Black Star - Fix Up

[MrJduke40]

Black Star!! Gotta love it...

[infomite]

Its time to put baby powder on both hands and run a mu fuhin mok

[mujaahid72]

the real true hip hop

[highlandsresident]

Good God! Undeniable

[kepop98]

Yasiin Bey....coldest MC ever.com!

[mjpborowski]

@epiccornut234 if you have to apologize for modern music, then you're just listening to the wrong stuff. there were plenty of shitty artists in the 90s that sold more albums than blackstar just like there are plenty of lil waynes and waka flockas for every kendrick lamar or lupe fiasco (even though we can all agree Lasers was mostly garbage)

[epiccornut234]

im 15 and i apologize for my generations music. this is real music.

[GoldenPubes]

@epiccornut234 Every generation has shitty music. The 80's was pretty much inundated with absolute crap

[austin78993]

@GoldenPubes yeah im tired of that. People talk about all the great music of the 60s. The beatles and whatever else you love from that decade was swimming in a sea of garbage. Just listen to some old top of pops. The good stuff is what gets remembered.

[NadiaNunn1]

@epiccornut234 Much respect to you for knowing great music

[BrianP9935]

I know I'm still going to call him Mos Def... I can't get used to this Yasiin Bey stuff...

[BeatzByMikeWes]

Bout time man, i been waitin' on this shit!

[GemSh0t]

very solid comeback track and madlib is the man

[GemSh0t]

love it

[pappajdunk]

The five people who disliked this song don't know what the four elements of hip-hop are.

[VeelusMirAje]

mos amazin again...

[Graail7]

I said 1, 2 ,3..Mos Def & Talib Kweliiii

[shanninja123]

I feel like crying. I feel like finally I have found something to connect to.

[J3RDI1]

Two of the dopest MCs ever. Shame they didn't release something 10 years ago. Lyrics = fire. Track = trash.

[memanous]

@J3RDI1 = dumbass.

[eyecon11]

Now I remember where I seen this cover! Its from their Paid Dues performance in 2011 :O

[gamephr33k13]

You could have a thousand rhymes, a thousand dimes

The house to shine, coupes on the routes recline

Be on Greenwich Mean, Beech Street, or Mountain time

But weigh it up, duke – your pound ain’t a ounce of mine

What. A. Beast.

[mrwarfrin]

CLASSIC

[cyruswork]

Talib and def/yasiin bey one of the best collaborations in hip hop/rap history in my opinion. too excited just sitting here waiting for this album to drop. too bad the death of cds is coming. hopefully i can grab this in stores rather than digital. support them if you are a true fan people!! :D thanks blackstar!

[SquareB0t]

@cyruswork cant agree with you more on everything you said

[cyruswork]

@SquareB0t looks like we got at least 2 people here that are grabbing the cd. legit man, good stuff

[dtandersen0]

1000% better on the Colbert live version ... this needs a remix badly son



[AUpshaw85]

@bobbitofamous you're right, but i learned that music sounds the best when it's through a nice car stereo system or at a concert

[Knobbingham]

loving the 'tag team' sound to the last verse... sounds like they were passing a single mic between themselves

[jmoneygreatestrapper]

i love to listen to their stuff but fact is that you cant properly capture the charisma of mos def on a track, saw him live a few months ago and i couldnt take my eyes off him on, he COMMANDED the stage. talib was solid too but damn, mos went hard live

[rappadapp]

If I never heard the live performance Bey did on Colbert Report, I would've thought that this song is slightly wack.

Bey sounds as if Talib woke him up 2 am & pushed him into the booth to lay the lyrics down.

No sorta animation or proud flow behind 'em.

[sking6182]

a matter of fact, they both went in on this

[sking6182]

kweli went in on this

[amedmido86]

anybody know where i can download the new albumm...love these guys...

[rappadapp]

@amedmido86 the album ain't out yet. this is a teaser

[theberricsson]

fuck mos flows so sick

[Chii1041]

I'm confused, I browsed videos for the most viewed all time and this wasn't on the page!???!?!? O_o?

[Ginga]

Damn Viacom took down the Colbert Report performance. I love Black Star and this version isn't bad but that performance just had a vibe about it.

[TheOracle365]

Who are the three assholes that disliked this?

[Knobbingham]

there's nothing wrong with the mastering. There's something wrong with your point of reference

[VeeFitzgerald]

The beat, not loving it, but the flow is tight as EVER!! Black Star forever

[JSmithVEVO]

I also read this is a joint single for both the upcoming Aretha mixtape AND the album.

[jkinz12345]

@JSmithVEVO no i think you're thinking of you already know

[11muzik99]

MOS will always be DEF, no matter what he calls himself......

[jkinz12345]

they'll hopefully have a studio mix

[theorigdjdirtymike]

thats not mos def, thats yasiin

[SuperOmnicron]

Out-freaking-standing!!! 

[Rocklordxxx]

pretty positive this itunes version is just a mockery they made to the corporation and why they did so well live on colbert was to send a message that they want you to see their artistic talent that is true rap. not bye some studio version mass produced on itunes. Even on colbert Kwali tals about how great it is that they an play on that show without any corporation interaction.

[JSmithVEVO]

The disparity between this iTunes version and the live Colbert version is appalling.

Whoever mixed and mastered this song deserves to be fired. I can barely hear the beat and the vocals are all over the place.

Still, much love to Black Star. I'll never get used to callin' Mos Yasiin, though lol!!!

[SuperOmnicron]

@JSmithVEVO ...sorry, Madlib is a musical genius...some just don't get it...FANTASTIC TRACK...I'll listen to the Colbert version, but i'm just blown away by the diversity of Madlib, the Medicine Show, and is earlier works with Jaylib, Guilty Simpson and Strong Arm Steady...this should be the future of hip hop, and it is to those in the know.

