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On Sale: Roots & Talib Kweli @ Webster Hall PLUS Talib is playing the Apple Store

TALIB KWELI @ PRATT INSTITUTE | 04/07/06
Talib Kweli @ Pratt

Remember two months ago when I posted Roots tour dates that included an August 14th show at NYC’s Webster Hall? Well those tickets are on sale (just not from Bowery Presents) (thx Ben). Talib Kweli is playing the show too. One week from today (July 18, 2006), Talib is playing with Jean Grae for free in the SOHO Apple Store.

The above photo of Talib playing at Pratt was taken by Daniel Parker who also wrote a review of the same show. Read it below….

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Mix the LES of Manhattan with the G train in Brooklyn and you get: the Pratt Art Institute. It’s a pretty predictable crowd.

So when Talib Kweli dropped by his hometown Friday for a free 50-minute set in an auditorium the size of my cramped apartment, you would think (and
hope) the crowd would go nuts. Hip-hop rewards its fans for their energy.
But clearly the free price tag brought out a lot of tag-alongs that forgot this wasn’t Avenue A.

Kweli is one of the biggest names in hip-hop and has a list of collaborations with De La Soul, Kayne West, DJ Quik, DJ Scratch, Mos Def (of
course) and my most recent favorite, Danger Doom. I don’t care how true your religion jeans are; you can’t just sit still while Kweli turns through high energy after high-energy lyrical bullets.
Kweli ushered in a true-to-its-roots-revival for hip-hop during the late ‘90’s. Black Star, with Hi-Tek and Mos Def, formed an alliance that most thought was the alternative to P. Diddy’s catchy-rap and that entire gangsta motif fill.

Hopefully when he returns next week April 14th for a NYU show, they’ll know that Kweli has got lyrical dexterity worth respect. Go crazy

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Previously
Roots + Talib Kweli + Pharcyde | Summer 2006 Tour Dates
Def Jam’s The Roots playing Radio City | PRESALE