Black Star (Mos Def & Talib Kweli) - Definition
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Black Star arose from the underground movement of the late 1990s, which was in large part due to Rawkus Records, an independent record label stationed in New York City. They released one self titled album. Though the record achieved little commercial success, they (and other members of the Native Tongues Posse) helped shape underground alternative rap and helped bring it further into the mainstream eye. Both have gone on to greater commercial and critical success in separate solo careers.
Black Star's emergence into the hip-hop scene came at a crucial point in music history. Following the deaths of both Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur, hip-hop was consumed in a world of chaos. Black Star attempted to bring reconciliation in the wake of these violent deaths. The self titled album contains various references to Biggie and Tupac, and attempts to create reconciliation in the hip-hop world: "I said one, two, three. It's kinda dangerous to be an M.C. They shot Tupac and Biggie. Too much violence in hip-hop."
In 2001, Black Star performed "Money Jungle" with Ron Carter and John Patton for the Red Hot Organization's compilation album Red Hot + Indigo, a tribute to Duke Ellington, which raised money for various charities devoted to increasing AIDS awareness and fighting the disease. In 2005, hip hop website TheSituation.co.uk reported Kweli has said that a new Black Star album was "in the pipeline".[1] On Talib Kweli's Myspace he posted up a video saying that "We're going to find Mos Def and put it on camera that there will be a second Black Star album." In 2006, Mos and Kweli appeared together in the movie Dave Chappelle's Block Party, alongside Erykah Badu, Common, Jill Scott, Dead Prez and The Fugees, among others. They even contributed a new song, "Born & Raised", to the movie's soundtrack.
The first new Black Star song was leaked via DJ J Rocc from Stones Throw Records. The song is produced by Madlib and is titled "Fix Up". On October 5th 2011 they appeared on the Colbert Report and performed it for the first time.
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Mos Def is one of those once in a lifetime artists.
actually hes twice inna lifetime :D
I'll give that the hundredth like, hell yeah.
WHO is listening in 2024? Made before I born but happy that I found it ❤
Sharelle Countz 😊😊
how old r u bro hehe
❤❤❤❤❤
Fucking jaw dropping song. Even after all these years it sounds so fresh and dope
Facts
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hey uhm, I made a Top 10 Mos Def Verses video and just uploaded it. I bet ya you gonna enjoy this! Definition is in it. But which place? check it out :D (it turned out more like a Mos Def Tribute video than a hard fact Top 10 Verses) ❤ and of course with special guest *Talib Kweli* cause Def and Kweli close like Bethlehem and Nazareth ❤❤
Absolutly
indeed
Yo this shit is legendary. Kweli and Mos riding around Brooklyn in the $1 van, just ryhming
Yeah son that shit is so LIT BRO
That would one dope road trip
Love those vans
Dollar van serving the working class ✊🏾
"my name is in the middle of equality"
ekwelity
dang he is right
also kwelity
Shieeeeeet.....
@@colebrown8293 what dude
ukweli means truth in swahili
I get it lol
Some people said Mos rapped circles around Talib on this joint but I think both styles complimented each other perfectly. The way Def was attacking the beat perfectly, almost percussively, then Talib sliding around the drums without going off beat... dope as fuck
I wouldn't say circles around him but Mos is definitely the bread winner on this one, in my opinion. I agree the two styles work well together though
They are the epitome of complimentary together
Nailed it bruv. They both deliver. It's a masterpiece.
I've NEVER heard anyone compare rhymes. But this is the song that I discovered them and it was Kweli's line that was the most memorable.... "consider me the entity within the industry.....etc.." I was HOOKED.
@@MrAugustBlack i have, MANY times. I’ve heard and read this argument in threads and reviews about blackstar for damn near 2 decades 😂
I carried this on a Sony MP3 player in the Sahara Desert for ten years...did not meet a nomad or traveller who did not like the album. This has brought back many happy memories....and now I get to see those who made this magic happen. Stay safe and my regards from Scotland.
DOPE
this is the dopest comment ive ever seen on TH-cam enjoy urself and stay safe, my friend!
hhcj
Best is I know exactly what Sony MP3 player it is too. Legend
brotha thats wild!!!!! Salute to you
This is one of their greatest works..Real HIP HOP to the fullest
They used the flow from BDPs Stop the violence along with the beat From the P is free.
@@onealmcmilliansr1304 very, very good….thank u for naming it (I couldn’t place it), just absolutely carried away at the skill
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Fo sure
I can't agree more! Some of the most intelligent and coldest hip hop has come from NYC, these two are no exception if anything they set new standards. This act is right next to Cannibal Ox for my level of awe and respect.
3:06: The best water break ever
This was low-key the best shot of the video. I always thought it was really cool shot when I was a teen
First time I saw that as a little kid, I was like: how did he do that? Is he something like a ventriloquist?
