 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.
@cris_here
2 жыл бұрын
😊
@EmoDKTsuchiya
2 жыл бұрын
Well done 👏
@itsshu-shan.1348
2 жыл бұрын
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
@MonarC27818
6 ай бұрын
That’s sick. ❤
@Kempo234
4 ай бұрын
You was the quiet type…. Whod a thought you were frontin
Black star made a huge impact in Hip-Hop, it’s 2020 and real Hip-Hop Fans still here
@kharistewart7093
2 жыл бұрын
never forget these mcs
@salvatorescarcella7361
4 ай бұрын
And always we’ll be ❤️ This is what real hip hop heads live for
Cop: "What are you, deaf?" Mos def: "No, no. He's Hi-Tek." Talib Kweli: *Points at Mos Def* "He's Def" 😂
@Nino_J
10 жыл бұрын
Hi-Tek*
@user-wi9xx5qy2h
10 жыл бұрын
what song plays in the background there is the real question...
@Nino_J
10 жыл бұрын
Josh Manik No its not..Its called Twice Inna Lifetime
@user-wi9xx5qy2h
10 жыл бұрын
Josh Manik oops, not sure if you were being sarcastic :D
@WildfireWiffler44
9 жыл бұрын
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 .
police : what are you deaf? Hitek: (points to Mos Def) he's Def it gets me everytime. 🤣
@michellesavarese2470
2 жыл бұрын
Smart clever covering mad ground in a matter of seconds……
@michellesavarese2470
2 жыл бұрын
Smart clever covering mad ground in a matter of seconds……
@trunksv2458
2 жыл бұрын
or how pharoahe monch is confused hahahahahah
Look at Dead Prez all hyped in the van. And Pharoahe Monch all mellow.
@freemanhughley5204
3 жыл бұрын
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
@BlackenedLiam
Жыл бұрын
Same here, been on a Mos Def/Black Star phase currently. I love this joint so much.
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.
@Trudon
Жыл бұрын
That's dope
now this is real Hip-hop. REAL MUSIC
@kharistewart7093
2 жыл бұрын
technically totally true
@jafredboatwright4246
2 жыл бұрын
FACTS!!!!!!!!!!!
@abrahampalmer8761
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed better than modern hip hop for sure
@3-meo-2-oxo-pce
9 ай бұрын
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."
These young people don't know what real hip-hop is
@jorgejeronimo7421
6 жыл бұрын
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
@mannyjchtaylor9069
4 жыл бұрын
BIG FACTS
@leoking8325
4 жыл бұрын
I 4 sho miss BET after school 😂😏 wit my koolaid and something to snack on
@mannyjchtaylor9069
4 жыл бұрын
@@leoking8325 REAL BIG FACTS
@juano.9280
3 жыл бұрын
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
@davidolajide3707
Жыл бұрын
Are you not married
@nunyaburts1246
Жыл бұрын
I'm a straight dude and I got a crush on Mos.
@jojosaylor8996
8 ай бұрын
❤❤❤❤❤ Definitely been loving Mos Def since 1997
Love the way they showed respect to biggie and Pac!!! This song was fire!!!
-What are you deaf? -He’s def. :)))))
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
@layers3458
2 жыл бұрын
mos def is in my top 5 rappers and talib kweli might have the best voice i've ever heard
It black history month listening In 2024!!!✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
One of the greatest hip hop songs and their album. Classic 👍
@kharistewart7093
2 жыл бұрын
for sure
So underrated hip hop sound, true B Boy sound and way ahead of their time.
mos def/black star = legendary
This is what hip hop ,rap is about
Kids today need to learn this song. Goated status.
@unchainyourbrain3312
Жыл бұрын
Real talk
Me and kweli close like Bethlehem and Nazarath. What a bar!
"Here we go again quality of life, hitting us again" wise words by Talib
Talk about making Brooklyn proud!!!!!!
I just got educated
This is very well possibly, my favourite Hiphop Song Ever
@kharistewart7093
2 жыл бұрын
one of them
Hip Hop at it's finest!
I remember first seeing this on Rap City...omg!!! the lyricism, the flow, the chemistry
This track is a whole ass VIBE. I miss this time in Hip Hop.
@nates9211
Жыл бұрын
Originally BDP track. Fire track
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'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.
Missing these days when music was written for a reason more significant than money, sex, and drugs. - ! - Pure love
@danielnnangnkoghe7569
2 жыл бұрын
Why Ooooh
MOS DEF AND KWALI!! This was one of the best summers of my life. 😢. Wow.
Classic track, Black Star is one the best real hip-hop groups
@kharistewart7093
2 жыл бұрын
absolutely agree
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.
@keshiemansouri9391
3 жыл бұрын
And they're all dressed alike 💓 And I love to see it! It's all about respecting your elders.
I’m 19 and love this song. Not enough people delve back into the past to find the true gems.
