We need to take back the radio, take back music period. We need to call radio stations and request this type of music. Stop complaining about Gaga and Wayne, and start doing something to get rid of them motherfuckers.
I love Eardrum - This is THE song too - entire album rocks!! Gives me energy at work when I think I'm not gonna make it - a more immediate rush than coffee!
Talib is back!!! HIP HOP still standin people!! Its Crazy how people label Talib as a conscoius rapper. Even He's against the idea of being labeled. (Check 02:23-02:29
OMG!!!im listening thru the entire Eardrum album (JUST BOUGHT IT)...holy shit man it slams,and VERY soulful which i respect...so far, this album deserves some award, deserves appreciation from everyone...ive heard most the songs already, and combined w/ wat i just heard...its amazing and prob my fav album this year so far....or equal to only a couple others.
la da dah.... Man this beat hits hard as hell in my car, Talib, man, you and Hi Tek need to team up again for another LP. I`m still listening to Hi Tek beat Ol English that he made for GAME.
Yo kweli this is fire keep doin your thang gonna BUY two copies of eardrum when it drops man I've been listening to this song for an hour the lyrics make the beat that hotter holla great video to this is what needs to be on 106 can't wait for the album
This is NOT commercial. Do you hear a fuckin crunk/hyphy bullshit backdrop? Nope. Listen to his lyrics, he is speaking logically like a REAL Emcee, teaching..fuck all that gangsta, down south bullshit rap, its fucked up the whole industry. All you got is Kweli, Clipse, DMX, AZ and Nas now
Dude what are u talking about. its even worse when people try to categorize kwe as a specific try of rapper a so called conscious rapper but if the guy a chance to break out but one thing is for sure kwe will never be like 50 or those other rapper
Yeah, Its crazy how everybody's labelin Talib Kweli. It's not right. It may be for positive reasons, but nobody likes being labeled. Even HE's against it. (02:23-02:29)
why you all talkin about white kids? haven't you seen talib's site forum. its all white kids and europeans. talib needs to drop his album soon. at this rate he'll need to drop a 3rd vid right before the album just to keep hype up.
in swahili (u)kweli means 'truth', and he's speakin the truth..we need more truth in hip hop..seriously, we dont need ppl rappin bout how much bling they got, how many 'bitches' and 'hoes' they've tapped and how much more fly they are than errbody around them. we need more music from the people that bpre0508 named..they're real. We need real. (listen to Saigon ft Trey Songz too!)
Its always funny to me how people think they cant like Talib because they like 50, or vice versa. Like theyre mortal enemies when really theyre both fans of each other. 50 got to interview any rapper he wanted for XXL and he picked kweli. One of the first things talib said was, "it's an honor and a pleasure. You changing the game, you killing them. I'm definitely a fan. This interview means a lot to me." and that he wished he could write hooks like 50. You dont have to catagorize rappers
"If lyrics sold, truth be told I'll probably be Lyrically Talib Kweli..." Kwe's doing his thing. You don't need to be commercial like Jay to make a difference in Hip-Hop. I support Kwe cause the man is lyrically mastermind, he and Mos Def, cant even be compared to the 50's, Jibbs, J. Jones. Those fools are nothing compared to Kwe's flow.
I feel everything that the last commenters had to say. I think its sad that even though you can be lryically handsome like blackstar, you have to be a commercial artist to sell. It's a tragedy, but what we could all do is buy good music. It's sad because neither mighty Mos nor Talib has gone platnium in any album release. Somebody reply...