Bro tell me about it 🔥🔥🔥
I grew up really vocally shy as a kid and never even remotely attempted to sing, learning all the lyrics to this song and rapping along with it helped me get over that and now i've been singing for years and love it.
😊
Well done 👏
I just came today to do just this it used to give me a sense of accomplishment to rap along with Yasiin's last verse... the breath work
That’s sick. ❤
You was the quiet type…. Whod a thought you were frontin
Black star made a huge impact in Hip-Hop, it’s 2020 and real Hip-Hop Fans still here
never forget these mcs
And always we’ll be ❤️
This is what real hip hop heads live for
now this is real Hip-hop. REAL MUSIC
technically totally true
FACTS!!!!!!!!!!!
Agreed better than modern hip hop for sure
that's musical elitism. dont be a gatekeeper. there are a lot of different subgenres of hip hop. just because there are ones you don't like, doesn't make it "fake."
Who is over 40 and still listen to it?
Alhamdu
44
oooh so close.....39! got it on vinyl though if that counts for anything lol
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Everyday
police : what are you deaf?
Hitek: (points to Mos Def) he's Def
it gets me everytime. 🤣
Smart clever covering mad ground in a matter of seconds……
Smart clever covering mad ground in a matter of seconds……
or how pharoahe monch is confused hahahahahah
-What are you deaf?
-He’s def. :)))))
Cop: "What are you, deaf?"
Mos def: "No, no. He's Hi-Tek."
Talib Kweli: *Points at Mos Def* "He's Def"
😂
Hi-Tek*
what song plays in the background there is the real question...
Josh Manik No its not..Its called Twice Inna Lifetime
Josh Manik oops, not sure if you were being sarcastic :D
Hahahahahahahahhahaha I'm fucking crying! Hahahahahaha that was so funny!
Look at Dead Prez all hyped in the van.
And Pharoahe Monch all mellow.
Literally thought I only saw that lol.
Just told my 10 year old while playing this, "Hear this? This is real hip hop."
Gatekeeper. And lame.
You gotta esssplain the awestruck reaction broooo
It black history month listening
In 2024!!!✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
The first time I listened to this the Mos Def verses I was like WTF is this ? The way he delivered is just fatal .Talib killed it too but Mos Def was unbelievable on this beat .
Got this on a CD in my car at home, song been stuck in my head whole time on vacation
Same here, been on a Mos Def/Black Star phase currently. I love this joint so much.
My son just moved to Brooklyn from San Diego and he grew up listening to Blackstar, the first day he got there he came up to a red light on his Harley and the car next to him was playing this and he started singing along and it was like a moment. This song just unites everyone. It is so good.
That's dope
One of the greatest hip hop songs and their album. Classic 👍
for sure
Love the way they showed respect to biggie and Pac!!! This song was fire!!!
Pre gentrified Brooklyn 🙌🏿
This is what hip hop ,rap is about
mos def/black star = legendary
2024 !! Still listening 🎉 at 47 years old
Your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper ✊🏼 there is no bigger referendum of our failure as a society than the fact that Mighty Mos ain’t viewed as one of, if not THE, greatest ever
mos def is in my top 5 rappers and talib kweli might have the best voice i've ever heard
Talib & Mos Def, nothing gets better than this
So underrated hip hop sound, true B Boy sound and way ahead of their time.
I’m 19 and love this song. Not enough people delve back into the past to find the true gems.
Hip Hop at it's finest!
I remember being a teen and having the hugest crush on Most Def.... nothing's changed
Are you not married
I'm a straight dude and I got a crush on Mos.
❤❤❤❤❤ Definitely been loving Mos Def since 1997
This is very well possibly, my favourite Hiphop Song Ever
one of them
I feel like the last 20 or so seconds of this video is by far the best.. Acknowledging and paying respect to the older generation, with something as simple as walking a little ways with them and sharing a few words.. I feel like that's something that's really missing in our culture, and we need to get that back.
And they're all dressed alike 💓 And I love to see it! It's all about respecting your elders.
I remember first seeing this on Rap City...omg!!! the lyricism, the flow, the chemistry
Talk about making Brooklyn proud!!!!!!
MOS DEF AND KWALI!! This was one of the best summers of my life. 😢. Wow.
"Here we go again quality of life, hitting us again" wise words by Talib
I LOVE THE WAY THEY FLOW WITH THIS BEAT...CLASSIC !!!
Love Mos for long time cant believe im sharing his tunes with my daughter now ❤️🙏
still bumping in last week of 2023...
Classic track, Black Star is one the best real hip-hop groups
absolutely agree
Man...this is one of my favorite songs when I'm having a bad day...the positive feeling always makes a day better...
