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Thanks for passing this along Vinny. I'm planning on being there. Any other boardies planning on going?

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I would be if I weren't camping that weekend.

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I would but that ticket price is a bit rich for my blood. I've already seen Talib Kweli plenty of times, never seen Nas. I'm guessing he'd actually put on a good show

[obvious] Is he going to be reading some of his posts?[/obvious]

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talib kweli hasn't done anything worth listening to since Black Star

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That's ridiculous. Quality is a great album and Eardrum and Liberation w/Madlib are solid efforts

Suckers, I usually like your posts - and I know music tastes are subjective, but that statement is WAY off.

Like Bagels said, "Quality" and "Eardrum" are great albums, and he's made some good mixtapes too. "The Beautiful Mixtape" was hot shit.

You should really check out some of those titles...I'm sure you'd change your mind.

By the way, I think your quote applies more to Mos Def. "Black on Both Sides" from 1999 was the last full-length Mos Def album I was really impressed with.

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Kid, you're probably right in that it could apply to Mos Def as well. You and Bagels both are probably right that I'm being a total stick in the mud here.

The Beautiful Struggle was the last TK output I paid any attention to, and to me it was just kind of a "ho hum" effort (in my most humble opinion). Both Eardrum and Liberation were kind of off the radar for me, except for hearing the former once in a friend's car and being a little surprised by the production (mighta been "Say Something," now that I'm digging).

I've always been more of a "singles" guy and TK's string of releases through the early 00's - at a time I was heavy into growing my ears - just didn't give me the same kind of boners that Black Star did. Maybe it was the right time / age / place / etc. for it, but I feel (personally/IMO/etc.) that the dude has fallen off real hard and while I'll definitely give "Quality" and anything specific you guys want to recommend me a chance, I just don't know...

Sorry for going on at length, I do love talking music, especially when I feel like my dumb peculiarities might have backed me into a corner. Thanks for not reaming me

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Yeah, I agree that "Beautiful Struggle" was a pretty lame album. If that's the last Kweli effort you've heard then I can completely understand why you'd say he's fallen off. That album wasn't true to his sound at all, and I believe Kweli even admitted that they did a lot of experimenting with that one. But I guarantee, he's definitely rebounded from that one.

Black Star was such a great album though, I think anybody would have a hard time following up with anything comparable. Definitely a top 20 all time Hip Hop album in my book.

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