Wait a minute, why is it ok for you to put all white kids in the same box, if i said all black kids...you'd have sumin to say! Im White & 16, I hate 50 & Cam, all that shit...Nas, Jay, Common, Talib, The Roots, Mos, Kanye, Dead Prez, Lupe, Em & Luda are all the truth...Jay, Eminem, Kanye & Luda sell well, but they challenge theirselves musicly, 50's found a winning fomula and he'll stick to it, until it doesn't sell. How can you say all white kids do sumin!! Dats jus fukin ignorant
Beyonce can actually sing better than Britney. Though I still think both of them are products of their labels... We need more Jill Scott less Beyonce! lol
It hasnt been out 4 ages. I was in the lab when tek mixed it last june and kwel's album hasnt even come out and they jus shot this vid back in dec or jan (cant remember).
yeah but i think he's getting at that Britney is not as talented as Beyonce. Britney is a definite waste of space fake and talentless. "More real, less fake"
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We need to take back the radio, take back music period. We need to call radio stations and request this type of music. Stop complaining about Gaga and Wayne, and start doing something to get rid of them motherfuckers.
Ofaliss1 1 month ago
More fresh goods for purchase
Less liquor stores
Less churches lookin like they corner stores
More rap songs to stress purpose with
Less misogyn and less curses
Lets put more depth in our verses
Till they left on the surface...
TheLtUhura 5 months ago
More Reflection, less... Gaga
dustybeijing 7 months ago
Yo this is a shame this is the music that people need to hear but the song or the video get no play. Where has the music gone
Mischievous415 3 years ago
I love Eardrum - This is THE song too - entire album rocks!! Gives me energy at work when I think I'm not gonna make it - a more immediate rush than coffee!
VioletMink 3 years ago
this is da shit, u know round like 360 degree bringin good old reflection eternal shit back on da landscape... of course is reflection
JMINDZ 3 years ago 4
this is hott
JusticeBeatz 3 years ago
I like Kweli a lot, and have for years, but do you guys really like the Eardrum album? Maybe I just need some time with it, but I'm not so sure.
swaynine 4 years ago
love eardrum.
best songs for me:
More or Less
Hot Thing
The Nature
Eat to Live
In the Mood
there are only 3 songs i don't like out of the cd.
osarsour 4 years ago
what about listen!!!
shahs008 4 years ago
hahaha...def listen but i played it out, and had for months before eardrum came out...reflection eternal 2008
osarsour 4 years ago
eardrum is tight
stonewho 4 years ago
i can't get over this song... infectious !!! but to b honest i care not for Brit nor B...more Mary j or Amy W but hey ... I'm a chick:)
vonsnatch 4 years ago
i say more Erykah Badu :)
vkotis 4 years ago
absolutely!! i'm ashamed to have omitted Ms Badu :(
vonsnatch 3 years ago
Talib is back!!! HIP HOP still standin people!! Its Crazy how people label Talib as a conscoius rapper. Even He's against the idea of being labeled. (Check 02:23-02:29
thugondarel 4 years ago
Most rappers dont liked to be called"a conscious rapper". So its Reality Rap. like Mos Def,Immortal Technique,MF Doom etc.
and you spelled it wrong its conscious not conscoius rapper
HardKnockLife2 4 years ago
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MidasTouchLive 4 years ago
yo kweli release that jean grae album f*** the industry
stonewho 4 years ago
OMG!!!im listening thru the entire Eardrum album (JUST BOUGHT IT)...holy shit man it slams,and VERY soulful which i respect...so far, this album deserves some award, deserves appreciation from everyone...ive heard most the songs already, and combined w/ wat i just heard...its amazing and prob my fav album this year so far....or equal to only a couple others.
mhaze210 4 years ago 2
Hahaha...More Beyonce less britney...AMEN!
yerboylc3 4 years ago 3
More Beyonce!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
snpS2dc 4 years ago
hell yea talib preach
BKStan9481 4 years ago
la da dah.... Man this beat hits hard as hell in my car, Talib, man, you and Hi Tek need to team up again for another LP. I`m still listening to Hi Tek beat Ol English that he made for GAME.
Mikalebrewster415 4 years ago
did i hear more beyonce less britney
morenaforever 4 years ago
Yeah Beyonce rocks!