I’m from NY & this is one of my default running/jogging songs.. it has literally carried me through to the next minute every time when I felt like stopping 💪🏼 so good
These young people don't know what real hip-hop is
William Jones I agree, I do tho I’m 23 years old started listening to 90’$ and 80’$ hip hop at 13 years old I was blesses
BIG FACTS
I 4 sho miss BET after school 😂😏 wit my koolaid and something to snack on
@@leoking8325 REAL BIG FACTS
i came across tribe called quest a couple years ago and fell in love with 90's hip hop, started listening to pharcyde recently too
2 of the best in the business.
Real hip hop like this is timeless. No expiration date. And it hits the same whether it's in constant rotation or even if you blow the dust off of the record and put it on to the turntable
Me and kweli close like Bethlehem and Nazarath.
What a bar!
The amount of talent that gets in that van gives me goosebumps. Those people made music that made you feel!
This track is a whole ass VIBE. I miss this time in Hip Hop.
Originally BDP track. Fire track
I've loved this song for a thousand years but honestly didn’t know it was a remix. Just today heard 'Remix for P Is Free' by KRS-One for the first time. You boys did magic with that beat.
Name a time kweli and/or the mighty mos havent killed a track
2022 and it's still FIRE!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Kids today need to learn this song. Goated status.
Real talk
Man these guy are underrated and yet their songs are Amazing(Just an 18 year old listening to good stuff)
⚡️⚡️⚡️ facts
They’re over rated. They haven’t done anything relevant in over twenty years. This was their peak by far.
@@jsi5684 they are underrated in my opinion
@@gregpuryear8163 they aren’t underrated people that know these guys right them highly, they are underlistened.
@@dynamis8381 exactly
This song just feel's amazing. Real Hip Hop!
One of greatest collabs ever, Moss dropping that Big L flow he can spit & Talib being woke as in top.of lyrical gold. Defiantly a hip hop great if not one of the best!!
Real Hip-Hop... Miss this type of flow!
HIp hop needs to come back around to this.
Some One i agree!!! Probably WONT Happen tho!! Money has become MORE Important than GOOD Music & respect to MOST MCs ( "Rappers") Nowadays!! 👌✔
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Hip hop is dead it’s not coming back.
seriously. straight up
Man I wish my guy but the record industry got it mad fruity right about now.
Listening to this again gives me goosebumps! Dope!
Missing these days when music was written for a reason more significant than money, sex, and drugs. - ! - Pure love
Why Ooooh
I play this song every day during my walk. Mos Def, Slick Rick, The Pharcyde, etc... I miss Story Tellers in rap.
“What are you, deaf?” No, no he’s Hi-Tek. That’s Def. LOL I love that part!!
I member a holiday in Italy with my family, 02 or 03, dunno. Was rocking my Walkman while laying on the beach suntanning and listening to this song. Awesome!
[Intro: Talib Kweli, Mos Def, & Sample]
Hello, everybody! Recordin' live from somewhere
Looooord... Lord have mercy
Black Star
All nice and decent crew
This is timeless! C'mon!
Follow me now, we say
Say, Hi-Tek, yes, you're rulin' hip-hop
Put your hands up! C'mon, c'mon!
Say, J. Rawls, yes, you're rulin' hip-hop
Put your hands up, everybody
Redefinition, say, you're rulin' hip-hop
Put your hands up, c'mon
Say, Black Star, come to rock it non-
[Verse 1: Mos Def]
Yo, from the first to the last of it, delivery is passionate
The whole and not the half of it, forecast and aftermath of it
Projectile that them blasted with, accurate assassin shit
Me and Kweli close like Bethlehem and Nazareth
After this, you be pressin' rewind on top your master disk
Shinin' like an asterisk for all those that be gatherin'
Connectin' like a roundhouse from the townhouse to the tenements
'Cause all my Brooklyn residents roll with heavy regiments
Don't believe? Hear the evidence - where Brooklyn? (WHOA!)
See that? 'Bout to take it all, kid, believe that
From where they sell they tree at, to where the police react
Talib Kweli, e-Kweli-ty, yo, tell 'em where we be at
[Verse 2: Talib Kweli]
Brooklyn, New York City, where they paint murals of Biggie
In cash we trust, 'cause this ghetto fabulous life look pretty
What a pity - blunts is still fifty cents, it's intense
Tree scents is dominant, can't be covered with incense
My presence felt; my name is Kweli from the Eternal Reflection
People thinkin' MC is shorthand for misconception
Let me meditate, set it straight
Came to the conclusion that most of these cats is featherweight
Let me demonstrate:
Walkin' the streets is like battlin'; be careful with your body
You must know karate and think your soul is bulletproof like Sade
Stop actin' like a bitch already, be a visionary
And maybe you can see your name in the column of obituaries
Third grade teacher readin' and talkin' about, "I knew he'd amount to nothin'"
Neighbors like, "He was the quiet type, who'd have thought they was frontin'?"
