![]() ![]() The late jazz musician Weldon Irvine played the keys on the album’s opening song, “Astronomy,” which interprets the word “black” in a positive way, and contains similes such as “Black, like my baby girl’s hair”. Both planned to release their solo albums around the same time, but they postponed their individual projects and decided instead to collaborate on a full-length LP. The album’s fruition came about from the chemistry between the two emcees. The album deals with modern-day issues, philosophical ideas, and life in Brooklyn, New York City, as the two artists know it. ![]() The title is a reference to the Black Star Line, a shipping line founded by Pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey. Black Star’s ( Mos Def & Talib Kweli) first and only album.
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