SuperJediX 4 years ago
hot fire
sog305 4 years ago
Yo kweli this is fire keep doin your thang gonna BUY two copies of eardrum when it drops man I've been listening to this song for an hour the lyrics make the beat that hotter holla great video to this is what needs to be on 106 can't wait for the album
stonewho 4 years ago
Great! Can't wait for the album!!!
ziggiEsays 4 years ago
What we need is more enterprisin less sympathyzin!!!!! Kweli is the best MC PERIOD......And he leans republican!!!!!!
jfarris24 4 years ago
Amazen song. Righteous Hiphop baby.
Giantsbran1227 4 years ago
whats wrong with em n luda?? lyricly they are par with anyone out there, and i gotta add clipse to that list aswell
bpre0508 4 years ago
clipse suck. ludas last album was horrible.
CommSense 4 years ago
so was jay's, but hes still the greatest emcee out there
bpre0508 4 years ago
Hell no she can really sing unlike brittney who cant
domnicnic 4 years ago
simply put, inspiring
siberiaice 4 years ago
Theres nuttin wrong with his flow, the guy is evolving and this track is hot. Whether its commercial or not, its good.
siberiaice 4 years ago
i dont like talib going main stream, hes gonna turn into a rapper hes not. hes gonna turn into fcking 50
domineezybui1 4 years ago
This is NOT commercial. Do you hear a fuckin crunk/hyphy bullshit backdrop? Nope. Listen to his lyrics, he is speaking logically like a REAL Emcee, teaching..fuck all that gangsta, down south bullshit rap, its fucked up the whole industry. All you got is Kweli, Clipse, DMX, AZ and Nas now
damond6d8 4 years ago
Don't forget Mos and Common too
way2gopro 4 years ago
The Roots, Kweli, Common, Mos def, Dead Prez and the new commer Lupe f n f
DatNigerian 4 years ago
and apathy
kemar911 4 years ago
yeah lupe
djtruth9 4 years ago
Dude what are u talking about. its even worse when people try to categorize kwe as a specific try of rapper a so called conscious rapper but if the guy a chance to break out but one thing is for sure kwe will never be like 50 or those other rapper
DatNigerian 4 years ago
Yeah, Its crazy how everybody's labelin Talib Kweli. It's not right. It may be for positive reasons, but nobody likes being labeled. Even HE's against it. (02:23-02:29)
thugondarel 4 years ago
why you all talkin about white kids? haven't you seen talib's site forum. its all white kids and europeans. talib needs to drop his album soon. at this rate he'll need to drop a 3rd vid right before the album just to keep hype up.
BoofyNY 4 years ago
in swahili (u)kweli means 'truth', and he's speakin the truth..we need more truth in hip hop..seriously, we dont need ppl rappin bout how much bling they got, how many 'bitches' and 'hoes' they've tapped and how much more fly they are than errbody around them. we need more music from the people that bpre0508 named..they're real. We need real. (listen to Saigon ft Trey Songz too!)
TheLadyG 4 years ago
Its always funny to me how people think they cant like Talib because they like 50, or vice versa. Like theyre mortal enemies when really theyre both fans of each other. 50 got to interview any rapper he wanted for XXL and he picked kweli. One of the first things talib said was, "it's an honor and a pleasure. You changing the game, you killing them. I'm definitely a fan. This interview means a lot to me." and that he wished he could write hooks like 50. You dont have to catagorize rappers
ucantholme240 4 years ago
i dont like kweli's new flow...i liked the old black star one....but anyways...big ups to talib and hi-tek on this song...still love them
OgLoC2 5 years ago
the flow is's the lyrics but the flow is kweli
stonewho 4 years ago
"If lyrics sold, truth be told I'll probably be Lyrically Talib Kweli..." Kwe's doing his thing. You don't need to be commercial like Jay to make a difference in Hip-Hop. I support Kwe cause the man is lyrically mastermind, he and Mos Def, cant even be compared to the 50's, Jibbs, J. Jones. Those fools are nothing compared to Kwe's flow.
