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Epicurus.com - Eardrum
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List Price: $13.98
Our Price: $12.99
Your Save: $ 0.99 ( 7% )
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Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0093624993285
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Warner Bros / Wea
Release Date: 2007-08-21
Studio: Warner Bros / Wea
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One of the best-known and most acclaimed rappers in hip-hop, Talib Kweli makes his Warner Bros. debut with his first album on his own label, Blacksmith. Eardrum, his fourth solo album, delivers music that matters, that both sparks the mind and makes the body move. Solidifying Kweli’s status among rap’s most talented and important voices, Eardrum deserves to be heard.
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Summary: A Great Solid Album From A Great MC
Comment: I have been a fan of talib kweli since the days of liberation and blackstar. He brings in a unique style to hip-hop that never fails to offer something fresh each album. Eardrum had great instrumentals to compliment his cleverness and flow that creates a good piece of work. If your one who likes to hear a lot of club type music or something to play at a party, this may not be what your looking for. This is a great wonderful masterpiece that displays what rap music is supposed to sound like. Lyrically clever with a good flow.
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Summary: Solid effort from Kweli even though he doesn't get the credit he deserves.
Comment: This was a great album. A lot of people slept on this album but this is by far his strongest effort since "Reflection Eternal". Kweli has been plagued with mediocre production on his previous albums although his is definitely one of the greatest lyricists of today. This album has it all. Very well rounded. Dope beats, dope lyrics. What more can you ask for?
La, La, Laaaa, La, La, La, La, La, La, Laaaaaaa.
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Summary: Best hip-hop album of '07
Comment: In my opinion, thi is the only album of 2007 that is better than The Cool. And that says a lot. "Eardrum" feels very slow, chill, and soulful in the beginning, picks up in the middle, and finishes very up-tempo and furious. Honestly, the soulful beginning is the best part, but that's not knocking the rest of the album by any means.
Kweli shows why he needs more recognition from the mainstream with epics like "Hostile Gospel Pt. 1 (Deliver Us)" and "Listen" and touches hearts of hip-hop heads with old-school influenced tracks like "Everything Man" and "NY Weather Report." Kweli touches on Poverty in "Eat To Live" and religious confusion in "Give Em Hell." Kweli speaks from his sensual side with "In The Mood" and "Hot Thing" and speaks to his children in "Oh My Stars." The only track that felt like it was not on par with the rest of the album was "Say Something."
Top Tracks:
1. Hostile Gospel Pt.1
2. Eat To Live
3. NY Weather Report
4. Everything Man
5. The Nature (ft. Justin Timberlake)
6. Give Em Hell
Honorable Mentions:
In The Mood
Hot Thing
Hostile Gospel Pt. 2
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Summary: Another Hit
Comment: I don't even have to say anything. I mean if you're a Talib Fan you gotta have this CD!!! Ridiculous like the rest! I LOVE UNDERGROUND... Keepin it Gully!
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Summary: The Tank is Empty
Comment: The reason Kweli's albums keep getting compared to Reflection Eternal and Black Star is because that material is by far his best. Those were amazing records. More recently, it's been like he's putting out entire CDs full of nothing but filler. A lot of third-rate material that would not have made the cut before.
But still, I keep buying his records on the strength of material he put out a long time ago. But no more. Once again, he puts out a disappointing CD. You could go into all the details, but when you get down to it, it's just not very good. Most of it is OK, none of it is great. It's music that if your heard on the radio, you might let it play, you might change the station. But you'd never say "I want to hear that again."
Ironically, on one track he even lists all the criticisms he gets from fans, about all the things he tends to do wrong (like, "Please Kweli, don't try to get your mack on") - so it's clear he's heard the criticism. I think he's just doesn't have it anymore. He had a few albums-worth of incredible material (plus "Get By"), and that was it. The tank is empty. So put on some Re-Definition or Four Women and don't bother with the new stuff.
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