- Eardrum (album)
Infobox Album |
Name = Eardrum
Type =Album
Artist =Talib Kweli
Released =August 21 ,2007
Recorded =2006 -2007
Genre =Alternative hip hop
Length =
Label = Blacksmith MusicWarner Bros. Records
Producer =Hi-Tek Kanye West
Battlecat
Terrace MartinKwamé DJ Khalil Madlib will.i.am
Pete Rock Just Blaze
A Kid Called Roots
Sha-La ShakierNick Speed
Swiff D
Reviews =
*AbsolutePunk.net (74/100) [http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=261027 link]
*About.com Rating|4.5|5 [http://rap.about.com/od/reviews/fr/KweliEarDrum.htm link]
*AllHipHop.com rating-10|8.5 [http://allhiphop.com/blogs/reviews/archive/2007/08/17/18434209.aspx link]
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://wc05.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gvfixqydldde link]
*HipHopDX.com Rating|4|5 [http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/reviews/id.836/title.talib-kweli-ear-drum link]
*Pitchfork Media (7.4/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/45163-eardrum link]
*PopMatters rating-10|8 [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/47420/talib-kweli-ear-drum/ link]
*Rapcommunity.de Rating|4|5 [http://www.rapcommunity.de/hiphop-cd-reviews/review-273.html link]
*RapReviews.com rating-10|9.5 [http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2007_08F_eardrum.html link]
*"Rolling Stone " Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/talibkweli/albums/album/15828488/review/15854717/eardrum link]
*"XXL" (XL) [http://www.xxlmag.com/online/?p=11622 link]
*ThisIsRealMusic.com Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.thisisrealmusic.com/albumreviews/20907/talibkweli/eardrum.php link]
Last album = "Liberation" (2006)
This album = "Eardrum"
(2007)
Next album =
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type =Studio album
"Eardrum" is the third solo album from American hip hop artist
Talib Kweli . The album was his Warner Bros. Records debut with his first album on his own label, Blacksmith Records. It was released onAugust 21 ,2007 on theBlacksmith Records label with distribution handled byWarner Bros. Records and received mostly favorable reviews. [ [http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/kwelitalib/eardrum Talib Kweli: Ear Drum (2007): Reviews ] ]Talib posted a page on his website where he describes his whole album track by track, allowing fans to listen to every song. [ [http://www.talibkweli.com/wordwidget Talib Kweli ] ]
"Eardrum" debuted at number 2 on the U.S.
Billboard 200 , selling about 60,000 copies in its first week, making it Kweli's highest debuting album to date. On its second week it fell to #20 with sales of 25,000 copies, selling a total of 85,500 units. [Katie Hasty, [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003632746 "'High School Musical 2' Hangs On Atop Billboard 200"] , Billboard.com, August 29, 2007.]Bonus tracks on the International release of the album included "Take it Back" feat. Marsha of Floetry, produced by Karriem Riggins; and "Getting my Grown Man On" feat. Little Brother, produced by Midi Mafia (also appeared on Little Brother's "and Justice for All" mixtape.
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