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

[Doomsday]

flow is very important part of the game, that's why too many people cant fukk with artists who rap too many words offbeat like k-rino, canibus, chino xl and so on... kweli however was fortunate to work with artists like mos def who helped his career tremendeously.

if I wanna hear a socially conscious off-beat rapper I would rather listen to immortal technique, at least his shyt is heavy while artists like kweli been always a snoozefest unless the beat is dope like get by, listen, the blast...

Canibus is one of the few who did it in a way that worked though. Em has adapted the same style but formulated it in a more digestible way.

 

[hayesc0]

When are these negs coming back and can we please get this terrible thread making under control.

 

[SubZeroDegrees]

I'll agree. He does put too many words into a line.

He's an average lyricist to me.

 

[Ronnie Lott]

When are these negs coming back and can we please get this terrible thread making under control.

Why neg me and you can't logically refute what I said

 

[zayk35]

And here I thought the joke was that E-40 was an invalid choice due to the OP specifically stating "of the East Coast"

God yall can kill some fukking humor

Ya know

 

[CASHAPP]

Nobody mentioned his wack verse on that "History" track with Mos Def yet?



Edit: On second thought this was one of his better features

 

[Piff Perkins]

I like the Respiration verse overall but it's like if I was shooting hoops with Kobe and Wade. Yea I can make a few but imma look out of place next to hem dudes. Mos and Common have CLASSIC verses/hooks on there. Then you hear this dude talking about NBA salaries...


I'll never forget when I met this dude back when I was on my militant shyt. Kweli, Mos, Common, Badu, etc were gods to me. Me and a couple friends planned to drive from Michigan to Chicago to see a Kweli show at some club. During the ride my friends, who were dating, started fighting over some bullshyt as I was driving. The chick was sitting behind me and kicked my chair, that shyt almost made me crash. I pulled off the freeway and parked at a Burger King, told them ayo y'all can fight but I'm gonna leave you and go see brother Kweli kick some conscious raps

These fools get a hotel room and jump in bed. He's apologizing, she's caressing his dreadlocks, I'm sitting in a chair with my Walkman listening to D'Angelo before I decide I'm providing sex music for these nikkas so I turn on The Roots and bounce.


Anyway we get back on the road and they're still arguing. Must have stopped 5 more times at various restaurants.

Finally we get to Chicago but we're an hour late. By this time my friend is driving and he's lost. This was before GPS brehs. Now we're two hours late. He's saying we can still make it since Kweli prob went on late. We get there and the concert is over, people are leaving.

So my friend's gf decides to chill at a restaurant while I drag my breh to a bar. We get into the bar and see Kweli surrounded by 2 of the ugliest white women I've ever seen, whispering in their ears. At first I thought my black brother was being assaulted or something by these spawn of Yakub but then I realized he was groping and kissing on these linebacker ass looking bytches


I couldn't even order a drink brehs. I left utterly disgusted at seeing my hero touching these cac wilder beasts.


I swear on god one of them had on a FUBU bucket hat


I was done with conscious shyt for years after that...

 

[SirBiatch]

I like the Respiration verse overall but it's like if I was shooting hoops with Kobe and Wade. Yea I can make a few but imma look out of place next to hem dudes. Mos and Common have CLASSIC verses/hooks on there. Then you hear this dude talking about NBA salaries...


I'll never forget when I met this dude back when I was on my militant shyt. Kweli, Mos, Common, Badu, etc were gods to me. Me and a couple friends planned to drive from Michigan to Chicago to see a Kweli show at some club. During the ride my friends, who were dating, started fighting over some bullshyt as I was driving. The chick was sitting behind me and kicked my chair, that shyt almost made me crash. I pulled off the freeway and parked at a Burger King, told them ayo y'all can fight but I'm gonna leave you and go see brother Kweli kick some conscious raps

These fools get a hotel room and jump in bed. He's apologizing, she's caressing his dreadlocks, I'm sitting in a chair with my Walkman listening to D'Angelo before I decide I'm providing sex music for these nikkas so I turn on The Roots and bounce.


Anyway we get back on the road and they're still arguing. Must have stopped 5 more times at various restaurants.

Finally we get to Chicago but we're an hour late. By this time my friend is driving and he's lost. This was before GPS brehs. Now we're two hours late. He's saying we can still make it since Kweli prob went on late. We get there and the concert is over, people are leaving.

So my friend's gf decides to chill at a restaurant while I drag my breh to a bar. We get into the bar and see Kweli surrounded by 2 of the ugliest white women I've ever seen, whispering in their ears. At first I thought my black brother was being assaulted or something by these spawn of Yakub but then I realized he was groping and kissing on these linebacker ass looking bytches


I couldn't even order a drink brehs. I left utterly disgusted at seeing my hero touching these cac wilder beasts.


I swear on god one of them had on a FUBU bucket hat


I was done with conscious shyt for years after that...

