| 词条 | Black Star (rap duo) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Black Star | image = Black Star - Ilosaarirock 2012.jpg | caption = Black Star at the 2012 Ilosaarirock festival. | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States | genre = Alternative hip hop[1] | years_active = 1997–Present | label = Rawkus Records | associated_acts = Common, Hi-Tek | website = | current_members = Mos Def Talib Kweli}} Black Star is an American hip hop duo formed in 1997, from Brooklyn, New York City, New York. The duo is composed of rappers Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) and Talib Kweli. They released a number of singles and one album, Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star on August 26, 1998. The record received critical acclaim, but only moderate commercial success. Since then the duo has worked together intermittently on soundtracks and other projects. HistoryBlack Star arose from the underground movement of the late 1990s, which was in large part due to Rawkus Records, an independent record label stationed in New York City. They, together with other members of the Native Tongues Posse, helped shape underground alternative rap, bringing it into the mainstream. Both Mos Def and Talib Kweli have gone on to greater commercial and critical success in their solo careers. Black Star's message on their original album carried a lot of weight, from both their lyrics about social consciousness and political issues as well the strong statement in the wake of the deaths of both Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur in the late 1990s, during which an adolescent hip-hop culture suffered in the vacuum of iconic leadership provided by Smalls and Shakur. Black Star attempted to reconcile these tensions in their songs "Definition" and "Re:Definition" which share the same lyrics on their self-titled album: “I said one, two, three / It’s kinda dangerous to be an emcee / They shot Tupac and Biggie / Too much violence in hip-hop, Y-O” In 2001, Black Star performed "Money Jungle" with Ron Carter and John Patton for the Red Hot Organization's compilation album Red Hot + Indigo, a tribute to Duke Ellington, which raised money for various charities devoted to increasing AIDS awareness and fighting the disease. In 2002, the song "Hater Players" was used in an episode of The Wire, season one episode 10, The Cost. In 2005, hip hop website TheSituation.co.uk reported Kweli said that a new Black Star album was "in the pipeline".[https://web.archive.org/web/20051204065910/http://www.thesituation.co.uk/us_interviews/05/talib_kweli/talib_kweli.html] On Talib Kweli's Myspace he posted up a video saying that "We're going to find Mos Def and put it on camera that there will be a second Black Star album." In 2006, Mos and Kweli appeared together in the movie Dave Chappelle's Block Party, alongside Erykah Badu, Common, Jill Scott, Dead Prez and The Fugees, among others. They contributed a new song, "Born & Raised", to the movie's soundtrack. The first new Black Star song was leaked via DJ J Rocc from Stones Throw Records. The song is produced by Madlib and is titled "Fix Up". On October 5, 2011 Black Star appeared on the Colbert Report and publicly performed the song for the first time. On November 25, Black Friday "Fix Up" was released on iTunes followed by another song titled "You Already Knew". In August 2017, they announced an international tour, though with no word on whether this would promote an upcoming album. In February 2018, Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) announced, on stage, a new Black Star studio album to be released in 2018. The album will be produced by Madlib. No specific release date was made available. DiscographyStudio albums
Singles
Other collaborations
References1. ^http://www.soundcrashmusic.com/black-star-mos-def-talib-kweli/ 2. ^{{cite web|title=Mos Def Album & Song Chart History: Billboard 200|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=mos def|chart=Billboard 200}}|work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=June 18, 2012}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Mos Def Album & Song Chart History: R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=mos def|chart=R&B/Hip-Hop Albums B}}|work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=June 18, 2012}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Mos Def Album & Song Chart History: Rap Albums|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=mos def|chart=Rap Albums}}|work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=June 18, 2012}} 5. ^1 {{cite web|title=Mos Def Singles at AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mos-def-p291154/charts-awards/billboard-singles|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=4 February 2011}} 6. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=Hip Hop For Respect EP Chart History|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/hip-hop-for-respect-r477466/charts-awards|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=4 February 2011}} 7. ^https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/fix-up-single/id483271718 External links{{Commons category|Black Star}}
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