Just popped this album in for the first time in a while and forgot how much I loved it. Kwe, thanks for puttin out the best hip hop album of all time, and Hi-tek, I've never heard beats so sweet to my ears.

10/20/2005 3:15:28 PM

is it better than quality?

10/20/2005 3:18:29 PM

100000x better than quality

10/20/2005 3:22:06 PM

HERE'S MORE THAN PILLOW TALK

IT'S A LANGUAGE

LEARN TO SPEAK IT

AND BECOME EMANCIPATED

10/20/2005 3:55:49 PM

i can't find my copy

10/20/2005 5:51:13 PM

Its definately Kweli's finest work. Even better than Blackstar.

10/20/2005 6:15:27 PM

Y'all kats of the game / toast to death and pain / like slaves on a ship talking 'bout who got the flyest chain -african dream


One: First respect yourself as an artist
If you don't respect yourself then your rhymes is garbage
Two: Make sure your crew is as tight as you
cause when them niggaz fallin off they gonna bring you down too
Three: Understand the meaning of MC
The power to Move the Crowd like Moses split the seas
Four: Know your shit and don't ever be blunted
If you don't know what your words mean then your rhymes mean nothin
Five: Kick facts in the raps, and curse with clarity
What's a curse when language is immersed in vulgarity
Six: We gonna fix industrial poli-tricks
Shit they made an artform out of ridin dicks
Seven: We soldiers for God needin new recruits
So if you rhymin for the loot then youse a prostitute
but Eight: Acknowledge that you need food on your plate
In order to say your grace make sure your business is straight
Nine: We buildin black minds with intelligence
and when you freestyle, keep the subject matter relevant
Ten: Every MC grab a pen
and write some concious lyrics to tell the children
I'll say it again, every MC find you a pen
And drop some concious shit for our children
The Manifesto!

[Edited on October 21, 2005 at 4:04 AM. Reason : yeah]

10/21/2005 3:50:24 AM