Yasiin Bey had announced early last year that there was in the works a new Black Star album with Madlib. During Madlib's show in Denver, Colorado, the rapper told the news to fans.
Since then, we've heard no new music or anything about the plan. But on Wednesday, on Ebro's Beats 1 show on Apple Music, Talib Kweli revealed some good news to fans. As DJ Premier was promoting the new Gang Starr album, One of The Best Yet, the rapper was calling the show. He appears as a guest on the' Business or Art ' list.
“So, Black Star Madlib is a thing?” Ebro asks while speaking to Talib. “Yes. That’s a confirmed thing; I listen to it all the time,” he jokingly responds. But further down the chat, Talib confirms the new Black Star album produced by Madlib is really done but they haven’t figured out how they want to put it out. “This project with Madlib is done,” he said. “We just trying to figure out when and how to release it.”
Black Star have only released one studio album so far in Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star way back in 1998 which till date remains one of the standout Hip-Hop LPs in history. Hopefully, the sophomore set is coming soon.
