Talib Kweli live in concert.
ON TOUR

Talib Kweli

58
critic concert reviews
rap

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

70
%
Based on 
58
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Critic Consensus

Based on 58 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Talib Kweli is rated as a decent live performer, with shows that lack distinction. Talib Kweli concert reviews describe live shows and performances as fan-pleasing, pleasing, extraordinary, and fierce.

ON TOUR

King's Theater, Brooklyn, United States (October 23); King's Theater, Brooklyn, United States (October 23); Annabel, Rotterdam, Netherlands (November 4); Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, Australia (January 1); Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, Australia (January 2)

Latest Release

The Confidence Of Knowing (13 September 2024)

Artist Info

Genre
rap
Origin
Brooklyn, United States (10/3/1975)
Bio
Talib Kweli Greene (born October 3, 1975 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American MC known as one of the most prominent rappers in underground hip-hop, and is critically acclaimed frequently, despite not being commercially successful. Kweli first gained recognition through Black Star, a collaboration with fellow MC Mos Def.
Has Performed With
Reflection Eternal, Niko Is, K’Valentine, Hi-Tek

Critic Concert Reviews

Nippertown (USA)

July 9, 2022
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“Class is in session, sit up and pay attention

Diandra Reviews It All (USA)

July 2, 2018
%
Talib Kweli Takes Summerstage Like A Legend

Diandra Reviews It All (USA)

November 19, 2017
%
Talib Kweli Premieres Radio Silence To Brooklyn Bowl

Twin Cities Media (USA)

February 3, 2017
%
As soon as I walked in I could feel the energy in the venue, packed with hip hop heads from the bathrooms to the balcony.

Manchester Evening News (UK)

December 12, 2016
60
%
In the late 90s Kweli made his name as a hugely articulate and expressive MC with releases like Black Star with Mos Def and his Reflection Eternal album made in collaboration with super DJ Hi-Tek.

The Skinny (UK)

December 9, 2016
80
%
HiFi Club, Leeds, UK on December 2, 2016

GoldenPlec (Ireland)

November 18, 2015
%
Like the rest of us, Kweli too is trying to come to terms with the race relations conflicts and abuses of power that the world is constantly embroiled in.

Past critic reviews published in

GoldenPlec (Ireland), The Skinny (UK), musicOMH (UK), Dallas Observer (USA), Consequence (USA) and more

Image Credit

Tuomas Vitikainen [CC BY-SA 3.0] via Wikimedia Commons