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Friday, November 25, 2011
MP3 More Black (Star) Friday Goodies From Black Star
Posted by Mike Ramos on Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 3:56 PM
I know they premiered this track during their Colbert Report performance last month, but today the reunited hiphop duo released the official Internet-single for "Fix Up," the first taste of their forthcoming follow-up to the now-classic Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star. Though it's been 13 years since the last album, both MCs still go in over this sample-laced, nearly drum-less Madlib production. The lack of percussive knock here doesn't exactly make it a superb, triumphant return to glory, but it's still great to hear them making music together again.
Black Star "Fix Up" by 3DDistro
Kweli and Bey also apparently have an Aretha Franklin tribute side project in the works, simply titled Black Star Aretha. Check out the Oh No-produced first single "You Already Knew" below as well.
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