Artist

Talib Kweli

10 cuts · 1 record · 1 album in the crate

Songs Talib Kweli wrote with others: “Love Language” (with Hi‐Tek and Célia Faussart), “Where It Started At (NY)” (with Hi‐Tek and Jadakiss) and “Around My Way” (with Sting). Songs Talib Kweli recorded that someone else wrote: “Around the Block” by Derek Vincent Smith, “A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays"” by Raymond Earl and Barry Gibb and “Flashing Lights” by Ye. Songs Talib Kweli wrote that others recorded: “The Blast” (Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek feat. Vinia Mojica, 2001), “Get By” (Jay‐Z, 2003) and “Get ’Em High” (Kanye West, 2005). On General Admission 4 Us: 10 cuts, 1 record and 1 album from the Rabbit Hole Records crate.

Album · Black Star (2021)

One of the most vital and influential hip-hop duos of the '90s, Talib Kweli and Mos Def made a timeless classic that blended social consciousness, jazz-inflected production, and lyrical mastery.

A Rabbit Hole Records pick · 14 tracks · hear the album on YouTube ↗ · Apple Music ↗ · MusicBrainz ↗

Cuts that start with Talib Kweli

Talib Kweli's The Nature carries the writing credit of an earlier song, Nyack. Which act first recorded Nyack?Lettuce

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Talib Kweli shares the writing credit on "Love Language" with Célia and Hélène Faussart. Who is the fourth name on that credit?Hi‐Tek

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Talib Kweli co-wrote "Where It Started At (NY)" with Jadakiss, Raekwon and Papoose. Whose record was it, with all of them billed as featured guests?Hi‐Tek

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Talib Kweli's "Get By" carries three writing credits: Talib himself, Ye, and one more name you might not expect on a rap single. Who?Nina Simone

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Talib Kweli's "Just Begun" samples an older song, "We’ve Only Just Begun." Which act had that song on record before Kweli ever touched it?Carpenters

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Talib Kweli's "Old School" samples a record called "Funky Fanfare." Who wrote it and had it on record before Kweli's track?Keith Mansfield

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Talib Kweli's "Can We Go Back" samples "Brazilian Rhyme (Ponta de Areia)," a song Earth, Wind & Fire had on record. Who wrote it?Milton Nascimento

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Talib Kweli's "Know That" samples "Anyone Who Had a Heart," a Burt Bacharach and Hal David song. Which singer had it on record decades earlier?Dionne Warwick

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Talib Kweli's "History" samples an earlier soul record called "Two Lovers History." Who sang the first recording of it?Mary Wells

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Talib Kweli recorded "Around My Way" first, but he doesn't hold the writing credit alone. Which unexpected name shares it with him?Sting

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Records by Talib Kweli

Talib Kweli · Get By

2002 · via Yasiin Bey

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