• Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star (often referred to as Black Star) is the debut studio album by American hip hop duo Black Star, composed of rappers...
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    collaboration with fellow Brooklyn rapper Mos Def in 1997, when they formed the group Black Star. Kweli's musical career continued with solo success...
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  • Records. Released after his successful collaboration Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star, Black on Both Sides emphasizes live instrumentation and socially...
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    Yasiin Bey (redirect from Mos Def)
    fellow Brooklyn-based rapper Talib Kweli formed the duo Black Star, whose debut album Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star (1998) contained the singles...
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    (more commonly known by his former stage name Mos Def) and Talib Kweli. The duo is named after The Black Star Line, a shipping company founded by Marcus...
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    2010: History (Mos Def featuring Talib Kweli) 2010: White Drapes (Snippet) (Mos Def) 2010: Stylo (Gorillaz featuring Mos Def & Bobby Womack) 2010: It Ain't...
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  • People Are Great at Parties 2011: Beat The World {excludes appearances as Black Star or Reflection Eternal} Black Star discography "Talib Kweli – Chart...
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  • of 2002. In 1998 Talib Kweli and Mos Def as duo Black Star released critically acclaimed album Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star. The duo planned to...
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    Mos Def and Talib Kweli for their work as a duo. Their 1998 album Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star, was a reference to Garvey and the Black Star Line...
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  • album by David Bowie Black Stars (album), a 2001 album by Jason Moran Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star, a 1998 album by Black Star Blackstar, a 2003...
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  • Words, and Mos Def, from The Love Movement "K.O.S. (Determination)" by Black Star featuring Vinia Mojica, from Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star "Body Rock"...
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  • Mos Def and Talib Kweli. Because of his work with Black Star, a hip hop group composed of Mos Def and Talib Kweli, and their debut studio album, Mos Def...
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  • No Fear of Time (category Black Star (group) albums)
    1998's Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are Black Star. In 1998, rappers Yasiin Bey (then known as Mos Def) and Talib Kweli formed the duo Black Star, releasing...
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  • Train of Thought (Reflection Eternal album) (category Talib Kweli albums)
    underground scene during the late 1990s. Kweli had previously worked with rapper Mos Def as the duo Black Star, and Hi-Tek had served as producer on the...
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  • Respiration (song) (category Songs written by Talib Kweli)
    "Respiration" is a song by American rappers Mos Def and Talib Kweli, collectively known as Black Star. It was released as the second single from the duo’s...
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  • The Ecstatic (category Mos Def albums)
    Georgia Anne Muldrow and rappers Slick Rick and Talib KweliMos Def's partner in the rap duo Black Star. Muldrow sang and played piano on "Roses", which...
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  • On this day, Jay-Z's Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life, Black Star's Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star, Outkast's Aquemini, A Tribe Called Quest's The Love...
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    Talib Kweli of the rap duo Black Star references the speech in the song "RE:DEFinition" from their critically acclaimed album Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are...
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  • with the releases such as Company Flow's Funcrusher Plus, Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star, and the first Soundbombing compilation album. Following...
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    duo Black Star mentions the sinking of Ahab's ship by Moby Dick on the song "Re:Definition" from their 1998 album Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star. English...
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  • featuring guest appearances from Royce Da 5'9", Black Moon, Ras Kass, Diamond D, Cocoa Brovaz, Pete Rock, Talib Kweli, Freddie Foxxx, Jean Grae, and Naughty by...
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  • Light)" on Black Star's album Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star. In 1999, Irvine contributed on Mos Def's debut solo album Black On Both Sides. Irvine's...
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  • Lost Detroit" is sampled by: "Brown Skin Lady" by Black Star on Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star[citation needed] "The People" by Common on Finding...
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    Survivor (1998) Black Star – "K.O.S. (Determination)" from Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star (1998) Mos Def – "Climb" from Black on Both Sides (1999)...
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    on A Tribe Called Quest's The Love Movement and on Black Star's Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star. He was involved in the MTV comedy sketch series The...
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  • Definition (song) (category Songs written by Talib Kweli)
    Version) "Twice Inna Lifetime" (Instrumentally Yours) Kaufman, Jason. "Black Star Review at Allmusic". Retrieved June 14, 2007. List of Talib Kweli songs...
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    rapper-producers Q-Tip, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Common, Slum Village. Prior to its formation, Q-Tip, Common, Mos Def, and Talib Kweli were members of the Native...
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  • Simmons presents Def Poetry, better known as simply Def Poetry Jam or Def Poetry, is a spoken word poetry television series hosted by Mos Def and airing on...
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  • Fibonacci's Spiral.] Hip hop duo Black Star's song "Astronomy (8th Light)" from the 1998 album Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star, features the Fibonacci sequence...
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  • 1998, Kweli and his high school friend, fellow Rawkus Records artist Mos Def, formed the duo Black Star, and released their first album, Black Star, to...
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