Subject: Talib Kweli

• Calling All VJs. Calling All VJs.

  September 14, 2007

• Aftermath: Nas and Talib Kweli at Warehouse Live

  August 27, 2008

• Turning the Screw: Dustin Prestige, Lupe Fiasco, Katy Perry/Travis McCoy, Dr. Dre, DJ AM, Lil' Kim, Damon Dash/Jay-Z, Talib Kweli and More

  Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies. Single of the Week: "Funny Valentine," Dustin Prestige Wire To Wire Lupe Fiasco, whom you'll remember recently announced his retirement, is rumored to be putting out rock music as British-accented Percival Fats, lead singer of Japanese Cartoon. (Listen here; it's actually pretty good.) The band denies such claims, s

  January 5, 2009

• Five Spot: You Know His Name

  Welcome back to Five Spot. Every Friday, we'll examine a recent bit of music news and list five reasons why it's either brilliant or dumb-assed. Send tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. How's this for a stretch: DMX, if you'll remember, was recently incarcerated for the 93rd time for, meh, it really doesn't even matter. He was supposed to serve only a few months before being released on probation, but Mr. X thought it prudent to throw a tray of food at a correctional officer and is now loo

  February 27, 2009

• Erykah Badu: New Amerykah, Part One (4th World War)

  March 13, 2008

• Lupe Fiasco

  Lupe Fiasco's The Cool

  January 10, 2008

• 2007 Music Year in Review

  December 13, 2007

• Chamillionaire, Ultimate Victory

  CD Review

  October 4, 2007

• Mail Call

  A Different Breed

  August 30, 2007

• Laptop Battles

  Blogging: Hip-hop's new element?

  August 16, 2007

• Talib Kweli

  Eardrum

  August 16, 2007

• Underground Kingz

  August 16, 2007

• Tag, He's It

  February 16, 2006

• SXSW Preview

  March 8, 2007

• Downloading Music

  Linking you to the best in legitimate, artist-approved exclusives

  March 8, 2007

• People's Lives

  Andrew McMahon is in remission and on the road

  September 7, 2006

• Weapons of Mass Construction

  The Coup takes political rap to the next level

  June 15, 2006

• DJ Chicken George

  Monday, May 29, at The Flat, 1701 Commonwealth, 713-521-FLAT

  May 25, 2006

• Spray-On Soul

  Getting Up is a flawed but fascinating ode to graffiti's early years

  March 30, 2006

• Meow Mix

  DJ delight Miss Kittin spins purrfect grooves

  October 13, 2005

• Rockin' Renewal

  The imminent launch of new venue Warehouse Live makes it official: Downtown is now Houston's live music hot spot

  October 13, 2005

• John Legend, with De La Soul and Rahzel

  Saturday, August 13, at HUSH, 15625 Katy Freeway, 713-330-HUSH.

  August 11, 2005

• The Roots, with Floetry

  Wednesday, June 8, at HUSH, 15625 Katy Freeway, 713-330-HUSH.

  June 2, 2005

• Straight Outta London

  Dizzee Rascal brings grime music -- the British answer to crunk -- to the Dirty South

  April 14, 2005

• Feelings, Nothing But Feelings

  The New York Times misses the point in its attack on "rockism"

  November 11, 2004

• The Perfect Rhyme

  The lyrics flow at the Starving Poets Poetic House Party 3

  September 30, 2004

• Playbill

  June 3, 2004

• Mouse Rap

  Okayplayer -- the Roots' home on the Net -- is more than just a Web site. For some hip-hop heads, it's a way of life.

  May 13, 2004

• Dead Prez

  RBG: Revolutionary But Gangsta (Sony/Columbia)

  May 6, 2004

• Jaylib

  Champion Sound (Stones Throw)

  November 27, 2003

• Fade to Black

  Jay-Z previews his latest opus, The Black Album

  November 27, 2003

• Distant Early Warning: The Cult, Billy Joe Shaver, English Beat, Fall Out Boy, Talib Kweli and More

  Asleep At The Wheel: Sat., Aug. 1. Sengelmann Hall (Schulenburg). Balaclavas, Cave, Twisted Wires: Thu., June 4. Mango's. Babasonicos: Thu., Aug. 20. House of Blues. Billy Joe Shaver: Tue., Aug. 4. Dosey Doe Coffee Company. "Sean Hannity Freedom Concert" with Billy Ray Cyrus, The Charlie Daniels Band, Lee Greenwood, Michael W. Smith: Sun., Aug. 9. Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. Fall Out Boy, Asher Roth, Chester French: Wed., Sept. 23. Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion (with Blink-182). Bun B &

  May 26, 2009

• Aftermath: Talib Kweli at Meridian

  Photos by Ben BrennanHip-hop is a peculiar thing. Not only is it a genre of music, it's an art form as well. Unlike any other genre, when an artist makes a command, the audience immediately complies. When they spit rhymes, verse after verse, they take their willing participants on a journey to places most will never experience. Hardship, struggle, love, and to a place where a bitch or a ho is either a cowardly male or the main girl that has caught some young man's eye. Talib Kweli is one of the

  June 24, 2009

• Talib Kweli

  June 18, 2009

• Zin Balance

  July 2, 2009

• Bayou Beat: Cougars for a Cause at House of Blues, Mandy Moore Hearts Jandek, Bun B Orders Up Some PB&J, etc.

  ​Want to help fight breast cancer and possibly get pawed by some of Houston's hottest older ladies? Boy, is this the right weekend for you. Sugar Ray, pimping its new album Music for Cougars, headlines House of Blues' "Cougars for a Cause" show Saturday night with Austin power-pop heroes Fastball, Green River Ordinance, Aimee Allen and Kate Voegele in tow. Don't look at us - Rocks Off didn't come up with that name, but we do like it a lot better than Mix 96.5's "Bosom Bash." A portion of the p

  August 19, 2009

• Turning the Screw: Chalie Boy, Royce da 5'9", Saigon, Soulja Boy, Jay-Z, Adam Yauch, 50 vs. Fabolous, Young Gunz, Method Man, Big Moe, etc.

  Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies. Single of the Week: "I Look Good" remix, featuring Bun B, Slim Thug and Juvenile Note: We initally hated Chalie Boy's "I Look Good" song until we realized that he's from rural Texas. We still don't like it very much, but we've actively stopped wishing for him to get polio. Wire To Wire Here's the album version of that Roy

  October 12, 2009