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<blockquote data-quote="UPROXX" data-source="post: 16312" data-attributes="member: 81"><img src="https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/black-star-mos-def-talib-kweli.jpeg?w=1024&amp;h=436&amp;crop=1" alt="black star mos def talib kweli" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Getty ImageIt was well over two decades ago that Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey (then known as Mos Def) declared, “<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/aquemini-black-star-20th-anniversary-run-it-back/" target="_blank">Black Star keep shinin’</a>.” However, in the intervening years, it seemed that Black Star had long since burned out. The two respected rappers would <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/talib-kweli-new-black-star-album-yasiin-bey/" target="_blank">offer glimmers of hope</a>, but for most, their reunion seemed like a lost cause. After <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/yasiin-bey-mos-def-black-star-talib-kweli-madlib-retirement/" target="_blank">announcing they were working on a new album in 2018</a>, it almost felt like they were stringing rap fans along — I mean, even <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/talib-kweli-black-star-reunion-surprise/" target="_blank">Kweli was shocked by Bey’s insistence</a> that he was coming out of retirement.But wonder of wonders, it looks like the thing actually exists — and even better, it has a release date. Today, Black Star announced that their comeback album, No Fear of Time, will drop on May 3 via the Luminary podcast network, which also hosts their show The Midnight Miracle with Dave Chappelle and the Uproxx-produced People’s Party With Talib Kweli. The album is entirely produced by the duo’s longtime collaborator Madlib, who dropped his album <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/freddie-gibbs-freestyle-madlib-uber/" target="_blank">Sound Ancestors</a> in 2021 after teaming up with Freddie Gibbs in 2019 for <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/freddie-gibbs-and-madlib-bandana-review/" target="_blank">Bandana</a>.In a press release, Kweli explained how the album came together:<img src="https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/black-star-no-fear-of-time-cover.jpeg" alt="black star no fear of time cover" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Black Star<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/black-star-announces-no-fear-of-time-album-release-date/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="UPROXX, post: 16312, member: 81"] [IMG alt="black star mos def talib kweli"]https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/black-star-mos-def-talib-kweli.jpeg?w=1024&h=436&crop=1[/IMG] [UWSL]Getty Image[/UWSL] It was well over two decades ago that Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey (then known as Mos Def) declared, “[URL='https://uproxx.com/music/aquemini-black-star-20th-anniversary-run-it-back/']Black Star keep shinin’[/URL].” However, in the intervening years, it seemed that Black Star had long since burned out. The two respected rappers would [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/talib-kweli-new-black-star-album-yasiin-bey/']offer glimmers of hope[/URL], but for most, their reunion seemed like a lost cause. After [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/yasiin-bey-mos-def-black-star-talib-kweli-madlib-retirement/']announcing they were working on a new album in 2018[/URL], it almost felt like they were stringing rap fans along — I mean, even [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/talib-kweli-black-star-reunion-surprise/']Kweli was shocked by Bey’s insistence[/URL] that he was coming out of retirement. But wonder of wonders, it looks like the thing actually exists — and even better, it has a release date. Today, Black Star announced that their comeback album, [I]No Fear of Time[/I], will drop on May 3 via the Luminary podcast network, which also hosts their show [I]The Midnight Miracle[/I] with Dave Chappelle and the Uproxx-produced [I]People’s Party With Talib Kweli[/I]. The album is entirely produced by the duo’s longtime collaborator Madlib, who dropped his album [I][URL='https://uproxx.com/music/freddie-gibbs-freestyle-madlib-uber/']Sound Ancestors[/URL][/I] in 2021 after teaming up with Freddie Gibbs in 2019 for [I][URL='https://uproxx.com/music/freddie-gibbs-and-madlib-bandana-review/']Bandana[/URL][/I]. In a press release, Kweli explained how the album came together: [IMG alt="black star no fear of time cover"]https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/black-star-no-fear-of-time-cover.jpeg[/IMG] [UWSL]Black Star[/UWSL] [url="https://uproxx.com/music/black-star-announces-no-fear-of-time-album-release-date/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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