Choose a sign-in method to continue.
Pitchfork 6.1/10 For Talib Kweli, songs like "Definition" and "Get By" still deserve all the adulation they inspire. However, on his new Prisoner of Conscious, the 37-year-old founding father of conscious-rap is now acknowledging his own antiquity.
The Skinny 2/5 Talib Kweli's new album features guest appearances from the likes of Kendrick Lamar and Busta Rhymes, with beats from a wealth of up and coming producers like Oh No, S1 and LV, and with a very special cut provided by RZA. Kweli himself avoids the sometimes evangelical delivery that characterised his early records. There are reflections on what it takes to be a man, on hip-hop culture, and on love, but they lack the philosophical depth and restless, crusading passion of his early work for the most part
Slant 4/5 Prisoner of Conscious is a volley of rhymes that run from word association to extended polemics.
