Black Star And Madlib Share ’Mineral Mountain’ That includes Black Thought

Final week, Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey introduced that their seminal hip-hop supergroup, Black Star, could be returning with their first new album since 1998’s cult basic, Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star. Dubbed No Concern Of Time and due out on Could third, the brand new album sees Madlib stepping in because the producer and now, the lead single, “Mineral Mountain” that includes Black Thought, has simply premiered through Kweli and Bey’s Luminary Podcasts present that they co-host with Dave Chappelle, The Midnight Miracle.

If this looks like an uncommon option to premiere a single, it’s as a result of it’s according to the distinctive approach by which No Concern Of Time is being launched. The album shall be out solely on the Luminary community, which can also be the place Kweli hosts the Uproxx-produced Folks’s Get together With Talib Kweli.

As for the brand new monitor, you’ll should hop on Luminary to listen to it in full, however an Instagram person has uploaded a few previews. On the primary one, Bey unleashes a verbal assault over punishing drums and distorted strings from Madlib:

The second clip sees the trio becoming a member of forces over intergalactic results and those self same silky drums from Madlib:

Kweli has stated that the ethos behind making the music for No Concern Of Time isn’t any totally different than the primary time round when Black Star dropped a basic, however that for the brand new album, the recording places had been extra fluid. “This complete album, we’ve not set foot in a single recording studio,” Kweli stated in a press release. “It’s all been accomplished in resort rooms and backstage at Dave Chappelle reveals.”

No Concern Of Time comes out 05/03 through Luminary. Get particulars right here.