74. "Did Mos kinda leave Kweli out to dry?" In response to In response to 35
I'll never wrap my head around this.
It was always obvious that Mos was the more gifted of the two. He's a natural. Maybe that was part of the problem, I don't know. He never really delivered on what people expected, which is ok, if you deliver SOMETHING. The Ecstatic was like the followup to BOBS, 10 years later or whenever it was.
I always respected how Kweli was more of a blue collar rapper. He put the work in, he gained respect from everybody in the game etc. I know talking about the Black Star followup has been played out since 2002, but, one wonders if there was another classic Black Star album that came out in like '04 or '05, if Kweli's career would have been more significant. There's no denying that they bring out the best in each other. And for those who get Kweli fatigue from his solos, sharing verses with Mos would compliment them both. I don't know, I'll never get over the disappointment of what Black Star could have been.