Black Star ( Mos Def Talib Kweli) Definition

From 1998 Album: Mos Def Talib Kweli Are Black info Get Black Star s Music: Black Star arose from the underground movement of the late 1990s, which was in large part due to Rawkus Records, an independent record label stationed in New York City. They released one self titled album. Though the record achieved little commercial success, they (and other members of the Native Tongues Posse) helped shape underground alternative rap and helped bring it further into the mainstream eye. Both have gone on to greater commercial and critical success in separate solo careers. Black Star s emergence into the hiphop scene came at a crucial point in music history. Following the deaths of both Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur, hiphop was consumed in a world of chaos. Black Star attempted to bring reconciliation in the wake