Talib Kweli has taken a break from trading barbs with Twitter trolls to drop his eighth solo album, Radio Silence.
The Black Star member’s latest project is an 11-track effort featuring an eclectic group of guests. Jay Electronica, Rick Ross, Anderson .Paak, Waka Flocka, Myka 9, Bilal and Robert Glasper Jr. are among the contributors bringing a wide range of styles to the LP.
View the stream, cover art and tracklist for Kweli’s Radio Silence below.
(The original version of this article was published on October 22, 2017 and can found below.)
Hip Hop stalwart Talib Kweli is readying the release of his forthcoming album, Radio Silence, which comes seven months after the Black Star MC’s The Seven EP with Styles P. In anticipation of the project, the Brooklyn native has shared the tracklist, revealing a bevy of guest stars.
Rick Ross, Jay Electronica, Anderson .Paak, Freestyle Fellowship’s Myka 9, singer Yummy Bingham, Waka Flocka, BJ The Chicago Kid, Datcha, Bilal and Rober Glasper all contribute to the 11-track album.
Previously released singles include “She’s My Hero,” a powerful Oh-No-produced track in honor of 14-year-old Bresha Meadows who shot and killed her father after years of alleged abuse. Kweli then dropped a video for “Heads Up Eyes Open” with Ross and Bingham earlier this month.
Most recently, he also shared the album cut “Let It Roll,” which can be heard below.
Radio Silence is scheduled to arrive on November 17. Pre-order the album here.
Check out the cover art and tracklist below.
- The Magic Hour
- Traveling Light f. Anderson .Paak
- All of Us f. Jay Electronica & Yummy Bingham
- She’s My Hero
- Chips f. Waka Flocka
- Knockturnal
- Radio Silence f. Amber Coffman & Myka 9
- The One I Love f. BJ the Chicago Kid
- Heads Up Eyes Open f. Rick Ross & Yummy Bingham
- Let It Roll
- Write at Home f. Datcha, Bilal & Robert Glasper
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Please don’t let the virtue signaling run wild on this album… I am a Kweli fan, but his recent outspoken disdain for the current presidency makes me worry that he will ruin his opportunity to make another great album like Eardrum or his prior releases. Please Kweli, make a real hiphop album. Nobody wants to hear millionaires whine about Trump anymore…
We need more music addressing the current state of affairs in the world. Too bad you young idiots don’t get the message
these guys are fkn morons. crying about HIS content as if there’s an abundance of people speaking about TRUTH. smh idiots shoot down the messenger of truth but not the One who lies to US.
You really are walking talking internet buzz word “cliche” . Last year everyone was either a cuck or a snow flake or a he did nuffink . Learn to think for yourself and engage your brain .
Well as a hiphop fan, i just want to enjoy the music, but sadly the artists that I have listened to for decades have decided to regurgitate the mainstream media’s anti-trump/anti-america rhetoric. If I want to hear liberals lecture me and virtue signal I will turn on MSNBC or CNN. Just like football fans just want to be entertained and watch a football game without having see these over privileged athletes insult America by protesting the national anthem. Stop ruining entertainment by virtue signaling, I’m not trying to hear rhymes written by Rachel Maddow.
“As a hiphop fan, i just want to enjoy the music” .Have you even listened to the album “Train of Thought” ? . You do realise that Talib’s music has always had a political slant to it. The first album had tracks such as “Down for the count ” “This means you ” and that was back in 1999 -2000 way before Trump and internet buzzwords .I bet you can’t even back up this statement (artists that I have listened to for decades have decided to regurgitate the mainstream media’s anti-trump/anti-america rhetoric ) . Who are these hip-hop artists ? If you’ve been listening to HipHop as you claim for decades you will be aware that the true essence of HipHop has always been anti establishment and anti system . I stand by my earlier point “you are sadly a walking talking internet cliche” . You’re like a lot of people who jump on the latest internet buzzwords after they become popular on 4chan/Reddit and then 6 months later get regurgitated by the general public(sheep) . O and for the record I have no faith or belief in any of the self serving politicans whether (republican or democrat) .
AGREED. ANYONE WHO USES THE TERM “VIRTUE SIGNALING” HAS BEEN BRAINWASHED. GOODNIGHT!!!
Sleep tight twinkle toes !!!
Talib just aint moving the needle anymore.
Here comes some privileged, PC self righteous bullshit. Strap your backpack on tight, and get a chai mocha soy latte.
Kweli man! Waka and Ross on tracks???? I don’t know how that’s gonna sound. The 7 was dope no doubt, but Talib done fell off like Lupe. You gats to evolve. Can’t make angry ‘against the system’ music forever
Especially after keeping so silent on the US’ actions when Obama was President.
Democrat in Office: Corporations are the Devil
Republicans in Office: Republicans are the Devil
This shit is why Michael Moore kept so quiet the last 8 years too.
neither of yall know wtf you talkin bout but you going to downplay the artist for speaking up? STFU
This guy is still alive after that whooping from Diabolic? Sad…
TALIB will go Triple Wood when the numbers come out next week . #Waitonit
He been trash frfr
He will still go on world tour and sell out shows.
If you think his main income is from albums you must be a dunce..
Going to be absolute trash. Talib is an anti-Semtic, anti-White deranged dude. Trash, may he rot. POS.
Talib Kweli and Waka Flocka on the same track together?
As I feared a good album against whats released this month but a weak album as per Kweli standards. Too much trying to be ill coming off condescending and contrite while at the same time adding Ross and Waka to try to appeal to the trap mumble crowd he keeps castigating.
Nope that’s nothing new he has always worked with rappers you wouldn’t expect him to. He worked with Gucci Mane on the track Poltergeist in 2010 .
Wacka Flocka & Rick Ross WTF ??? 🙁