Saturday night’s Dilla Fest at Grand Performances in DTLA brought out a full house and a stacked lineup of performers featuring Illa J, DJ Rhettmatic of The World Famous Beatjunkies crew, Frank and Dank, and headliner; Talib Kweli with a live trio including Daru Jones! Celebrating the life of J Dilla, fans came out in […]

The Soul Rebels Sound System hail from New Orleans and the eight-piece group will be bringing their eclectic funked up mix of big brass band, jazz, hip-hop, rock and pop to The Fonda Theatre on Thursday, September 29th — so bring your best dancing shoes! Joining them is conscious flow-master Talib Kweli who will no […]

Friday night at The Belasco in downtown Los Angeles, I got to see Talib Kweli dust off his side-project with Hi-Tek called Reflection Eternal. In order to get to the point where Talib finally took the stage a little bit after 11:15 PM, I had to brave the smell of your mom and dad’s not-so-dank […]

English electronic sibling duo Disclosure are bumping fresh, fist-pumping bangers off their new album Caracal, which features collaborations with the likes of Lorde, Sam Smith and neo-soul duo Lion Babe, who will also be joining Disclosure for this very special show. Conscious hip-hop veteran Talib Kweli rounds out this must see bill. Be sure to catch all […]

Perfecting today’s next generation of soul sounds, talented multi-instrumentalist and producer, Adrian Younge delivered a robust Linear Labs performance at The Regent in downtown Los Angeles this past Friday. The evening was hosted by the legendary Fab 5 Freddy, and included some seriously A-list special guest performances by Kendrick Lamar, Adrian Younge’s Venice Dawn, Talib […]

The weather forecast in Gulf Shores for day two of Hangout Fest was not looking great as the day approached. Somehow, the skies held up and it turned out to be a beautiful day packed full of awesome music and good times. The headliners were upstaged by some of the talent on the undercard on […]

After releasing the critically acclaimed album, Prisoner of Conscious, during May 2013 which featured collaborations with Nelly, Miguel, Curren$y, Kendrick Lamar, and Busta Rhymes, the Brooklyn rapper, Talib Kweli released yet another album late last year titled, Gravitas. In support of these two albums, Kweli has a headlining show at the Echoplex this Sunday, June 22nd. […]

New York’s Talib Kweli is back in Los Angeles for a headlining concert at the Echoplex on Sunday, June 22nd. Kweli is touring in support of his sixth solo studio album, Gravitas. The self-released album features guest appearances from Gary Clark Jr., Abby Dobson, Big K.R.I.T., Raekwon, The Underachievers, Black Thought, Rah Digga and Mike Posner among […]

New York’s Talib Kweli was in town last week for his set at Rock The Bells! While en route to the renowned hip hop festival, Kweli made a stop in Los Angeles for a very special (and private) performance at Sonos Studio in conjunction with Pandora. Fans were treated to a live Q & A curated by Billboard, followed by […]

New York’s Talib Kweli is in town this week for his set at Rock The Bells! While en route to this weekend’s hip hop festival, Talib Kweli is making a stop in Los Angeles for a very special (and private) performance this Thursday, Sept. 5 at Sonos Studio. Talib is currently working on his new […]

The Lyricist Lounge 20 Year Reunion Party is going off as they present the ultimate hip-hop duo Black Star (Mos Def aka Yasiin Bey & Talib Kweli) to rock the Club Nokia stage on Saturday, September 22.  The two lyrical forces came together back in 1998 to make the quintessential BlackStar album, and now they’re re-united […]

“Black Star, Shining, Shining, we in the house, Shining, Shining, we in the house” … Talib Kweli and Mos Def are back in Los Angeles for another bangin’ show at Club Nokia. If you missed their very brief (and very delayed) show last year at Rock The Bells or any of their L.A. dates— the […]

Talib Kweli and Mos Def (soon to be Yaslin Bey starting 2012) are two of hip-hop’s finest and together they make up the highly acclaimed hip-hop duo Black Star. Get ready to groove to fat beats coupled with the freshest rhymes as these two rhyme-slayers provide a night of unforgettable entertainment. Supporting band is Orgone. […]

The other day I was thinking that The Black Keys were due for another BLAKROC album. Not to mention, Dan Auerbach is due for another solo album as well. Considering the Keys are the hardest working guys in the music biz with all their relentless tours, albums and numerous side projects, it came as no […]

One of New York’s finest emcees, Talib Kweli put on a stellar show at Club Nokia this past Sunday, April 3 with supporting acts, David Banner, 9th Wonder and Fashawn. The evening was gushing with phat beats and rhymes as Talib owned the stage with an extraordinary live band. His smooth lyricism was even more […]

One of New York’s finest emcees, Talib Kweli is making his way to Club Nokia this Sunday, April 3 for a fresh show with David Banner, 9th Wonder and Fashawn. The evening is gonna bump with fat beats and rhymes as Talib takes the stage for his live show. If you have yet to see […]