Big concert! Talib Kweli and Mos Def performing on the same ticket, so you know that everyone was thinking the same thing: Blackstar! Boy was it sick. Chris will cover it later. First though, Jay Electronica opened with a humor infused set heavily influenced by slam poetry. Really original and clear rhymes. Jay did a great job of warming the crowd up for a highly-anticipated night of hip hop. Following some downtime, Talib Kweli burst onstage and for the next hour he proceeded to blast the adoring crowd with spitfire verse after spitfire verse backed by a heavy, pounding beats. Damn, hip hop always sounds better live with those massive beats.
I hadn't listened to Talib in a while and as a result all of his songs sounded fresh and reinvigorated my love of hip hop. I especially love hip hop live because with the amplified beats and frenetic energy, everything sounds better live than through headphones. Talib's set list was pretty diverse, spanning all his solo albums from Quality to Eardrum and material from his collaborations like Reflection Eternal. All evening, Talib just brought the fire with quick and sharp rhymes. He really is a great rapper. Ending with Get em High, which I had forgotten features Talib (and has such a sick, sick beat), and Get By, Talib brought the house down and left everyone waiting in anticipation for what would come next. Another aspect that I like about hip hop shows is that the audience really gets more involved than during other genre shows. I found myself yelling out rhymes and hooks without evening thinking. Next up: Mos Def and Blackstar
Talib Kweli - Hostile Gospel Pt. 1 (Deliver Us) (YSI) (filesavr)
Talib Kweli - Get By (YSI) (filesavr)
Talib Kweli vs. MGMT - Time to Listen (DJ Topcat Remix) (YSI) (filesavr)
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