The wait is virtually over for a brand new album from Black Star. It has been 20 years since Yasiin Bey and Talib Kweli got here by way of with their debut album as Black Star. Followers demanded a sequel for years, although it appeared that it was unlikely to happen at one level. Nonetheless, there’s been chatter since 2018 that they’d lastly emerge with a second Black Star album, and right this moment, they’ve unveiled an official launch date.


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Bey and Kweli introduced No Worry Of Time earlier right this moment, together with a Could third launch date for the mission. Neither celebration have unveiled particulars about what we may count on from the mission or who would possibly seem on the tracklist however we do know that it will be produced completely by Madlib. No Worry Of Time will drop by way of the Luminary podcast community, which Bey and Kweli have labored carefully with on the Midnight Miracle podcast alongside Dave Chappelle.

“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 will be. As soon as I spotted this dialog is beginning to organically turn into a inventive dialog, I began ensuring to have the engineer round always. There was someday we had 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 tune,” Kweli mentioned in an announcement. “That is similar to how we did the primary album. However the first album, there have been no cell studios. This whole album, now we have not set foot in a single recording studio. It’s all been accomplished in resort rooms and backstage at Dave Chappelle exhibits.”