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Scandalous
Hip-Hop · 1997 · 4 tracks · 14m

Scandalous

Talib Kweli

Gritty, unpolished 1997 hip-hop. A snapshot of a young lyricist sharpening his blade over dusty soul loops and aggressive, neck-snapping boom-bap drums.

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This is the raw, dusty blueprint for everything Kweli would become.

A high-stakes, intellectual urgency delivered from a smoke-filled basement.

Scandalous · vs · Talib Kweli
Sampler+0.8σ

The instrumentation foregrounds sampler a touch more than the catalogue usually does.

Tracklist · 4 Tracks · 14m
01
Scandalous
3:08
02
Number One
3:27
03
Kick up Dust
3:10
04
This Means You
4:16
Moments Worth Waiting For
The relentless, breathless flow on the title track where the rhymes overlap the snare hits.
The way the bassline on 'This Means You' anchors the track while the sample drifts in and out of focus.
The sudden, sharp percussion breaks in 'Kick up Dust' that demand immediate physical reaction.
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