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will.i.am’s remix of “I Got It From My Mama” has leaked, and I’ve got it here for you to see! His use of Daft Punk’s “Around the World” is really hot.
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TALIB KWELI RELEASES SIXTH ALBUM, EARDRUM
ON WARNER BROS. RECORDS/BLACKSMITH MUSIC
IN STORES AUGUST 21st
New Album Features Guest Appearances by Norah Jones, Justin Timberlake, KRS-ONE, and UGK Production By Kanye West, will.i.am, Madlib, and Hi-Tek
Talib kicks the summer into high gear with The Rock the Bells Festival and Summer Tour
New York, NY (July 11, 2007) – Talib Kweli, the Brooklyn wordsmith, returns with his eagerly awaited sixth album EARDRUM, in stores on August 21st, 2007 on Kweli’s own label, Blacksmith Music and Warner Bros. Records. With this career defining new album, Kweli mixes hard hitting beats with inventive rhymes that serve to not only entertain, but also to educate.
Hailed by USA Today as “Hip-Hops most inventive lyricist” the MC’s penchant for being a lyrical mastermind is reflected in his album title, aptly called EARDRUM. Talib explains, “The image of the ear and of the drum are powerful enough by themselves, but when you put them together, it’s an instrument that’s in your body that helps you hear. They’re also two very simple, yet powerful words.”
From start to finish EARDRUM delivers career-defining work from Kweli that showcases his advanced lyricism and knack for picking beats that resonate long after the song ends. EARDRUM shows Kweli’s versatility ranging from his new single, “Hot Thing” produced by will.i.am to the alluring strings of “Soon the New Day” featuring the sultry vocals of Grammy Award winning jazz artist, Norah Jones to the brassy horns of “Country Cousins” which feature the underground kings of the south, UGK. Other guests on the album include: Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, KRS-ONE, Blacksmith artist Jean Grae and Musiq Soulchild.
EARDRUM boasts innovative production work by such vanguard artists as Kanye West, who worked on Kweli’s 2002’s gold-certified Quality and 2004’s The Beautiful Struggle; Black-Eyed Peas founder will.i.am; and Black Star producer Hi-Tek, who also collaborated with Kweli on the gold-certified 2000 album Reflection Eternal. Additional production highlights include New York rapper Kwame and multi-instrumentalist/producer Madlib, whose previous collaboration delivered the free digital –only EP, Liberation (2007).
The talented wordsmith is preparing to hit the road for the Rock the Bells Festival and his own summer tour. As one of the most toured Hip-Hop artists (at least 250 dates a year) fans can expect to hear Kweli perform new tracks from EARDRUM including “Listen” and “More or Less” as well as classics from past albums.
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