Black Star Publicizes Launch Date Of Comeback Album, ’No Concern Of Time’

It was effectively over 20 years in the past that Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey (then often known as Mos Def) declared, “Black Star preserve shinin’.” Nevertheless, within the intervening years, it appeared that Black Star had lengthy since burned out. The 2 revered rappers would provide glimmers of hope, however for many, their reunion appeared like a misplaced trigger. After asserting they have been engaged on a brand new album in 2018, it virtually felt like they have been stringing rap followers alongside — I imply, even Kweli was shocked by Bey’s insistence that he was popping out of retirement.

However marvel of wonders, it appears just like the factor truly exists — and even higher, it has a launch date. Immediately, Black Star introduced that their comeback album, No Concern of Time, will drop on Might 3 through the Luminary podcast community, which additionally hosts their present The Midnight Miracle with Dave Chappelle and the Uproxx-produced Individuals’s Get together With Talib Kweli. The album is completely produced by the duo’s longtime collaborator Madlib, who dropped his album Sound Ancestors in 2021 after teaming up with Freddie Gibbs in 2019 for Bandana.

In a press launch, Kweli defined how the album got here collectively:

“About 3-4 years in the past I used to be visiting Yasiin in Europe and we began to speak about songs to do on an album, so I flew an engineer out simply to see what that may be. As soon as I spotted this dialog is beginning to organically turn into a artistic dialog, I began ensuring to have the engineer round always. There was sooner or later we have been simply in a resort listening to Madlib beats, and he’s like ‘Play that Madlib tape once more.’ I’m enjoying the beats and he begins doing rhymes to the beats. And that’s how we did the primary track.

That is similar to how we did the primary album. However the first album, there have been no cell studios. This complete album, we’ve not set foot in a single recording studio. It’s all been accomplished in resort rooms and backstage at Dave Chappelle reveals.”