Eardrum

by Talib Kweli

Eardrum cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 21 August 2007
  • Label: Blacksmith Records
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:17:52
  • Community rating: 3.52/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Eardrum' is the third solo studio album by Brooklyn-born rapper Talib Kweli. The release boasts a massive roster of acclaimed guest producers and vocalists, including Kanye West, Madlib, and Norah Jones, while Kweli delivers his signature dense, socially conscious rhymes over lush boom-bap instrumentation. It achieved significant commercial success, becoming his highest-charting album on the Billboard 200.

Genres

Descriptors: Conscious, rhythmic, sampling, conscious, rap, soulful, classic

Tracklist

  1. Everything Man (3:16)
  2. NY Weather Report (4:35)
  3. Hostile Gospel, Pt. 1 - Deliver Us (5:22)
  4. Say Something (feat. Jean Grae) - New Mix (3:42)
  5. Country Cousins (feat. UGK & Raheem DeVaughn) (4:32)
  6. Holy Moly (2:08)
  7. Eat to Live (3:07)
  8. In the Mood (feat. Kanye West & Roy Ayers) (3:55)
  9. Soon the New Day (feat. Norah Jones) (4:04)
  10. Give 'Em Hell (feat. Coi Mattison & Lyfe Jennings) (4:27)
  11. More or Less (feat. Dion) (4:40)
  12. Stay Around (4:15)
  13. Hot Thing (feat. will.i.am) (3:48)
  14. Space Fruit - Interlude (1:31)
  15. The Perfect Beat (feat. KRS-ONE) (3:49)
  16. Oh My Stars (feat. Musiq Soulchild) (3:40)
  17. Listen!!! (3:28)
  18. Go with Us (feat. Strong Arm Steady) (3:59)
  19. Hostile Gospel, Pt. 2 (feat. Sizzla) - Deliver Me (4:21)
  20. The Nature (feat. Justin Timberlake) (5:01)

Credits

  • Dellwyn Gilkets - drums [additional]
  • The Fire Dept. - guitar, drums, keyboards
  • Res - vocals
  • Sonia Sanchez - voice [intro poem]
  • Cut Chemist - scratches
  • DJ Jazzy Jeff - scratches
  • Brooklyn Youth Chorus - vocals
  • MeLa Machinko - vocals

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