Talib Kweli discography

This is the discography of Talib Kweli, an American rapper.

Albums

Solo albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[1]
US
Indie

[2]
US
R&B

[3]
FRA
[4]
JPN
[5]
SWI
[6]
UK
[7]
Quality
  • Released: November 19, 2002
  • Label: Rawkus
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
216120
The Beautiful Struggle
  • Released: September 28, 2004
  • Label: Rawkus
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
14313075124
Eardrum 223482
Gutter Rainbows
  • Released: January 25, 2011
  • Label: Javotti Media, 3D
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
294728986
Prisoner of Conscious
  • Released: May 7, 2013
  • Label: Javotti Media
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
4897
Gravitas
  • Released: December 15, 2013
  • Label: Javotti Media
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
1142225
Fuck the Money
  • Released: August 14, 2015
  • Label: Javotti Media
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
Radio Silence
  • Released: November 17, 2017
  • Label: Javotti Media / 3D
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
26

Collaborative albums

List of collaborative albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[1]
US R&B
[3]
UK
[7]
Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
(with Mos Def as Black Star)
  • Released: September 29, 1998
  • Label: Rawkus
  • Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download
5313
Train of Thought
(with Hi-Tek as Reflection Eternal)
  • Released: October 17, 2000
  • Label: Rawkus
  • Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download
175137
Liberation
(with Madlib)
  • Released: March 20, 2007
  • Label: Blacksmith
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
Revolutions per Minute
(with Hi-Tek as Reflection Eternal)
  • Released: May 18, 2010
  • Label: Blacksmith, Warner Bros.
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
185
Habits of the Heart
(with Res as Idle Warship)
  • Released: November 1, 2011
  • Label: Blacksmith, Element 9
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
Indie 500
(with 9th Wonder)
  • Released: November 6, 2015
  • Label: Javotti Media, Jamla
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
The Seven
(with Styles P)
  • Released: April 14, 2017
  • Label: Javotti Media, 3D
  • Format: Digital download
195

Mixtapes

  • 2004: The Beautiful Mix CD
  • 2005: The Beautiful Mixtape Vol. 2: The Struggle Continues
  • 2005: Right About Now: The Official Sucka Free Mix CD - Charted #113 on the Billboard 200 and #24 on US R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.[1][3]
  • 2006: Brooklyn, Tennessee
  • 2006: Kweli: Confidential
  • 2006: Blacksmith: The Movement
  • 2007: Clinton Sparks & Talib Kweli: Get Familiar
  • 2007: Focus
  • 2008: The MCEO Mixtape
  • 2009: Party Robot (with Idle Warship)
  • 2009: The Re:Union (Mixed By Statik Selektah) (with Reflection Eternal)
  • 2010: Early Mourning Signs
  • 2011: We Run This Vol. 7 (with Mr. E)
  • 2012: Attack the Block
  • 2014: Javotti Media Presents: The Cathedral
  • 2015: Train of Thought: Lost Lyrics, Rare Releases & Beautiful B-Sides Vol.1
  • 2016: Awful People Are Great at Parties
  • 2020: Blackstar - Credited to Talib Kweli and Lupe Fiasco, compiles tracks from The Beautiful Mixtape Vol. 2: The Struggle Continues and Lupe Fiasco's Friend of the People: I Fight Evil

Singles

Solo singles

Year Song Title Chart Positions Album
U.S.
[9][10]
U.S. R&B
[9][11]
U.S. Rap
[9][12]
UK
[7]
2002 "Good to You" 95 Quality
"Waitin' for the DJ" (feat. Bilal) 77
2003 "Get By" 77 29 16
2004 "I Try" (feat. Mary J. Blige) 77 59 The Beautiful Struggle
"Around My Way" (feat. John Legend)
"Flash Gordon" 170 Right About Now: The Official Sucka Free Mix CD
"Peace of Mind" non-album single
2005 "Never Been in Love" The Beautiful Struggle
2006 "Fly That Knot" (feat. MF Doom) Right About Now: The Official Sucka Free Mix CD
"Listen!!!" Eardrum
2007 "Hush" (featuring Jean Grae)
"Hot Thing" (featuring will.i.am) 102
"Hostile Gospel (Part 1) (Deliver Us)"
2010 "Cold Rain" Gutter Rainbows
2012 "Push Thru"(featuring Currensy & Kendrick Lamar) Prisoner of Conscious
"Human Mic"
"Come Here"(featuring Miguel)
"High Life"(featuring Rubix & Bajah)
"Upper Echelon"
"Favela Love"(featuring Seu Jorge)
2013 "State of Grace" featuring Abby Dobson Gravitas
"Rare Portraits"
"The Wormhole"
"What's Real" (featuring Res)
"Violations" (featuring Raekwon)
2016 "Every Ghetto (Part.2)" (featuring Problem and Aloe Blacc) AWFUL PEOPLE ARE GREAT AT PARTIES

Collaborative singles

Year Song Title Collaboration Partner Group/Artist Name Chart Positions Collaborative Project
U.S.
[13]
U.S.
R&B

