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Prisoner Of Conscious

Talib Kweli

Prisoner Of Conscious

Solo release No.6 from the indie hip hop artist, featuring collaborations with Nelly amd Busta Thymes and production from Rza and Oh No

ADM rating[?]

5.8

Label
Javotti
UK Release date
06/05/2013
US Release date
07/05/2013
  1. 8.0 |   Slant Magazine

    Prisoner of Conscious is Kweli's jailbreak, a rarely remitting volley of rhymes that run from word association to extended polemics
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  2. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    It’s a bigger push musically and collaboratively with less emphasis on the politics that have dominated his past
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  3. 7.0 |   All Music

    Well above worthwhile, as scattershot and frustrating as it is
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  4. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    What Kweli hears himself doing is often at odds with what he thinks other people hear him doing
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  5. 6.1 |   Pitchfork

    Kweli’s absolutely owned his lane when he’s been committed to it but now he's jumping around from style to style with no destination in sight
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  6. 5.0 |   Fact

    Prisoner of Conscious is simply missing the songs it needs, not only to reach a wider audience, but to truly engage its core one
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  7. 4.0 |   The Skinny

    One for the hardcore fans, who will get exactly what they pay for – business as usual, but unfortunately not a patch on the classics
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  8. 4.0 |   Mojo

    Dogged by sub-standard productions and uneasy alliances. Print edition only


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