Yo..... I was wondering where the fukk you were going with this till the very end

 

[CASHAPP]

^^^What a random ass story

Why would you let the actions of one fraud make you not be concious or militant anymore though?

Not shocked though. Kweli always came across as an undercover white woman lover.

 

[DonRe]

I like the Respiration verse overall but it's like if I was shooting hoops with Kobe and Wade. Yea I can make a few but imma look out of place next to hem dudes. Mos and Common have CLASSIC verses/hooks on there. Then you hear this dude talking about NBA salaries...


I'll never forget when I met this dude back when I was on my militant shyt. Kweli, Mos, Common, Badu, etc were gods to me. Me and a couple friends planned to drive from Michigan to Chicago to see a Kweli show at some club. During the ride my friends, who were dating, started fighting over some bullshyt as I was driving. The chick was sitting behind me and kicked my chair, that shyt almost made me crash. I pulled off the freeway and parked at a Burger King, told them ayo y'all can fight but I'm gonna leave you and go see brother Kweli kick some conscious raps

These fools get a hotel room and jump in bed. He's apologizing, she's caressing his dreadlocks, I'm sitting in a chair with my Walkman listening to D'Angelo before I decide I'm providing sex music for these nikkas so I turn on The Roots and bounce.


Anyway we get back on the road and they're still arguing. Must have stopped 5 more times at various restaurants.

Finally we get to Chicago but we're an hour late. By this time my friend is driving and he's lost. This was before GPS brehs. Now we're two hours late. He's saying we can still make it since Kweli prob went on late. We get there and the concert is over, people are leaving.

So my friend's gf decides to chill at a restaurant while I drag my breh to a bar. We get into the bar and see Kweli surrounded by 2 of the ugliest white women I've ever seen, whispering in their ears. At first I thought my black brother was being assaulted or something by these spawn of Yakub but then I realized he was groping and kissing on these linebacker ass looking bytches


I couldn't even order a drink brehs. I left utterly disgusted at seeing my hero touching these cac wilder beasts.


I swear on god one of them had on a FUBU bucket hat


I was done with conscious shyt for years after that...

You made up for it the end with the Yakub reference becuase I'm like why all the added details to say kweli likes the colorless twat.

That ninja turtle lookin ass nikka puts to many words in a bar and then rushes it which creates inaudible dribble.

He can spit but I can't listen to his music.

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

Folks hating on the man because he rips up zionism/israel ..

 

[Kaypain]

Nah, thats either Nore or Juelz breh

You got one more time to disrespect Da Gawd

 

[CASHAPP]

Talib Kweli is a poor man's Lupe Fiasco

 

[Zero]

I like the Respiration verse overall but it's like if I was shooting hoops with Kobe and Wade. Yea I can make a few but imma look out of place next to hem dudes. Mos and Common have CLASSIC verses/hooks on there. Then you hear this dude talking about NBA salaries...


I'll never forget when I met this dude back when I was on my militant shyt. Kweli, Mos, Common, Badu, etc were gods to me. Me and a couple friends planned to drive from Michigan to Chicago to see a Kweli show at some club. During the ride my friends, who were dating, started fighting over some bullshyt as I was driving. The chick was sitting behind me and kicked my chair, that shyt almost made me crash. I pulled off the freeway and parked at a Burger King, told them ayo y'all can fight but I'm gonna leave you and go see brother Kweli kick some conscious raps

These fools get a hotel room and jump in bed. He's apologizing, she's caressing his dreadlocks, I'm sitting in a chair with my Walkman listening to D'Angelo before I decide I'm providing sex music for these nikkas so I turn on The Roots and bounce.


Anyway we get back on the road and they're still arguing. Must have stopped 5 more times at various restaurants.

Finally we get to Chicago but we're an hour late. By this time my friend is driving and he's lost. This was before GPS brehs. Now we're two hours late. He's saying we can still make it since Kweli prob went on late. We get there and the concert is over, people are leaving.

So my friend's gf decides to chill at a restaurant while I drag my breh to a bar. We get into the bar and see Kweli surrounded by 2 of the ugliest white women I've ever seen, whispering in their ears. At first I thought my black brother was being assaulted or something by these spawn of Yakub but then I realized he was groping and kissing on these linebacker ass looking bytches


I couldn't even order a drink brehs. I left utterly disgusted at seeing my hero touching these cac wilder beasts.


I swear on god one of them had on a FUBU bucket hat


I was done with conscious shyt for years after that...

I'm about to get hyped with this, shed some light to this
So called black righteousness
Even though ya'll nikkas might not cuss like me
End of the night ya'll just trying to fukk like me
So what's the reason for the hating, nikkas with dreads
Calling they self gods with white girls named Caitlin

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

talib been rapping for 2 decades plus... having the best in hip hop get him on tracks and call him great.. critics, labels, artists, fans... shyt jay z even used him as the basis of who he'd be if he didn't sell out for money


and yet here it is 2016, and the coli has deemed him an off beat, mumble rapper, who is on the same level as silkk the shocker