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Track Listing
1. Experience Dedication
2. Move Somethin'
3. Some Kind of Wonderful
4. Blast, The - (featuring Vinia Mojica)
5. This Means You - (featuring Mos Def)
6. Too Late - (featuring Res)
7. Memories Live
8. Africa Dream
9. Down For the Count - (featuring Rah Digga/Xzibit)
10. Name of the Game
11. Ghetto Afterlife - (featuring Kool G. Rap)
12. On My Way
13. Love Language - (French, featuring Les Nubians)
14. Love Speakeasy
15. Soul Rebels - (featuring De La Soul)
16. Eternalists
17. Big del From da Natti
18. Touch You - (featuring Piakhan/Supa Dave West)
19. Good Mourning
20. Expansion Outro
| Details | | Contributing artists: | De La Soul, Kool G. Rap, Les Nubians, Mos Def, Piakhan, Rah Digga, Res, Supa Dave West, Teodross Avery, Vinia Mojica, Weldon Irvine, Xzibit | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel: Talib Kweli, Hi-Tek (rap vocals); Dave Chapelle, Lennox Lewis, Gil Scott-Heron (spoken vocals): Jeff Davidson (guitar); Owen Brown (fiddle); Teodross Avery (saxophone); Derrick Gardner (trumpet); Weldon Irvine (keyboards); Bassi Kolo Percussion Group (percussion); Chris Crossfader (DJ); Donte, Nonye, Big Del, Kendra Ross, Tiye Phoenix, Monique Walker, Imani Uzuri, Tiyi Willingham, Neb Luv, Little Tone, Darcel Katushig (background vocals).
Producers: Hi Tek, Talib Kweli, Weldon Irvine, Dave Dar.
Engineers: Troy Hightower, Guy Snider, Dave Dar.
With a back-to-the-streets, grassroots approach, rapper Talib Kwali and producer Hi-Tek have constructed a simple, pure hip-hop album. Their formula is simple: hot banging beats with novel samples, combined with slick, stylish street corner rhymes.
Joined by a who's who of hip-hop like De La Soul ("Soul Rebels"), Mos Def ("This Means You"), and Kool G Rap ("Ghetto Afterlife"), REFLECTION ETERNAL is packed with everything a hip-hop fan could want. A notable cut is "Down For the Count," which features Rah Digga, Xzibit and a cameo from boxing champion Lennox Lewis, here performing in something of a different style to his showbiz colleague Oscar De La Hoya. If you're looking for pure hip-hop, REFLECTION ETERNAL is for you.
Industry Reviews
4 mics out of 5 - ...Talib defines himself as an artist in his own right....He has an invaluable gift: a rapid-fire flow that's extremely audible and easy to follow....Hi-tek provides the dramatic musical backdrop...
The Source (12/01/2000)
3 stars out of 5 - ...Wholesome, heartfelt rap....oscillating between the sublime neo-soul sounds popularized by Jay Dee and his Soulquarian brethren and faster, more dynamic neck snappers...
Vibe (12/01/2000)
3.5 stars out of 5 - ...This is the rare socially aware hip-hop record that can get fists pumping in a rowdy nightclub...
Rolling Stone (10/26/2000)
...Squeezing the history of R&B-with-a-conscience into 70 minutes....the dedication is undeniable... - Rating: B-
Entertainment Weekly (10/20/2000)
...An auspicious and ambitious hip-hop tour de force for the year 2000.
CMJ (10/16/2000)
3 out of 5 - ...He remains an intelligent MC with a great turn of phrase...
Muzik (11/01/2000)
3 out of 5 stars - ...He's forged an album that's up to its guest stars: cerebral but sparky...
Q (01/01/2001)
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