[JSmithVEVO]

@SuperOmnicron | LMAOOOOO please. My beef was not with Madlib, it was with the mixing. >_>

[BuschFiya]

@JSmithVEVO This is not the Itunes version, I downloaded that version and bump it in my car and you can here the beat so nice. this is a crappy upload playing on your crappy computer speakers

[JSmithVEVO]

@BuschFiya | I've played the iTunes version in my car stereo at least twice and the beat sounds no better.

[JSmithVEVO]

@BuschFiya | Plenty of people I know with BOSE sound systems and/or headphones have also complained to me about the audio disparity. Like I said, the mixing and mastering was not executed properly. I don't blame Black Star and I don't blame Madlib. I blame the engineers.

[Mzyvette53]

I liked this soooo much better on Colbert too. What happened to the so fresh and so clean, clean. I love Black Star so much anyway it's all good.

[thankmenow202]

BLACK STAR GOOOD GOD.

[HipHopByThePound]

Talib is sounding real hungry. I hope they follow through & make a classic hip hop album.

[KaiL3127]

needs more fucking views.

[Thelndigo]

Sounds great, but I think the instrumental should be at least a little louder. Cant wait for some new Black Star!

[iMixMaSteR1]

mos def and kweli genious combo

[Revolutionarywarrio1]

Peal apart, come together, come together, peal apart, COME TOGETHER! shows how they were doing it in the 3rd verse. (real talk).. I dont think anybody could spit that verse by his or her self ..its YASSIN AND KWELI ..but really just ONE blackstar….great names SHINE!!

[Daryl93TillInfinitY]

the beat isnt loud enough

[invernessfalls]

@Daryl93TillInfinitY "nice levels" @0:05

[Daryl93TillInfinitY]

@invernessfalls lol good point

[friskykitteis]

When does the album come out?

[Ginga]

@friskykitteis

No talk about that yet. It hasn't even been confirmed if it'll be an album or LP/mix-tape.

[thankmenow202]

finally some real hip hop.

[BLACKEARTH79]

LOVE IT... BLACK STAR..BK STAND UP RITE NOW!!!!

[ettico0513]

holy shat!

[Ginga]

So glad two of my favorite MCs are back together making music.

[medamissles1]

Dwade and LeBon

[sccrwit2]

@medamissles1 jordan and magic

[nickelslickent]

The greatest duo of all time

[medamissles1]

Turn them Speakers up, aint nearly loud enough

[blaqstaar]

Who the fucked disliked this!!?..fuck outta here! legendary music right here! BLACKSTAR back!!!

[CrazyBoingPoop]

so is the fix up look sharp coming from dizzee rascals song :')

[pfunking10]

THANK YOU!!!!

[GLantigua1]

yasiin bey!!

[Leezo2k10]

Album aint coming, only a mixtape

[Millerfresh]

yaaaa! black star is da bomb!!!!

[bobbitofamoso]

Man, this sounded soooo much better on Colbert....still all love, though...say Black Star! Great things sprout the mind!

[soniciscool1234]

@bobbitofamoso yeah it did no offense but this quality to me is horrible but i can still listen to it because thats how good the track is

[bobbitofamoso]

@soniciscool1234 yeah, I ended up rippin the audio from the Colbert performance...bumpin that in the iPod...

[loganajoshua]

@bobbitofamoso It really does sound better live

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[ojones46]

@bobbitofamoso Indeed! Plus these fellas KNOW how to rock a SHOW! That just made the Colbert showcase more magical ("Copperfield" LOL)

[mets698610]

@bobbitofamoso everything sounds great on that show!

[EnigmaticH3art]

**BOBBIN HEAD** SAY BLACKSTAR! The return of HIP-HOP

[JOKER121792]

Whats the name of this album?

[kevind15]

@JOKER121792 the album is not out yet

[Thelndigo]

@JOKER121792 We don't know yet. Comes out next year

[poetuvdapeople]

Black Star always delivers sick tracks!!!! Yasmin and Kweli have scored again yes!!!

[oskamadison]

This is NUTS!!!!

[DudsLarking]

Shits real!

[11muzik99]

Can't wait for the album......

[Sambino]

@11muzik99 i cant wait either fool. This joint taking me back to 98 you faggit. im gonna have to get some new speakers for this LP.

[11muzik99]

@Sambino.......Grow up son.

[Sambino]

@11muzik99 sit down you backpacker. dumb sheep.

[1woek]

@11muzik99 when is the album coming out

[11muzik99]

@1woek No idea - hope it doesn't end up 'just' being a single........

[1woek]

@11muzik99 true that real hip hop here

[11muzik99]

@1woek Yezzzziiirrrr

[YoungVirtue]

Fix da damn sound quality

[TheWizKidTruLyrikz]

after showin thanks 4 my loved 1s yesterday the lord blesses me wit a new Black Star track. New Common album, New Nas album, Common & Nas album, & new Black Star album all on the way. & the ATCQ documentary that came out this year, all i need is a Fugees reunion & i can be satisfied 4 like another 5 years.

[BAGAKOOS]

@TheWizKidTruLyrikz dont forget the roots album "undun" droppin dec6!!!

[TheWizKidTruLyrikz]

@BAGAKOOS of course

[dallastexas78]

Praise you jesus! :) hiphop is back.

[1990ceegee]

It's About Time!!!!

[thatunit995]

I think im in love

[JacobDesai]

Good musics back

[BAGAKOOS]

mos sounds like hes too close to the mic or somethin lol but who the fuck care new black star 2011!!!!!!!!!!!!

[djprizewell]

thankgod.



[SuperCletusKasady]

Sick as ever

[sully123234]

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