[13][14][15]
U.S.
Rap

[9][14][15]
CAN
[15]
1998 "Definition" Mos Def Black Star 60 31 3 Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star
1999 "Respiration" (feat. Common) 54 6
2000 "One Four Love Pt. 1'" Mos Def, Kool G Rap, Rah Digga, Sporty Thievz, Shabaam Sahdeeq, Common, Pharoahe Monch & Posdnuos 55 4 6 Hip Hop for Respect EP
"Move Somethin'" Hi-Tek Reflection Eternal 32 1 Train of Thought
2001 "The Blast" (feat. Vinia Mojica) 48 2
2009 "Back Again" (feat. Res) Revolutions per Minute
2010 "Just Begun" (feat. Jay Electronica, J. Cole and Mos Def)
"In This World"
"Strangers (Paranoid)" (feat. Bun B)
"Midnight Hour" (feat. Estelle)
2011 "Driving Me Insane" Res Idle Warship Habits of the Heart
"Beautifully Bad"
2016 "Crossfire Pt. II" Stephen KillaGraham Crossfire Pt. II (Feat. Talib Kweli & KillaGraham)
2019 "Legacy" Mike Posner Keep Going

Soundtracks

Promotional singles

List of singles, showing year released and album name
Title Year Album
"Stand Up (The Sean Bell Tribute Song)"[16]
(with Swizz Beatz, Maino, Cassidy, Styles P and Drag-On)
2008 Non-album single

Guest appearances

List of guest appearances
Title Year Other performer(s) Album
"Know That" 1999 Mos Def Black On Both Sides
"The Truth" Pharoahe Monch, Common Internal Affairs
"Y'all Stay Up" 2000 Youngblood Brass Band Unlearn
"Get Back Pt. II" 2001 Hi-Tek, DCQ Hi-Teknology
"Theme from Hi-Tek" Hi-Tek
"The Anti-Love Movement" Da Beatminerz, Total Brace 4 Impak
"Live On Stage" (Remix) Dilated Peoples N/A
"Bridge to 'Bama" (Hi-Tek Remix) 2002 Soulive Next
"Rhymes and Ammo/Thirsty!" The Roots Phrenology
"Raw Shit" 2003 Jaylib Champion Sound
"Get 'em High" 2004 Kanye West, Common The College Dropout
"Freedom" Estelle, John Legend The 18th Day
"Let It Breathe" 2005 Hush Bulletproof
"Like That" The Black Eyed Peas, Q-Tip, CeeLo Green, John Legend Monkey Business
"She" Brian McKnight Gemini
"Ridin'" David Banner, Dead Prez Certified
"If" 2006 Kenn Starr Starr Status
"Certified Samurai" 2007 RZA, Lil Free, Suga Bang Afro Samurai: The Album
"Feel the Bass" Sa-Ra Creative Partners The Hollywood Recordings
"Real Women" UGK, Raheem DeVaughn Underground Kingz
"Be Alright" Scribe Rhyme Book
"Express Yourself '08" Statik Selektah, Termanology, Consequence Spell My Name Right: The Album
"Time" Hi-Tek, Dion Hi-Teknology 3
"Put Ya Stamp On It" 2008 Akrobatik Absolute Value
"History" 2009 Mos Def The Ecstatic
"Lock Shit Down" Chali 2na Fish Outta Water
"Math" Chico DeBarge Addiction
"Oh Really" KRS-One, Buckshot Survival Skills
"Crossfire" Swollen Members Armed to the Teeth
"Get Started" 2010 Strong Arm Steady In Search of Stoney Jackson
"Alright" Stat Quo Statlanta
"Ironside" Quincy Jones Q Soul Bossa Nostra
"Go" Nelly, Ali 5.0 (Deluxe edition)
"Chain Heavy" Kanye West, Consequence GOOD Fridays
"Set It Off" 2011 The Away Team, Rapsody Scars & Stripes
"Stay the Course" DJ Shadow, Posdnuos The Less You Know, the Better
"Family First" Mac Miller I Love Life, Thank You
"You're Gone" Statik Selektah, Colin Munroe, Lil Fame Population Control
"Finally Free" 2012 DeStorm Power Be Careful
"Spike Lee Was My Hero" Skyzoo A Dream Deferred
"Fly Away" Peter Andre Angels & Demons
"Learn Truth" 2013 R.A. the Rugged Man Legends Never Die
"Home" Statik Selektah Extended Play
"Rise Up" Jon Connor Unconscious State
"Around the Block" Pretty Lights A Color Map of the Sun
"Flowers" Illa J, Frank Nitt, Niko Gray, Rhettmatic Sunset Blvd.
"G.U.R.U." Marco Polo, DJ Premier PA2: The Director's Cut
"Hickory" 2014 Kool A.D., Boots Riley Word O.K.
"D.R.E.A.M." Pharoahe Monch PTSD
"Where's the Love" Diamond D, Elzhi, Skyzoo The Diam Piece
"Dopamine" Chris Webby, Grafh, B-Real, Trae tha Truth Chemically Imbalanced
"Thunderman" 2015 Brady Watt, Niko Is Lifetronics
"The Second Line" David Lyttle Faces
"For the Love" GRiZ Say It Loud
"The Dreamer" 2016 Anderson .Paak, Timan Family Parker Malibu
"Greatness" Karma Fields New Age Dark Age
"Touch" Shura None
"The Killing Season" A Tribe Called Quest, Consequence, Kanye West We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
"Time Flies" 2019 Bun B, Statik Selektah, Big K.R.I.T. TrillStatik
"Business or Art" Gang Starr One of the Best Yet

See also

References

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