These cats rule.

Taken from the official mixtape: Talib Kweli & Mr. E “WE RUN THIS VOL. 7″ (Mixed by Mr. E of RPS Fam) Produced by Lokken Load // Recorded at Rough Magic Studios, Brooklyn, NYC // Edited, Mixed, Mastered and Scratches by Mr. E at We Run This Studios, Nürnberg // Lyrics by Talib Kweli //C [cont.]

A collaboration between hip-hop luminary Talib Kweli and critically acclaimed Philly soul singer Res, Idle Warship is a genre-bending musical project born out of sheer experimentation and unbridled creative expression. Habits of the Heart stormed the music scene last year, receiving glowing praise from the likes of People Magazine, RollingStone.com, NylonMag.com, Filter, Bust, MTV Hive, [cont.]

Talib Kweli links up with the Young Money militia for this track.

Talib Kweli and Res talk to KTV about why they decided to start Idle Warship, working with songwriters, their new project Habits of The Heart, and how not to die.

After Black Star’s performance on Jimmy Fallon the other night, ?uestlove explains the story behind J. Dilla’s “Little Brother” beat.

21214134 by YardieGoals BSLBJFL by YardieGoals Looks like Mos Def Yasiin Bey and Talib Kweli are really running with the Black Star reunion. Surely we’ll see an album this year? Here, they join The Roots on Late Night w/ Jimmy Fallon, performing “You Already Knew” and “Little Brother”, produced by J. Dilla.

Directed by Bernard Gourley, from Idle Warship’s Habits Of The Heart, available now.

Dope – Talib was the first major emcee to shoot a video at Occupy Wall Street. From Talib’s upcoming Prisoner of Conscious LP. “Distractions” is produced by Oh No. The video was directed by Darryl Phillips, of ICU Media. Talib tells us: A little less a year ago, I got a beat from one of [cont.]

Talib Kweli presents his first song off of his forthcoming solo album, ‘Prisoner of Conscious,’ available 2012. Fans can expect a music video for the song, filmed at Occupy Wall Street, this coming Monday, December 19th. “Distractions” is produced by Oh No. Song Artwork by Jeff Staple & Sophia Chang. Fans can download the song [cont.]

One from F.A.B.’s I Found My Backpack 2: The Lost Notebook, available now on Itunes. Download  

Directed by Tom Antos.

Mos Def Yasiin Bey and Talib Kweli are working on a mix CD project called Black Star Aretha, paying tribute to Ms. Franklin. Oh No on the beat. Download  

Well, this is bound to confuse people. No, Blackstar did not get a new member, yes, they are reunited. Up on Itunes now. Download  

“Time Leak” features Talib Kweli on the verses and Sly Johnson’s soulful belting on the hooks. The music video pays homage to The Matrix, Alien, the work of David Cronenberg, and any other spacey cult classic you can name drop. The visuals show Union ‘controlling” a female body with their instrumentals, eventually bringing her to [cont.]

As debuted by Okay Player, The Next is Mojo The Cinematic (Dujeous) and Taylormade Sounds on guitars, releasing this song in support of the #OccupyWallStreet movement. Purchasing the single on Itunes will net 25% of the proceeds to the Alliance For Global Justice, in support of the movement. Download  

Here’s the part where I ask the inevitable “Black Star update” question. Me and Mos are focused on independence and quality of sound. We’re really into a Madlib/Dilla thing right now. Anything you hear from us is probably going to be that type of sound. And it’s about independence, so we are trying to find [cont.]

Cory Mo assembles some of rap’s finest for this posse cut from his upcoming Country Rap Tunez Vol. One mixtape w/ DJ Smallz. Download  

Talib, K.R.I.T. and company did this track for the American Cancer Society, which you can grab from Itunes. All proceeds go to the ACS. LISTEN: Talib Kweli – “Life Is Beautiful” (feat. Big K.R.I.T. + Outasight + Mela Machinko)