Talkin' loud like you on RCA
Get carted away with body parts and trays
What a way to start your day, yo, it's like...
[Hook: Mos Def]
One, two, three (C'mon!)
Mos Def and Talib Kweli
We came to rock it on to the tip-top (C'mon!)
Best alliance in hip-hop! Y-O!
I said one, two, three
It's kinda dangerous to be a MC (C'mon!)
They shot 2Pac and Biggie
Too much violence in hip-hop, Y-O
[Verse 3: Mos Def]
I said Manhattan keep on makin' it, Brooklyn keep on takin' it
So relax, we're takin' it back, Red Hook where we're livin' at
Plenty cats be strugglin', not hustlin' and bubblin'
It ain't about production, then - what is we discussin'?
When the cock crows, my crop grows, enable me to rock flows
Strivin' for perfection ever since I was a snot-nose
Colossal! True, original b-boy apostle
Standin' on the rooftop with the Zulu Gestapo
[Verse 4: Talib Kweli]
You think you the shit? Somebody in the wings'll force you to quit
It could be your crew or clique
Or some random kid you smoked buddha with
Consider me the entity within the industry
Without a history of spittin' the epitome of stupidity
Livin' my life, expressin' my liberty, it gotta be done properly
My name is in the middle of equality
People follow me, and other cats, they hear him flow
And assume I'm the real one with the lyrics like I'm Cyrano
[Verse 5: Mos Def]
Still sippin' wishing well water imported from Pluto
Three hundred and sixty milliliters for all the believers
In miles or kilometers, most cats cannot precede us
In the jungle with the leaders - we them lions, you the cheetahs
Our cypher will complete us as we come through your receivers
You can play us and repeat us, and then take us home and read us
(Line for line) Good Jesus! Mos Def and Kweli just
Make a pussy freeze up; think it over, ease up!
[Hook]
One, two, three
Mos Def and Talib Kweli
We came to rock it on to the tip-top
Best alliance in hip-hop! Y-O!
I said one, two, three
It's kinda dangerous to be an MC
They shot 2Pac and Biggie
Hold your head when the beat drop, Y-O!
a truly great moment in hiphop culture.
there's only a few missing in this song,and that's KRS ONE,Q-Tip, Gangstar,NAS, & of course THE WU. The illest mugs in in da industry.Way ahead of their time
This track will forever rock ❤️❤️❤️
yes you are right
Still love it. Twentyfour years. Beat is still banging.
I remember watching this on rap city back 1998 when I was in 8th grade
everyone has different hip hop memories to each song over the years from now into the past years
Mos def is one of those artists that you can just hit play on any of his albums and not have to skip any of the songs
I've been listning to hip hop here and there and then I had the opportunity to visit NYC (I'm from EU) and now hip hop has a new meaning.
2022 and this is still some of the best hip hop there is.
Chappelle's Block Party Version "Definition) with Quest love bangs on all musical cylinders with raw , sharp vocals....and those cymbals sound though....chi chi chi chi🥁
My name is in the middle of equality - Talib Kweli
Shit i read this exactly at the time Talib said it! LOL:P
Genius
Mos Def is one of the greatest of all time holy shit
That first verse is so fire
May 2021 and still a masterpiece
REAL HIP-HOP AT ITS FINEST!
Kweli's last verse is FIRE
YES
“You think your soul is bullet proof like Sade/ Stop acting like b***** already be a visionary and maybe you can see your name on the column of obituary.” 🔥🔥🔥 (still fire: dying for a cause) ✊🏾🙏🏽
Real HIP-HOP at it's finest. This was when HIPHOP was at it's peak. This era will never be duplicated. Rappers made sure that what they put out there was 🔥. Miss them dayz.
BLACKSTAR LEGENDS 🇧🇷 ♥️ 🎧
Rest in peace Notorious B.I.G.
22 yrs later this track is still 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
One of the best songs ever
long live Blackstar!
absolutely! long live Blackstar!
I love the sample from bdp! such a good song
Damn!
I can’t believe this was hip hop...Amazing.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
42 yrs old this was one of those songs in high school
bumping this in 2015
2017 😉
I am 53 years old and I love Black Star.
Best alliance in hip-hop! Y-O!
i love the way they sing that line
Eternal reflection ! The footprints of the WTC!🇺🇸❤🇺🇸☀️
2023 and still a banger
I always loved that line, "me and Kweli close like Bethlehem and Nazareth"
2023 & STILL LISTENING!
2024 ?
timeless classic track of a timeless classic duo from a timeless classic album