Hip-Hop Song Review: Say Something by Talib Kweli [5/5]
28 Oct 2007 12:19 PM / Filed in: Music
[Hip-Hop] Say Something by Talib Kweli (Explicit Lyrics)
From the album Eardrum.
If you have been following my Music posts for sometime, you know that I have eclectic musical tastes. And I listen quite often to Hip-Hop Music. Thanks (again!) to my brother Aziz, I became a fan of this genre back in the late 80s when Aziz come home (he was already in the U.S. at that time) for a visit and brought with him a truckload of CDs (a rarity then in Morocco) and tapes. Run DMC, KRS-One, and Eazy E were among my favorite. I enjoy a handful of Gangsta style records such as 50 cent's Guess Who's Back?, Snoop Doggy Dogg's Doggystyle, and Public Enemy albums (which I don't really define as Gangsta). But there's nothing better IMHO than old-school Hip-Hop. And Say Something is one of the best old-school Hip-Hop songs I've listened to lately. Talib Kweli has a very nice voice and a awesome flow. And the rhythm is simply incredible. It pushes the adrenaline quite high and make you want to start dancing without ever feeling it. This is exactly what happened to me the first time I listened to it. It was about 6 days ago. I was getting dinner with my elder daughter and all of a sudden, I jumped out of my chair and started dancing. It brought back memories long forgotten of the time I used to practice Break-dancing with some neighbours down the street in Casablanca. Cheerful, my daughter also got out of her chair and starting mimicking my rather bad dance moves ;-)
Anyways, if you like old-school Hip-Hop and solid artistic skills, Talib Kweli iz da man!
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From the album Eardrum.
If you have been following my Music posts for sometime, you know that I have eclectic musical tastes. And I listen quite often to Hip-Hop Music. Thanks (again!) to my brother Aziz, I became a fan of this genre back in the late 80s when Aziz come home (he was already in the U.S. at that time) for a visit and brought with him a truckload of CDs (a rarity then in Morocco) and tapes. Run DMC, KRS-One, and Eazy E were among my favorite. I enjoy a handful of Gangsta style records such as 50 cent's Guess Who's Back?, Snoop Doggy Dogg's Doggystyle, and Public Enemy albums (which I don't really define as Gangsta). But there's nothing better IMHO than old-school Hip-Hop. And Say Something is one of the best old-school Hip-Hop songs I've listened to lately. Talib Kweli has a very nice voice and a awesome flow. And the rhythm is simply incredible. It pushes the adrenaline quite high and make you want to start dancing without ever feeling it. This is exactly what happened to me the first time I listened to it. It was about 6 days ago. I was getting dinner with my elder daughter and all of a sudden, I jumped out of my chair and started dancing. It brought back memories long forgotten of the time I used to practice Break-dancing with some neighbours down the street in Casablanca. Cheerful, my daughter also got out of her chair and starting mimicking my rather bad dance moves ;-)
Anyways, if you like old-school Hip-Hop and solid artistic skills, Talib Kweli iz da man!
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- Rating: 5/5
- Label: Blacksmith Records
- Release year: 2007
- Related Artists: Common, MF Doom, Hi-Tek
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- Music sample @youtube
- Talib Kweli's Official Website
- Say Something Lyrics