Talib Kweli

Beautiful Struggle

A solid album from Talib Kweli with some good songs

Review Score:

(8/10)
"The Beautiful Struggle" is a solid hip hop album with lyrics that will make you think and overall good production.
The opening track "Going Hard" has a Rocky I'm the champ kind of vibe. "Going Hard" is followed up by the mellow "Back Up Offa Me." "Broken Glass" is another awesome song which was produced by The Neptunes. Track 4, "We Know" features R&B songstress Faith Evans. She isn't the only R&B diva to make an appearance on Talib's album, Mary J. Blije is featured on the radio single "I Try." This seems like one of the most radio friendly songs on the 12 track album and this track was produced by Kanye West.

New R&B singer, John Legend is featured on the soulful track "Around My Way." This is another song that has a potential radio single feel. Rock star chick Res is featured on the song "We Got The Beat." No, it's not a remake of that 1980's hit song by the Go Go's, but this is an awesome song. It's something different and proves once again that Talib isn't afraid to take risks musically."Ghetto Show," features Common and Anthony Hamilton. "Never Been In Love" is another potential radio hit.

The Beautiful Struggle is a hip-hop album that will satisfy the person that is looking for a quality hip-hop album. Talib did great on his sophomore album. The album also includes production by Just Blaze, Supa Dave West, Dirty Swift, and Hi Tek.

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