Ep.158 - Black Star
On Ep.158 of DITD: A retrospective on Talib & Yasiin's duo, Black Star.
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Show Notes
With the long-awaited 2nd Black Star album on the horizon, we thought it would be a good opportunity to look back at the first album and how Talib Kweli and then named Mos Def managed to produce one of the crown jewels of Hip-Hop.
TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:23) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)
- Wet Leg - Wet Leg
- Swedish House Mafia - Paradise Again
- Tee Grizzley - Half Tee Half Beast
- Jas Kayser - Jas 5ive (EP)
- Mensing & Vacatixn - Thelonious Monks (EP)
- Halfpenny - Chapter
- Bas - [BUMP] Pick Me Up (EP)
- Richard Spaven - Spirit Beats (EP)
- Polyester the Saint - IN US WE TRUST side B
- Vic Spencer & Doc Da Mindbenda - Still Here
- The Miseducation of the Insta Generation
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (19:35)
Black Star and its 90s peers - (33:52)
Stats & stories about the album - (44:12)
Thoughts on the album & Lyric game returns (53:19)
How the 2nd album came & what we're expecting - (1:07:07)
Lighter Note - (1:25:40)
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