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- Summary: The literary rapper's second LP features production by the usual suspects (Kanye West, The Neptunes, Just Blaze). Mary J Blige guests.
- Record Label: Rawkus
- Genre(s): Rap
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Top Track
Never Been in Love | |
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I know there's a first time for everything First time I let her in my bed she got wetter than the perfect storm That we weathering together and this... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 19
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Mixed: 6 out of 19
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Negative: 2 out of 19
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MojoIt is Kweli's diligently intelligent worldview, dextrous wordplay and often breathtaking flow that enrapture. [Jan 2005, p.96]
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SpinWhile [Quality] cautiously courted the mainstream, he's made mass appeal Job No. 1 of late. [Oct 2004, p.112]
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On The Beautiful Struggle, Kweli is savvy enough to play the rap industry's rigged game without sacrificing his soul or compromising his integrity.
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VibeWell-crafted... offers a continuation of Quality's attempt to expand rap's topical terrain. [Oct 2004, p.185]
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Q MagazineHe remains, ultimately, doom-laden. [Nov 2004, p.125]
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It misses a little more than it hits.
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Unfortunately, while Kweli’s message is spot-on, his delivery of that message is highly flawed.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 8 out of 12
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Mixed: 1 out of 12
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Negative: 3 out of 12
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FunkyFreshSep 30, 2004
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MaxGOct 7, 2004
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EmahunnCDec 12, 2004
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FaigenisticSep 28, 2004
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stoparaoanOct 21, 2004It ain't Quality but still still vintage Kweli. Beautiful Struggle has a lot of dope hits but it's hard to ignore the misses.
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VinceHOct 22, 2004
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AndyROct 12, 2004
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