Talib Kweli's New Album Release Date Set

by Mark "D" Thomas
Hip Hop Vibe Senior Staff Writer

Talib Kweli is readying his fifth and sixth solo LPs, called "Gutter Rainbows" and "Prisoners of Conscious" respectively. Earlier this year, Kweli reunited with Hi-Tek for a second critically acclaimed "Reflection Eternal" album. The Brooklyn emcee will get back on the solo path, as he prepares his first solo albums since 2007’s "Eardrum." "Gutter Rainbows" is set to be released on January 25th, 2011.

Talib was recently touring in the UK where he sat down with SoulCultureTV and discussed his next two albums. "I have a new project called Gutter Rainbows, which I’m putting out completely outside the music business. But people still need to see it and feel it," Kweli said. When pressed for more details, he revealed the second album in the works. "Gutter Rainbows is an album, it’s a Talib Kweli album. I’ve been working on this album called Prisoners of Conscious, and that album is not ready. There’s a lot of music and statements I want to make on that album that I’m still working on but I still feel the need to put music out. So Gutter Rainbows is almost like the early outtakes of Prisoners of Conscious, but just embellished upon."