Talib Kweli

Sweet justice has finally begun to bestow its grace upon Talib Kweli, one of the most talented and most commercially overlooked MC's playing the game today. Producing consistently intelligent, well-constructed hip hop for over a decade, both as half of the legendary Black Star duo he formed with Mos Def as well as a producer, performer and entrepreneur, even Jay-Z was forced to pay homage to Kweli on his The Black Album: "If skills sold, truth be told/I'd probably be, lyrically, Talib Kweli." And if even the big Hova is tipping his hat to you, well, you deserve to be as popular as he is.
Sun., Oct. 5, 8 p.m., 2008