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Featured Photos: Talib Kweli at KMEL's Summer Jam, Mountain View CA, August 21, 2005

Talib Kweli's musical career made its first inroads through his collaborations with DJ Hi-Tek in 1997 and Mos Def in 1998. By 2004, he was booked to support the Beastie Boys on tour, and appearances on MTV's "Wild 'N Out" and Comedy Central's "Chappelle's Show" followed.

Madlib, Peanut Butter Wolf ring in 2K Sports holidays

Rapper Madlib and DJ Peanut Butter Wolf highlight the year's second edition of the traveling 2K Sports Bounce Tour, which returns with a holiday edition in November.

Album Review: Talib Kweli and Madlib, "Liberation" (Blacksmith)

TalibLib. This collaboration isn't as much concerned with coming off as a great, big album--'Liberation' contains only nine tracks--as it is with being a spark of recognition that pops when uncompromised talents link. On 'Liberation,' a Brooklyn wordsmith meets a Ventura, CA, production genius, and the overall results are funky. TalibLib. This collaboration isn't as much concerned with coming off as a great, big album--"Liberation" contains only nine tracks--as it is with being a spark of recognition that pops when uncompromised talents link. On "Liberation," a Brooklyn wordsmith meets a Ventura, CA, production genius, and the overall results are funky.