Blackstar, which are The Mighty Mos Def and Talib Kweli, two gifted newcomers from New York who have been together or solo strengthened on several compilations and mixtapes its reputation as a genuine "Lyricists". Quite often they are also the legendary "Native Tongue" movement (remember, Jungle Brothers, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Black Sheep, etc.) associated, rightly, because they themselves see themselves in this tradition. Besides its own producer, Shawn J. Period (Mos Def) and DJ Hi-Tek (Talib Kweli), other great work have done so, for example, Mr. Walt of the Beatminerz in "Astronomy", which in addition to jazz musicians Weldon Irvine featured. It's kind of intro to the entire "Black Star" universe. "Brown Skin Lady" a very soulful ball charge, as well as "Yo Yeah", where a child's voice with a "Black is ..." definition begins, and in a short "Spoken Word" piece goes, both were from J. Rawls (of the Lone Catalysts) produced. "B Boys Will B Boys" of Geology, is a throwback to the Breakdance / B-Boy scene and used a reminiscent of old-school days Beat. 88-Keys finally coming out of the Ummah environment is production engineering for the outstanding piece of "Thieves in the Night" responsible, in addition to a very haunting instrumental also a very critical text has in the Kweli and Mos rap about double standards ". ..because we live the truest lie ... ". Otherwise, there are also numerous musical guests, including the rapper Punch & Words, Jane Doe ("Twice Inna Lifetime"), Common on "respiration", in which the city assumes the dimension of an organism and Vinia Mojica on "KOS (Determination)" a song dedicated to all the political prisoners in the world, but especially the journalist Mumia Abu Jamal. All in all, a success both musically and lyrically a balanced album that a pearl is tantamount. (This is an Amazon.com at the university-student review.)
