Talib Kweli - Mos Def Speaks Lyrics | gotlyric.com

Featuring: Yasiin Bey

Songwriter: Yasiin Bey

Producer: Yasiin Bey

[Interlude: Mos Def]
We are not the capitalist industry here. Me and Kweli are working class dudes in a blue collar industry. We are the blue collar workers of it, bruh. We ain’t wealthy. We got bills and problems just like anybody in this audience. Just because you see us on television and in magazines don’t mean that we, uh, representing the blue economy

Talib Kweli

If skills sold, Talib Kweli would have been one of the most commercially successful rappers of his time. As it was, however, the earnest MC became one of the most critically successful rappers of his time, which dawned in the late ‘90s when he rapped alongside Yasiin Bey (then known as Mos Def) and DJ Hi-Tek as part of the group Black Star.

Talib is known for his numerous collaborations with other artists like Kanye West, Common, Madlib, Bilal, The Roots, Dead Prez, Q-Tip, John Legend, the list is endless. He has also embraced a whole new generation like Blu, Kendrick Lamar, Curren$y, and Ab-Soul.

Kweli has recently spearheaded a direct-to-fan means of distributing his music via his new site #KweliClub. Check it out to get his latest music including many free downloads.

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