Talib Kweli & John Forté- Homecoming

Recorded soon after John’s release from Fort Dix Federal Correctional Institution December 22, 2008.  Interesting note about John Forté is that his 14 year sentence was commuted by George W. Bush before he left office, after John Forté had spent 7 years behind bars.

Armand van Helden & A-Tack aka Duck Sauce- Barbra Streisand

*cameo’s by Premo, ?uestlove, Kanye, Pharell, Chromeo and the list goes on and on..

This is the JAM!!

Talib Kweli // Get By (prod. by Kanye West)

One of the best/most important songs in the history of hip hop.  Kweli has my support for life.

“We sell, crack to our own out the back of our homes
We smell the musk at the dusk in the crack of the dawn
We go through “Epidodes II,” like “Attack of the Clones”
Work ‘til we break our back and you hear the crack of the bone
To get by.. just to get by..”

-Talib Kweli

Talib Kweli and Hi-tek talk early years of Kanye West’s career

Hard Knock Tv’s Devi Dev and Nick Huff Barili talk to Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek talk about the early years of Kanye West’s career. From Kanye opening up for Kweli to labels not wanting to sign him as a rapper. Kweli says that people didn’t see Kanye’s vision as an artist and just wanted his beats. Kweli says that he knew “College Drop Out” was a classic when he first heard it. Hi-Tek adds that Kanye is a genius in the same way that Dr Dre is.

(source Hard Knock TV)

Mos Def // Umi Says ft. Robert Glasper Experiment, Kanye West & Lupe Fiasco

Revivalist Exclusive coverage of the Robert Glasper Experiment performing Blue Note with special guests Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, and Mos Def. 2/26/11