First of all, it's awesome to see five minute singles with wall-to-wall rap. The fact Talib Kweli is centrally involved is just an unfortunate accident. The aesthetic here is necessary as fuck.
Talib Kweli is an awkward smart kid from the nicest part of Brooklyn who somehow never got comfortable being Talib Kweli. From Native Tongues weed carrier to revolutionary Afro-centric to lyrical hip-hop's last, dumb hope to Sad Old Man On Twitter: it's never been fun to watch.
It's also been hard to listen to. Talib's comfort zone is a mix of being insufferably righteous and quoting aphorisms nobody can sue him for. Just listen to the Wikiquote massacre of his opening verse: "an eye for an eye/ that's the best way to keep everybody blind/" - "faith is only evidence of things unseen" - "justice is what love looks like in public" - and he's generous enough to end with "I ain't just writing for it, I'm out here fightin' for it."
No lie! The man has called at least five rappers I know "White Supremacists" in the past year, and not one of those motherfuckers are even white. Kweli fights in the same sense that rich people suffer - entirely by talking about it.
In related news, his hairy hypeman is from Brazil and Sheek Louch hasn't lost a beat. Jadakiss is still writing movies in sixteen bar format. Alternating road footage and green room footage always works.
...and Styles P? Well, the most boring Lox member definitely belongs on tour with Talib Kweli while Sheek and Kiss get that feature money. Word to Cornel West, that is justice, right there. Speaking of strong endings, check this immortal poetry out:
we some real motherfuckers, don't you know that?
lyrically, you gone get this picture like a Kodak
Overall, Talib & Styles should go on tour with Joe Budden and Lord Jamar until 2019. As for Sheek Louch and this Jadakiss character: they've got some natural chemistry. They should do some albums together or something.
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