Who is more consistent than Talib Kweli?<\/p>\n
The answer is pretty much no one. Sadly, I am going to open up the review by saying I was disappointed by this album.<\/p>\n
Right About Now <\/i>is not a bad album; actually, it\u2019s quite good. The problem is that it\u2019s just good, nothing more, not an improvement on his last three masterpieces. <\/p>\n
I know the saying \u201cfamiliarity breeds contempt\u201d will play a part in this, but it\u2019s true. Talib is one of the most talented MCs out there, and I can only be disappointed that he has not taken his music to the next level. Talib is capable of making an Illamtic<\/i>-like album and, quite frankly, he hasn\u2019t put out a better album than the one he did with producer Hi-Tek in 2000. <\/p>\n
Talib receives some help on Right About Now<\/i> with appearances by Papoose, Mos Def, MF Doom, Jean Grae, Phil Da Agony and Planet Asia. The problem with these guest appearances is the lesser-known acts end up upstaging Talib on his own album. Actually, the best performance on this album isn\u2019t by Talib, but by Papoose on \u201cThe Beast,\u201d which starts off with an absolute mixtape sensation massacre. Talib also delivers probably his best verse on the album, but fails to compare with Papoose, although the latter brings out the best in the former.<\/p>\n
\u201cFly That Knot\u201d with MF Doom and \u201cSupreme Supreme\u201d with Mos Def should be incredible songs. They both have two of the best beats on the album and contain two very formidable MCs. Yet they fail to live up to their potential. Talib also sometimes rambles on this album when he takes his verses in no particular direction, which is pretty uncharacteristic of him, as evidence on \u201cWho Got It\u201d.<\/p>\n
The album starts off with the title track and Talib sets the record straight with a brief history lesson that starts off the record nicely and segues into \u201cDrugs, Basketball & Rap.\u201d The latter is another great song, but Talib is once again shown up, this time by underground MC Planet Asia.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cWhere Ya Gonna Run\u201d is another banger that again shows Talib being upstaged for a third time by the heiress to Lauryn Hill\u2019s crown, Jean Grae. This track contains almost exactly the same beat as 9th<\/sup>\u2019s \u201cHiding Place\u201d on The Minstrel Show<\/i>, which I found odd, but I guess Nas was right with \u201cNo Idea\u2019s Original.\u201d <\/p>\n Out of the 12 tracks, nine will cure your appetite for some good hip-hop, and maybe even eleven if you just listen to the dope production of \u201cFly That Not\u201d and \u201cSupreme Supreme.\u201d The problem is that Talib is capable of much more than just nourishing us; next time, I want to be stuffed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":28729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[7801],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-40222","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-talib-kweli","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40222"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=40222"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=40222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}