Hip Hop Live 2008
with Talib Kweli
- When
- Thu Oct 2, 2008
- Where
- The Regency Ballroom
- Time
- Doors at 7pm, Show at 8pm
- Cost
- $32
- Tags
- Music, Other Music, Hip Hop
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Description
Ever since emerging as a member of Black Star in the late 1990s, Talib Kweli is one of the few artists making commercially viable music that matters. The Brooklyn bred rapper's hard-hitting music has been able to educate and entertain simultaneously. So it is no wonder that at the peak of their fame, both Jay-Z and 50 Cent named Talib Kweli as one of their favorite rappers.The lyrically and sonically potent [album] Ear Drum demonstrates that strong, powerful messages can serve as the backbone for music at its best. 'The vast majority of my subject matter focuses on black self-love, black self esteem, black self worth,' Kweli says. 'That translates to other communities because if you're a human being, it doesn't matter what color you're talking about. You've been through some sort of struggle and you can apply it to your own life.'"
-talibkweli.com
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