“What are you, deaf?” No, no he’s Hi-Tek. That’s Def. LOL I love that part!!
My name is in the middle of equality - Talib Kweli
@MMAGUY00
9 жыл бұрын
Shit i read this exactly at the time Talib said it! LOL:P
@vtymes1982
3 жыл бұрын
Genius
still bumping in last week of 2023...
Name a time kweli and/or the mighty mos havent killed a track
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
Kweli's last verse is FIRE
@Hiya0-gs2ss
2 ай бұрын
YES
HIp hop needs to come back around to this.
@creterzVijinn
5 жыл бұрын
Some One i agree!!! Probably WONT Happen tho!! Money has become MORE Important than GOOD Music & respect to MOST MCs ( "Rappers") Nowadays!! 👌✔
@WickedV3ng3nc3
3 жыл бұрын
kzread.info/dash/bejne/d6l-w7Wtg6-WqLA.html
@ifeanyiarua9856
2 жыл бұрын
Hip hop is dead it’s not coming back.
@kharistewart7093
2 жыл бұрын
seriously. straight up
@geraldjohnson3216
2 ай бұрын
Man I wish my guy but the record industry got it mad fruity right about now.
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
2022 and it's still FIRE!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I remember watching this on rap city back 1998 when I was in 8th grade
@kharistewart7093
2 жыл бұрын
everyone has different hip hop memories to each song over the years from now into the past years
I LOVE THE WAY THEY FLOW WITH THIS BEAT...CLASSIC !!!
If you could put a stethoscope to hip hop's chest, this is the thump you would hear ❤️
@MonarC27818
6 ай бұрын
Oh sht. I love this!!!
2022 and this is still some of the best hip hop there is.
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!!
2 of the best in the business.
Man these guy are underrated and yet their songs are Amazing(Just an 18 year old listening to good stuff)
@uproxx
3 жыл бұрын
⚡️⚡️⚡️ facts
@jsi5684
3 жыл бұрын
They’re over rated. They haven’t done anything relevant in over twenty years. This was their peak by far.
@gregpuryear8163
3 жыл бұрын
@@jsi5684 they are underrated in my opinion
@dynamis8381
3 жыл бұрын
@@gregpuryear8163 they aren’t underrated people that know these guys right them highly, they are underlistened.
@Gwonda655
3 жыл бұрын
@@dynamis8381 exactly
Man...this is one of my favorite songs when I'm having a bad day...the positive feeling always makes a day better...
Real Hip-Hop... Miss this type of flow!
That first verse is so fire
Listening to this again gives me goosebumps! Dope!
The amount of talent that gets in that van gives me goosebumps. Those people made music that made you feel!
2023 and still a banger
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
Talib & Mos Def, nothing gets better than this
a truly great moment in hiphop culture.
Classic
Rest in peace Notorious B.I.G.
2023 & STILL LISTENING!
@lesettedesantiago144
2 ай бұрын
2024 ?
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!
bumping this in 2015
@Sameer-Mustafah-Raza1-2-1
6 жыл бұрын
2017 😉
Still love it. Twentyfour years. Beat is still banging.
I love the sample from bdp! such a good song
This track will forever rock ❤️❤️❤️
@kharistewart7093
2 жыл бұрын
yes you are right
May 2021 and still a masterpiece
Thumbs up if listening in 2016!
@nasstan1206
7 жыл бұрын
Doug Almonte damn fucking straight my bro !
@erickford1624
7 жыл бұрын
2017
@avaw8645
7 жыл бұрын
Doug Almonte Now
@macc47nagggaindaghetto80
6 жыл бұрын
its 2018 now buddy
@mountcomfort740
5 жыл бұрын
Still listening in 2019
they took brooklyn...my family had to move to queens..
Best alliance in hip-hop! Y-O!
@kharistewart7093
2 жыл бұрын
i love the way they sing that line
22 yrs later this track is still 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
This whole album is 🔥🔥
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.
“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) ✊🏾🙏🏽
long live Blackstar!
@kharistewart7093
2 жыл бұрын
absolutely! long live Blackstar!
REAL HIP-HOP AT ITS FINEST!
I am 53 years old and I love Black Star.
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 can't believe these 2 brothas put together one of the greatest hip hop masterpieces and never did it together again!
@kharistewart7093
2 жыл бұрын
they will release a new album someday. with madlib
That beat! 🎶👌What a tune ❤️
Time when music being music.
This song just feel's amazing. Real Hip Hop!
Instant head nod
THIS IS HIP HOP!
I play this song every day during my walk. Mos Def, Slick Rick, The Pharcyde, etc... I miss Story Tellers in rap.
Real HIP-HOP at it's finest. This was when HIPHOP was at it's peak. This era will never be duplicated. Rappers made sure that what they put out there was 🔥. Miss them dayz.