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This date is set roughly one year after the release of the Black Star album. During that time Mos Def and Talib Kweli were probably touring.

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Talib Kweli has often talked about embracing African culture within the USA and later made his children aware of their roots and traditions thus a African street festival seems like a good place for him.

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What is it fabulous;baby; fabrication?

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Seu Jorge is Brazilian musician who mainly makes samba and Brazilian pop.
Talbi Kweli explained how this collaboration:

I also worked with […]Seu Jorge when I went down to Brazil. There are going to be some interesting guests on this album

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A Breakdown of Talib Kweli’s Musical Education

In an interview with Martin Connor:

I think I played a recorder in junior high school. At one point for like a month I took guitar lessons from a kid in my high school. I didn’t really learn shit though. Then there was a movie a couple years ago that never got made but that I got a part for. I played a drummer. I took about 4 months of drum lessons to make it look it real.

Source: http://www.rapanalysis.com/2013/06/talib-kweli-interview.html

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Pass the Marijuana, cannabis, pot, reefer, cheeba, weed, herb, ganja, green, bud, K.B., hydro, T.H.C, etc…

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Blacksmith Records is the label Talib Kweli funded in 2005 together with Corey Smith.

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