Talib Kweli has announced information on his new project, Gravitas. The Brooklyn, New York rapper said on kweliclub.com that the album, his sixth, is scheduled for a December 15 release. He says that the collection will feature production from OhNo, Q-Tip, Lord Quest and Rich Kidd, among others.
Talib Kweli also says that people who purchase the album will be interacting directly with him.
“When you pre order my newest project, Gravitas, available Dec 15th, you will be buying it directly from me, no middleman, and I will now have a direct relationship with you,” Talib Kweli writes on kweliclub.com. “Who needs this industry when we have each other. The technology exists for me to have this relationship with the fans, and vice versa. It is a grand experiment. Let’s go for it!”
On the “About Us” page on kweliclub.com, Talib Kweli says why he started the site.
“Imagine me being able to look up every member of my fanbase on my iPhone and actually know who they are on a personal level,” the rapper writes. “This is the dream I’ve always had. To be able to actually recognize you at the meet & greet. To be able to actually know how you were feeling yesterday because I’m following you on Instagram and Twitter. That why I’ve started this club.
“Most people are only worried about sales figures and sales volume,” Talib Kweli continues. “I am worried about you – the people whose money make my dream possible. I want to be able to say thank you, not just to a huge group of anonymous fans, but to specific ones that actually care about my career and the art that I’m sharing with the world.
Talib Kweli released his fifth album, Prisoner Of Conscious, in May through EMI.
(October 4)
UPDATE: The tracklisting for Gravitas can be found below.
1. “Inner Monologue”
2. “Demonology” – f. Gary Clarke Jr.
3. “State of Grace” – f. Abby Dobson
4. “Violations” – f. Raekwon
5. “Rare Portraits”
6. “New Leaders” – f. UnderAchievers
7. “The Wormhole”
8. “What’s Real” – f. RES
9. “Art Imitates Life” – f. Black Thought, Rah Digga & ALBe. Back
10. “Lover’s Peak”
11. “Colors of You” f. Mike Posner
(December 4)
UPDATE #2: Talib Kweli has released Gravitas via Pandora.
(December 4)
UPDATE #3: Talib Kweli’s Gravitas is now available for stream.
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Wiz Khalifa?
where is the cover art faggot?
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I GUESS BECAUSE TALIB KWELI POSITIVE NOBODY DONT LIKE HIM.
WELL I LUV HIS MUSIC SO BROTHER KWELI DONT WORRY ABOUT WHAT THEY THINK:)
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man its about time he get some good production. he has some tip top lyrics but his albums always come out boring to me because of production. q-tip is one of my favs so hopefully he sparks it up on this one jack
I’m not too familiar with his discography but I bought Prisoner of Consciousness. I was please with the production.
Prisoner of Consciousness is a dope album. Highly slept on
Kweli keeps it consistent. And for long time fans, that’s good news.
Dilated Peoples and a Talib Kweli post in 24 hours?! damn. Putting the Hip Hop back up there with the DX.
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Dude is super boring if it ain’t Hi-Tek on production
Many of this lyrically talented mc’s lack vision
Co-sign!! Their usual excuse is that they want to grow, and not sound the same. As if the producers they worked with in the past can’t grow…Q-tip is way past his prime production wise. And the only reason anyone checks for oh no is because he’s madlib’s little brother. His beats never stand out IMO.
Ear Drum was a classic with only one Hi-Tek beat
Revolution Per Minute was not a classic with all Hi-Tek beats
LOOKS DOPE AS FUCK!!!
BUT I DON’T CHECK FOR TALIB ANYMORE…
U CAN YUR OWN OPINION BUT NOT YUR OWN FACT!
Brother Kweli got a good talent so ignore the negativity PEACE:)
Yawn, more boring conscious rap that no one listens to. Chingy’s music is interesting and livens things up. Chingy’s Chingology EP and his new album No Risk, No Reward will keep everyone moving. 2014 is Chingy’s year! #FullDekk
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Mike Posner?
guy fuckin’ sucks. i hate that gay shrill voice on a male singer. nate dogg and isaac hayes= dope. mike posner=fag
Tracklist looks good. I was very disappointed when his last album dropped and realized that Art imitates life wasn’t on it. That song is dope as hell, I’m now very satisfied to see that it’s gonna be released through this album. I hope it will be better than prisoner of conscious, which was ok but far from great.
But Hi-Tek is gonna be missed once again for sure, I don’t understand why they don’t team up anymore
They did a whole album in 2010, and it wasn’t that good and no one bought it, so…. why would they team up again?
I actually liked that record a lot.
just before I saw the receipt 4 $7503, I did not believe that my mom in-law had been trully making money in there spare time from there labtop.. there aunt started doing this 4 only twenty months and resently repaid the depts on there apartment and bought a great new Toyota. website here… http://www.Fb39.com
And you DO have the option to participate by watching the Twitter feed. It isnt ideal, and yeah, you get spoilers, but you still have the option.
tracklist is solid
wish was 16 tracks … 11 is short ish
hope they releasea deluxe version wit more trakcs or something, kinda looks short
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it ain’t shit without Hi-Tek
Reflection Eternal > Everything
But, it is still Talib. With or without Hi-Tek he is still (debatably) Top 10 emcee material.
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Beyonce article on a HipHop website? Can we get some Keisha Cole and Mary J too or are they not HipHop like Beyonce is?
Doesn’t help that her music is fucking awful.
May aswell put adele, atleast he shit pops, and wasn’t made for fat hoodrats.
that’s cool.
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can the writers of oxford dictionary please put talib kwelis picture by the word “irrelevant”. Please it is very appropriate this guy has to be the definition of irrelevant.
If you think Kweli is irrelevant to music, you know nothing about Hip Hop. You’re obviously a mainstream follower of hip hop.
Why Does Hip-Hop have to be the only genre where its fans disrepect their legends that contributed so much?
Irrelevent? Pretty ballsy coming from an internet commenter nobody will know or remember outside of this website. Dude, it makes more sense to to stick to what you know; the 2 or 3 bars you hang at, and the 1 or 2 rotating fat girls whom work at the gas station down the street from you that repeatedly give you gonorrhea