Talib Kweli Songs List

The Wire: Included in Wire's "50 Records Of The Year [1998]"

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Intro
• 2.Astronomy (8th Light)
• 3.Definition
• 4.RE: DEFinition
• 5.Children's Story
• 6.Brown Skin Lady
• 7.B Boys Will B Boys
• 8.K. O. S. (Determination)
• 9.Hater Players
• 10.Yo Yeah
• 11.Respiration
• 12.Thieves in the Night
• 13.Twice Inna Lifetime

Spin: "Hi-Tek remains a generous collaborator whose jazz-inflected riffs and soulful vibes bring out the best in the mercurial MC."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.RPM's
• 2.City Playgrounds
• 3.Back Again - (featuring R.E.S.)
• 4.Strangers (Paranoid) - (featuring Bun B)
• 5.In This World
• 6.Got Work
• 7.Midnight Hour - (featuring Estelle)
• 8.Lifting Off
• 9.In the Red
• 10.Black Gold Intro
• 11.Ballad of the Black Gold
• 12.Just Begun - (featuring Jay Electronica / Mos Def)
• 13.Long Hot Summer
• 14.Get Loose - (featuring Chester French)
• 15.So Good
• 16.Ends
• 17.My Life (Outro)

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Space
• 2.2000 Seasons
• 3.Bright As the Stars - Black Star
• 4.Wack Niggaz Feat. Common, Kanye West & Consequence
• 5.Boomerang - Featuring Niko Is, K'valentine & Cory Mo
• 6.Ocean Song Feat. Mela Machinko
• 7.7:30 Feat. Res
• 8.Fortfied Live Feat. Yasiin Bey (Fka Mos Def) & Mr. Man
• 9.Tryin to Breathe Feat. Killer Mike
• 10.Distractions

CMJ: "[H]is lyrical ability and dexterity still shine through....The project is clearly an attempt by Kweli to move into a more personal, idiosyncratic mode of storytelling..."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 8.Push Thru - (featuring Curren$y / Glenn Reynolds / Kendrick Lamar)
• 9.Hamster Wheel
• 10.Delicate Flowers
• 11.Rocketships - (featuring Busta Rhymes)
• 12.Before He Walked - (featuring Abby Dobson / Nelly)
• 13.Upper Echelon
• 14.Favela Love - (featuring Seu Jorge)
• 15.Only Gets Better - (featuring Marsha Ambrosius)
• 1.Intro
• 2.Human Mic
• 3.Turnt Up
• 4.Come Here - (featuring Miguel)
• 5.High Life - (featuring Bajah / Rubix)
• 6.Ready Set Go - (featuring Melanie Fiona)
• 7.Hold It Now

Spin: "Brooklyn rapper Talib Kweli has a talent for summing up ambitious concepts in powerfully concise phrases..."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.After the Rain
• 2.Gutter Rainbows
• 3.So Low
• 4.Palookas - (featuring Sean Price)
• 5.Mr. International - (featuring Nigel Hall)
• 6.I'm on One
• 7.Wait for You
• 8.Ain't Waiting - (featuring Outasight)
• 9.Cold Rain
• 10.Friends & Family
• 11.Tater Tot
• 12.How You Love Me - (featuring Blaqtoven)
• 13.Uh Oh
• 14.Self Savior - (featuring Chace Infinite)

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Inner Monologue
• 2.Demonology - (featuring Gary Clark, Jr./Big K.R.I.T.)
• 3.State of Grace - (featuring Abby Dobson)
• 4.Violations - (featuring Raekwon)
• 5.Rare Portraits
• 6.New Leaders - (featuring The Underachievers)
• 7.The Wormhole
• 8.What's Real - (featuring RES)
• 9.Art Imitates Life - (featuring Al Be Back / Rah Digga / Black Thought)
• 10.Lover's Peak
• 11.Colors of You - (featuring Mike Posner)

Talib Kweli also appears in this compilation

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.A Dream
• 2.Listen!!!
• 3.It's R Time (Lenky Remix)
• 4.When The Ship Goes Down
• 5.Hip Hop Hooray
• 6.Keep Ya Head Up
• 7.Code Of The Streets
• 8.Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
• 9.Officer
• 10.This Is How We Do It
• 11.Colors
• 12.Bus Ride
• 13.Riots
• 14.Eva's Theme
• 15.Anne Frank

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Gratitude (Prod. Thanks Joey)
• 2.Leslie Nope (Prod. Amadeus)
• 3.Nice Things (Prod. Amadeus)
• 4.Echoes (Feat. Miguel Patrick Stump) (Prod. Farhot)
• 5.Fuck The Money (Feat. Cassper Nyovest) (Prod. Farhot)
• 6.Fall Back (Feat. Styles P & Nire) (Prod. Amadeus)
• 7.He Said She Said (Prod. Farhot)
• 8.Butterfly (Feat. Steffanie Christi'an) (Prod. Kaytranada)
• 9.Baby Girl (Feat. Kendra Ross) (Prod. Abhi / / Dijon)
• 10.The Venetian (Feat. Niko Is & Ab - Soul) (Prod. the Alchemist)
• 11.Money Good (Prod. Amadeus)