Subject: Talib Kweli

• Last Night: Rock the Bells @ Red Rocks

  August 24, 2007

• Friday Rap-Up

  December 14, 2007

• Best 2007 - Miami: DJ I-Dee's Tracks to Relax

  December 26, 2007

• Q&A With Lupe Fiasco

  January 16, 2008

• Friday Rap-Up: Beatsource.com, Eminem, 50 Cent, Common

  February 22, 2008

• Friday Rap-Up: Basementalism, Hip-Hop 4 Obama, 50 Cent, Fat Joe, Juvenile

  March 7, 2008

• Friday Rap-Up: Side 3 Studios, Kanye West, Common, Rappers on Sean Bell verdict

  May 2, 2008

• Friday Rap-Up: D.O. The Fabulous Drifter, T.I., Common, Snoop Dogg

  June 6, 2008

• Friday Rap-Up: Ichiban, Ludacris, Wyclef Jean, Jay-Z

  August 1, 2008

• Mos Def

  Black on Both Sides
  (Rawkus)

  December 9, 1999

• Backwash

  November 9, 2000

• Backwash

  October 17, 2002

• Pete Rock

  August 5, 2004

• Over the weekend: 3 the Hardway at the Marquis Theater

  3 the HardwayFebruary 28, 2009The Marquis TheatreBetter than: The Talib Kweli show the night before at Club Vinyl where you could have had your jaw tapped.Diamond BoizIn celebration of the release of their debut album, Set in Stone, rapper A.V.I.U.S., producer Es-Nine, and DJ Cysko Rokwel, collectively known as 3 the Hardway, threw a release party at the Marquis Theater on Saturday night. Hosted by Rakaa Iriscience of L.A. hip-hop group, Dilated Peoples, the night began with a high energy set fr

  March 2, 2009

• Lupe Fiasco

  January 10, 2008

• Freeloader

  The best in legitimate, artist-approved downloads.

  February 14, 2008

• Pharoahe Monch

  Friday, December 12, Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom, 303-297-1772.

  December 11, 2008

• Call + Response

  October 9, 2008

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  August 14, 2003

• Talib Kweli

  Friday, February 1, Gothic Theatre, 303-830-8497.

  January 31, 2008

• Letters to the Editor

  From the week of 9/13/2007

  September 13, 2007

• Supernatural Speaks His Mind

  Words are a weapon for hip-hop's reigning freestyle king.

  August 16, 2007

• On the Download

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

  February 22, 2007

• Talib Kweli

  Friday, December 1, Ogden Theatre, 1-866-468-7621.

  November 30, 2006

• Recoup

  The Coup makes up for lost time on its latest disc.

  June 29, 2006

• Spray-On Soul

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

  March 30, 2006

• Pharoahe Monch

  Thursday, November 10, and Friday, November 11, Ogden Theatre, 303-830-2525.

  November 10, 2005

• Danger Doom

  The Mouse and the Mask (Epitaph)

  October 27, 2005

• Zap Mama

  Monday, September 26, Boulder Theater, Boulder, 303-786-7030.

  September 22, 2005

• Guru

  Version 7.0: The Street Scriptures (7 Grand Records)

  July 28, 2005

• Talib Kweli

  The Beautiful Struggle (Rawkus)

  November 11, 2004

• Soul School

  After fifteen years of the grind, De La Soul is still schooling folks.

  November 4, 2004

• Love the Player

  Okayplayer.com is more than just a website. For some, it's a way of life.

  May 20, 2004

• Dead Prez

  RBG: Revolutionary But Gangsta (Sony/Columbia)

  April 22, 2004

• Fade to Black

  Jay-Z hosts a listening party for his latest opus, The Black Album.

  November 20, 2003

• Mercy Mercy Me

  MURS is already a legend. Now if he can just get folks to stop thinking of him as the new guy.

  June 12, 2003

• That's a Wrap-Up

  Backbeat writers sound off on a few of their favorite musical things from 2002.

