>Kweli IMO, and it is just IMO, sounds heaps better with a
>partner in crime on the mic.

perhaps, but i think he works to a greater extent solo w/out Mos than BT does without the occasional appearance of Malik B.

i think the biggest collaboration abscence wasn't missing Mos Def, but lacking Hi-Tek beats.

>Maybe it's the greatness of
>Blackstar that casts a shadow upon him, but while I like
>Reflection Eternal and Quality quite a lot, they're not
>great albums, emanig albums that have a good shot at
>standing the test of time.

i could see how you could differ with me over Quality (i'm generally in the minority when it comes to thinking of the album), but i can't imagine Reflection Eternal in any other light but "great."

>But it's all just opinion eh?

of course . . . (unless Quest says it, then it's fact)