Can we stop acting like Talib Kweli isn't the Silk the Shocker of the East coast

[KingsOfKings]

 

[Rozay Oro]

He was dope on Black Star to me

 

[KingsOfKings]

Classic thread

 

[LevelUp]

Kanye West Snitches On Himself... Says He Bootlegs Girls OnlyFans From Reddit + Calls Talib Kweli Raps... Trash!

 

[Rozay Oro]

Nah, he's got classic verses

"Today the paper say Timothy McVeigh's in hell
So everything's okay and all must be well
I remember Oklahoma when they put out the blaze
And put Islamic terrorist bombing, on the front page
It's like saying only gays get AIDS, propaganda
Like saying the problem's over when they locked that man up
Wrong! It's just the beginning, the first inning
Battle for America's soul, the devil's winning
The President is Bush, the Vice President's a dikk
So a whole lot of fukking is what we gon' get
They don't wanna raise the babies so the election is fixed
That's why we don't be fukking with politics
They bet on that, parents fought and got wet for that
Hosed down, bit by dogs, and got blacks into house arrest for that
It's all good except for that, we still poor
Money, power and respect is what we kill for, for real"

"nikkas with knowledge is more dangerous than than nikkas with guns
They make the guns easy to get and try to keep nikkas dumb
Target the gangs and graffiti with the Prop 21
I already know the deal but what the fukk do I tell my son?
I want him living right, living good, respect the rules
He's five years old and he still thinking cops is cool
How do I break the news that when he gets some size
He'll be percieved as a threat or see the fear in they eyes
It's in they job description to terminate the threat
So 41 shots to the body is what he can expect
The precedent is set, don't matter if he follow the law
I know I'll give my son pride and make him swallow it all (Damn!)
fukk the pigs! I think the pigs killed Big and 'Pac too
If they didn't they know who did, they got to!
Who they serve and protect, nikka not you
Cops shot off of ten G's but they got Glocks too
Let you protect yourself, or better yet respect yourself
Straight into the hospital is where you gotta check yourself
They be getting tips from snitches and rival crews
Doing them favors so they working for the drug dealers too
Just business enforcers with hate in they holsters
Shoot you in the back, won't face you like a soldier
Kurt Loder, asked me what I say to a dead cop's wife
Cops kill my people everyday, that's life"


Still relevant today, even more so after these last couple years.

What were the songs

 

[MeachTheMonster]

What were the songs

“The Proud”

 

[CHICAGOrilla]

Talib was just at the right place at the right time in the 90s/00s. I want a Talib less version of the blackstar album so bad

 

[jilla82]

Without Mos Def, Hi Tek, and Kanye...where would Talib be?

 

[Yinny]

Without Mos Def, Hi Tek, and Kanye...where would Talib be?

Making horrible similes and overusing the word like, plus being nasally as hell

 

[CrushedGroove]

Talib was dope to me. I wouldn't say he's impactful flow wise but I listened to his first 4 albums a lot.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Without Mos Def, Hi Tek, and Kanye...where would Talib be?

Without Kweli, where would Mos and Tek be?

 

[Mag Wheel]

I realize I’m responding to an old post but what a piece of shyt opinion. Talib’s voice is annoying AF but he is a good lyricist. Silk was a bumbling rapper tripping and falling over every beat he touched. Offbeat bumpkin trash rapper. Just like most of the No limit artists. No rhyming wack ass bammas over garbage beats.

 

[alpo]

Talib was just at the right place at the right time in the 90s/00s. I want a Talib less version of the blackstar album so bad

facts!!!!

 

[DaHNIC82]

Yall know Kweli lurking around here

 

[alpo]

Yall know Kweli lurking around here

Kweli you trash!!!! You see me, youuuu trashhhhh!!!

you ruined the respiration you trash goofy!!