Thursday, February 21, 2008


My Other Primary Source is the rap album, BlackStar, by Talib Kweli and Mos Def. This is the first mainstream album put out by either artist. Both artists previously were underground artists and this album catalyzed their emersion into the mainstream. It is an incredible album because the lyrics have the skillful creativity and rebelliousness of underground rap but the production is of a high quality mainstream standard.

1 comment:

sherwinj said...

I also love both of them because they rap a whole lot about social issues. Mos Def has an entire song about the world water crisis and Talib has songs like "Never Been in Love" that are actually about... love! Mostly, I love that these guys don't have to rap about shooting up people to get popular like some of the mainstream rapers do...