  December 26, 2002

• Hit Pick

  Elemental

  March 14, 2002

• Critic's Choice

  Erykah Badu

  March 15, 2001

• On the Records

  Backbeat contributors reflect on the releases that helped them survive the year 2000.

  December 28, 2000

• Eternal Life

  Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek reflect on the once and future world of hip-hop.

  November 9, 2000

• Word of the Pharoahe

  Pharoahe Monch thinks better hip-hop doesn't have to be a drag.

  July 6, 2000

• Year-End Close-Out

  We've got 1998's best albums in stock, but they're going fast.

  December 24, 1998

• The Major and the Minor

  A roundup of big-name recordings that live up (or down) to expectations.

  December 3, 1998

• Counting Crows, Rock the Bells and Black Keys shows announced

  Just when we thought the Red Rocks summer line-up couldn't get any hotter, three more shows were just added to the schedule, including Counting Crows and Augustana on Wednesday, July 29, Rock the Bells '09, featuring Nas, Damian Marley, Busta Rhymes and more, on Thursday, August 6, and the Mountainside Mardi Gras Festival on Saturday, August 8, with Dr. John, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk and other heavies from the Crescent City. Also announced this week is a Monday, August

  May 12, 2009

• Last Night: Rock the Bells at Red Rocks

  Aaron Thackeray​Rock the Bells 2009 Red Rocks Amphitheatre Thursday, August 6, 2009 Better than: ringtone rap, anything associated with Auto-Tune or listening to the self-proclaimed newly anointed "King of Pop," Kanye West, talk about himself endlessly. Since 2003, Rock the Bells has been the premier hip-hop festival to showcase rap music. In the past, the fest leaned heavily toward Wu affiliated acts and the much celebrated and maligned genre of backpacker rap. This year was no different wit

  August 7, 2009

• Over the Weekend: Mos Def and Talib Kweli at the Gothic Theatre

  Letitia Salazar​Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Jay Electronica, DCQ, Spoke-In-WordzGothic TheatreFriday, August 21, 2009Better Than: anything Lil Wayne or Drake could pull offMos Def hasn't headlined a nationwide tour since the Lyricist Lounge tour in 2000, where he recruited folks like Bernie Worrell (of Parliament-Funkadelic), Dr. Know (of Bad Brains) and Will Calhoun (of Living Colour) to form the band, Black Jack Johnson. After that tour he took a break to focus on his acting career. But now the Mi

  August 24, 2009

• Over the Weekend: Booze, beats and bachelorettes

  Letitia Salazar​ It was a busy weekend in Denver, with a fashion show on Thursday, Mos Def and Talib Kweli at the Bluebird on Friday, the Avett Brothers at the Ogden on Saturday, the Flaming Lips at Red Rocks on Sunday, and the grand opening of a new nightclub downtown. So if you're looking to kill your Monday, click away. Only four more days till the weekend.

  August 24, 2009

• The Westword.com blog shortcut, August 24 edition

  Photo by Doug BeamBat For Lashes' Natasha Khan.​Lash-ing out. Today in Backbeat Online: • Over the Weekend: Bat for Lashes at the Bluebird Theater. • Over the Weekend: The Avett Brothers at the Ogden Theatre. • Over the Weekend: The Flaming Lips at Red Rocks. • Over the Weekend: Mos Def and Talib Kweli at the Gothic Theatre. • Over the Weekend: Nobunny at Denver Creative Co-Op Studio. Today in Cafe Society: • On the job: The hazards of being a host. • Milking It: Mother's G

  August 24, 2009

• Q&A with Time

  ​Time, aka Chris Steele, has been involved in the Denver hip-hop scene for over a decade, and his current and future collaborators include Sole of the Anticon collective, Talib Kweli, Drake, Kool Keith and C-Rayz Walz. The snarkier hip-hop aficionados refer to the form Time writes and performs as "alternative hip-hop" -- probably because it's as musically daring and as experimental as its equivalent in the underground rock scene. Time's lyrics are remarkable for their literary quality, layers

  October 6, 2009