TALIB KWELI - GUTTER RAINBOWS (2LP)

Talib Kweli Gutter Rainbows on 2LP

As a boy growing up in Brooklyn, Talib Kweli saw gutters that ran with dirt, oil and water, revealing a shimmering rainbow to his child’s eyes. Drawing its title from this memory, this album puts at the raw center what his music has been doing for years: finding and preserving the beautiful in the hideous; the rainbows in the gutter. Weaving the lyrical and the gritty, the autobiographical with an honest, no-holdsbarred hip-hop spirit; Kweli sticks fiercely to what feels true to him in creating the sound of this album.

Without being tied to any particular label’s conception of what his sound should be or when his work should hit his fans, Kweli is free to build his most personal album yet in both content and motivation. Kweli’s true solo career has only just begun, and although the future holds more collaboration, Gutter Rainbows marks a new stage in the long and ever-evolving career of Talib Kweli. This release, recorded on his time and with his talent as the driving force, proves Kweli is a complete and formidable musician, it presents the depth and breadth of his experience and ability.

Talib Kweli Gutter Rainbows Track Listing:

1.  After The Rain
2.  Gutter Rainbows
3.  So Low
4.  Palookas feat. Sean Price
5.  Mr. International feat. Nigel Hall
6.  I’m On One
7.  Wait For You feat. Kendra Ross
8.  Ain’t Waiting feat. Outasight
9.  Cold Rain
10. Friends & Family
11. Tater Tot
12. How You Love Me feat. Blaq Toven
13. Uh Oh feat. Jean Grae
14. Self Savior feat. Chace Infinite