AfroAmercanXpress 5 years ago
I feel everything that the last commenters had to say. I think its sad that even though you can be lryically handsome like blackstar, you have to be a commercial artist to sell. It's a tragedy, but what we could all do is buy good music. It's sad because neither mighty Mos nor Talib has gone platnium in any album release. Somebody reply...
23neverleft 5 years ago
hiphop sucks because of you. nuff said.
migzo8 5 years ago
this shit is better than
Jibbs "King Kong" featuring Chamillionaire
xjasonlee 5 years ago
50 Cent can crush Talib Kweli's rap career in the comemrical game. But Kweli can outlast most rappers in terms of contributions to the art.
MFSilverOxide 5 years ago
Cuz 50 raps for white kids, who buys most of modern day hip hop. Commercial hip hop is and has been "pop" ever since the gangsta rap days...
intraras 5 years ago
Sadly those white kids control hip-hop's lifeblood with their green.
MFSilverOxide 5 years ago
Wait a minute, why is it ok for you to put all white kids in the same box, if i said all black kids...you'd have sumin to say! Im White & 16, I hate 50 & Cam, all that shit...Nas, Jay, Common, Talib, The Roots, Mos, Kanye, Dead Prez, Lupe, Em & Luda are all the truth...Jay, Eminem, Kanye & Luda sell well, but they challenge theirselves musicly, 50's found a winning fomula and he'll stick to it, until it doesn't sell. How can you say all white kids do sumin!! Dats jus fukin ignorant
bpre0508 4 years ago
Wow how i can tell you must be a 50 fan lol
MoojMajik 5 years ago
less shaved heads? less irresponsible mothers?
stop trying to use the racist card. -_-
jamesmington 5 years ago
more beyonce less brittiny whats that nigga tryin 2 say?
dtrell80011 5 years ago
Beyonce can actually sing better than Britney. Though I still think both of them are products of their labels... We need more Jill Scott less Beyonce! lol
GPadre 5 years ago
Yeah, Yeahhh! this tracks the truth
IllKidd07 5 years ago
realness!
Guarani 5 years ago
whatta you mean talib is back this songs been out for ages now.
frostyfreeze1 5 years ago
It hasnt been out 4 ages. I was in the lab when tek mixed it last june and kwel's album hasnt even come out and they jus shot this vid back in dec or jan (cant remember).
thechosenone43 4 years ago
sik
mike210000007 5 years ago
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kidrauhl 5 years ago
damn thats a sick video
favbeats 5 years ago
"more beyonce/ less britney" ??? what the fuck does that mean. theyre both shit.
talib needs to sort it out.
scientologyisforfags 5 years ago
yeah but i think he's getting at that Britney is not as talented as Beyonce. Britney is a definite waste of space fake and talentless. "More real, less fake"
DesiNM 5 years ago
if you look at the hand motions of Tek and Kweli when he says that line, it's evident what he's really talking about
theonenonlyezell 5 years ago
More ass, less tits... I dunno, I like all of the above, lol.
GPadre 5 years ago
/agreed
redrory 5 years ago
more class less trash...I think is what he meant.
wonderbreadyears 5 years ago
hes saying more hot black girl less white trash
bballplaya24x7 5 years ago
Kweli is BACK!
jeremywww 5 years ago
HIP HOP aint dead
insanemoe 5 years ago
hell yeah, been waitin on a song that dont involve trappin an shit.
damanindeezstreetz 5 years ago
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maryasyaya 5 years ago
Too sick!
driftix 5 years ago
This vid is sooo tight. Cant wait for Eardrum to drop
LimeKid85 5 years ago
That's that music i been waiting for. thanks Talib blessings to you and yours.
lifevibes 5 years ago
He's been around for quite a while. He's just not as popular because his message, unfortunately, is not what sells.
wonderbreadyears 5 years ago
dope.ill.da truth.
BrooklynAllDay 5 years ago
Black Star(Talib Kweli/Mos Def) - The greatest of all time!
BTNH24 5 years ago