Tag: "Talib Kweli"

Danny Brown and M.E.D Tour
0 Comments. 1,527 Views. Posted 30 Mar 2012 @ 8:39am.
Following Amon Tobin's announced of a Melbourne performance, fellow Sydney Festival-ers Danny Brown and M.E.D has backed it up with their own show in the 3000. Bubbling up for years before last year’s XXX, Danny Brown caught much of the Hip-Hop world’s attention with his LP The Hybrid but had previously appeared on records with as diverse a bunch of characters as fellow Motor City bad man Guilty... Read More
Common : The Dreamer/The Believer
0 Comments. 1,081 Views. Posted 7 Mar 2012 @ 9:31am.
  Common (aka Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr.) and civil rights activist Maya Angelou have opposing views when it comes to the rapper’s use of the n-word, but their wider political vision is intrinsically the same. Common’s ninth studio album, The Dreamer/The Believer, opens with The Dreamer, which culminates in a poem by the highly influential American author, poet and recipient of the... Read More
Talib Kweli : Gutter Rainbows
0 Comments. 1,018 Views. Posted 11 Apr 2011 @ 11:32am.
Here’s my problem with Talib, he is a brilliant emcee, one of the best in the last 10 years, but he plays it safe each and every time. It’s like he established his fan base early, then did everything in his power to not piss them off. Despite underground worship and even mainstream love with his Kanye laced smash Get by one half of Blackstar, he seems content to do what he does musically. You... Read More
Planet Asia and Copywrite Tour
0 Comments. 1,974 Views. Posted 31 Jan 2011 @ 1:26pm.
  Californian underground MC Planet Asia teams up with fellow Hip Hop purveyor Copywrite for an Australian tour showcasing their fine talent and lyrical expertise.     Both well respected artists in their field, they have collaborated with the likes of Linkin Park, Sean Price, Talib Kweli, Tupac, Ghostface Killah and between them have been nominated for a Grammy Award... Read More
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