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List Price: $15.98 | | Label: Priority Records
Salesrank: 139272
Released: February 19, 1999 |
| Our Price: $43.25 |
| Used Price: $6.99 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Black Star Track Listing:
1. Intro
2. Astronomy (8th Light) - Black Star, Weldon Irvine, Talib Kweli, Mos Def
3. Definition
4. RE: DEFinition
5. Children's Story
6. Brown Skin Lady
7. B Boys Will B Boys
8. K. O. S. (Determination) - Black Star, Talib Kweli, Vinia Mojica, Mos Def
9. Hater Players
10. Yo Yeah
11. Respiration - Black Star, Common, Conunon, Talib Kweli, Mos Def
12. Thieves in the Night
13. Twice Inna Lifetime - Black Star, Jane Doe, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, ,
Editorial Review:
Japanese Release featuring a Bonus Track: "Waiting for You".
Description of Black Star:
They're not on every soundtrack, and they aren't featured guests on every crossover hit. That's OK. Mos Def & Talib Kweli are leaders of a different school; though they've got beats by the pound and the lyrical chops to pull off an (updated) cover of Slick Rick's classic "Children's Story," Black Star proffers a more philosophical take on hip-hop. Years from now this album, much like the Freestyle Fellowship's Innercity Griots, will still be revered. --Randy Silver
Black Star Reviews:
no 
2006-09-23 - if ur a fan of old school dont buy this, why? cus u wont like it.
A 1998 Best 
2006-03-07 - I have not heard a better rap album than this in the eyar 1998 or the years to come after. This album surely stands there with Biggie, Nas, and Wu-Tang. Some of my favorite songs may actually include the album. Surely, Talib stands out as the better rapper in comparison to Mos Def. Not to say Mos Def is bad, he is great, but Talib side-by-side is much better. The album is intelligent and moving. My favorite-favorites are:
Definition
Respiration
Thieves in the Night
Twice Inna Lifetime
Good....but you people are overrating this 
2006-02-26 - This is a good album by 2 of the best mc's of our time, but to say its the greatest album ever made is definitly far feched, this maybe was one of the best of 1998.
MOS DEF's BLACK ON BOTH SIDES IS DEFINITLY BETTER!!!
one of the best hip hop albums ever
2006-02-24 - Mos Def is great, and this album also captures Kweli at his finest (he has declined recently but on here: fire). Really, every song bangs, the styles vary greatly and the execution is flawless throughout. Also, if you can find the version with liner notes, grab it because it's rare
Underground Rap > All
2004-12-13 - Classic. True Hip Hop. Best Hip Hop album of all the time. I liked every track. Talib Kweli is one of the best lyricists of all time and Mos Def has one of the tightest flows I've seen. "Thieves In The Night" is my favorite song of all time. "Respiration" (feat. Common) & "Twice Inna Lifetime" (feat. Jane Doe, Wordsworth & Punchline) are the best collaborations in Hip Hop history. "Hater Players" is pretty funny. Get this album, it has everything, it owns all of Hip Hop. Underground Rap owns all. Also try getting Talib Kweli's "The Beautiful Struggle" & Mos Def's "The New Danger", tight albums. And, look for Wordsworth's "Mirror Music"; he came on tight on "Twice Inna Lifetime".
