I vividly remember going to the store after school in 7th grade and having enough money to buy 2 out of this, Aquemini, and the Love Movement. I chose the last 2 (a halfway good decision) and taped this off my friend.
Anyways, Definition, that song was sooo huge for my Rawkus lovin' ass in grade school.
-- maciej recognizing trill, Monday, February 4, 2008 8:23 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link
Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life came out that day, too! My brother got that and the Tribe, I either had a promo of the Black Star already or got it shortly afterward.
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 20:56 (sixteen years ago) link
respiration seems like the pinnacle of backpacker rap to me
― M@tt He1ges0n, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 21:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Twice Inna Lifetime is cool, too. I love Hi-Tek's guitar shit.
― Jordan, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 21:04 (sixteen years ago) link
"Definition" for the beat, class.
― Bodrick III, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 21:10 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 20:56 (1 hour ago) Link
Haha, such a fine example of where my taste was a decade ago that I wouldn't even have thought about buying the Jay-Z.
― maciej recognizing trill, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 22:37 (sixteen years ago) link
gotta go with respiration in a narrow win over astronomy with definition in 3rd
― dmr, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 22:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― ILX System, Wednesday, 6 February 2008 00:01 (sixteen years ago) link
RE:DEFinition 3
I like this but what a weird choice for a favorite track. Shame "K.O.S. (Determination)" didn't get any votes, definitely in my top 3.
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 6 February 2008 13:52 (sixteen years ago) link
was about to poll this album
― max, Thursday, 16 September 2010 06:04 (thirteen years ago) link
i saw talib speak in college, he said that the reason he was off beat for his first like six albums is because he was using rhymes hed written down before he had any beats to rap over
which is like
*smh*
talib
― max, Thursday, 16 September 2010 06:07 (thirteen years ago) link
I liked that last talib album
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 16 September 2010 06:10 (thirteen years ago) link
eardrum
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 16 September 2010 06:11 (thirteen years ago) link
six albums talib??? what the hell
― just sayin, Thursday, 16 September 2010 07:50 (thirteen years ago) link
this is sad https://www.instagram.com/p/-ljS85jYt7/apparently, Talib was beaten when visiting "Freetown Christiania" - he's interpreting the assault as racially motivated, locals are suggesting he was punished for taking pictures of drug dealing...
― niels, Wednesday, 2 December 2015 11:47 (eight years ago) link
wtf
― brimstead, Wednesday, 2 December 2015 18:30 (eight years ago) link
"Children's Story" is really hitting me lately. What an album.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 22 June 2020 20:50 (three years ago) link
I hope that second album actually materializes
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Monday, 22 June 2020 21:21 (three years ago) link
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53151106
― lukas, Friday, 26 June 2020 22:36 (three years ago) link
the new black star album is called no fear of time, consists entirely of years-old tracks produced by madlib, and is officially only available behind a paywall, so fuck it without relent and listen to it on youtube while you can.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Wednesday, 4 May 2022 00:05 (one year ago) link
It’s not good. So stale
― he was eating Vaseline like it was bunch of cheeseburgers (Spottie), Wednesday, 4 May 2022 01:05 (one year ago) link
absolutely agreed.
feels like way more of a mixtape than a proper album. just beats and rhymes. not awful, but they sound so unenthused the entire time. guess it was recorded in makeshift studios (hotel rooms and the like) and it sounds like it. the black thought feature was quite welcome and the last four tracks are really the meat of the album. hard to consider this a proper follow up, but i guess that's technically what it is. nothing embarrassing happens, it's just all so meh. super disappointing. 2.5 mics.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Wednesday, 4 May 2022 01:09 (one year ago) link
Yah just absolutely nothing memorable here. Not a single hook or melody of note.
― he was eating Vaseline like it was bunch of cheeseburgers (Spottie), Wednesday, 4 May 2022 01:21 (one year ago) link
The original album is one of my favorite albums.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 4 May 2022 01:22 (one year ago) link
well then, this will be a huge disappointment for you too =/
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Wednesday, 4 May 2022 01:27 (one year ago) link
― he was eating Vaseline like it was bunch of cheeseburgers (Spottie), Wednesday, 4 May 2022 01:41 (one year ago) link