Earlier today, Kweli took to Twitter to announce that he was finishing up his next album. A title, he says was taken from the Catcher in the Rye. Production line-up is on point. UPDATE: Bringing this back to the top as Talib goes more in detail about the album’s title w/ XXL.
“I read The Catcher In The Rye when I was in Europe a few months ago and I didn’t really enjoy, but one thing that I took from it was that reference,” he recalled. “The character actually says ‘gasoline rainbows’ in the book. I was like, ‘Wow.’ I’ve always wanted to call a song ‘Gutter Rainbows’—just because of the rainbows that you see when the oil and the water mix in the gutter—and do a song based on that. I just remember being a little kid and finding beauty in that, and how you have to find beauty in stuff like that when you in the hood. But that reference—him noticing the gasoline rainbows in New York City, and just the character’s love for New York City—are what attracted to me to that phrase. Somebody else got it, so it made me feel like it was more than just a song. Maybe it was an album.”
He shouldn’t bother nobody will buy it.
@facemask you’re a fag. kweli is top 10.
great news! kweli always comes through with that dope ass rap shit! really nice to see m-phazes and ski beatz as contributing producers! should be some really good music!
dope on a rope
He Has To Have Madlib on there
Gutter Rainbows! All the way.
What does it mean?!!!?
@facemask take your hatin ass outta here. no one wants to read your uneducated commentary.
yessss
2010 has been a good year i can say that
r.eternal now this! :)
So what if no one buys it? Talib is a legend and he can rap circles around so many other MCs. I know people will be bootlegging this maybe even purchasing.
You don’t want legends to make music because they won’t cash on it? Then you’ve got a simple mind.
If I’ve been trolled, then I have a simple mind. But whatever…
i’ll be buying it
ew Catcher in the Rye is the gayest book ever written
eddie jones the bball player
I fucks with Talib(PAUSE)But where is the JEAN GRAE album Kwe????
Can’t.Fucking.Wait (CH and Kweli= my favoritest).
And Eardrum>>>>>
gutter rainbows? fuck outta here wit that album title. should be dope tho, im just sayin. gutter rainbows? *kisses teeth*
It’s amazing that 6 years after Jay made Moment Of Clarity some people still try to act like Kweli isn’t that great.
Bar for bar I couldn’t name a better artist right now. There’s probably a handful of people that will always get a pass because people know better than to mess around cuz they’ll end up getting murdered.
How often does Jay-Z drop someones name in a song thats not considered to be a “diss track”? Kweli must be doing something right.
We don’t need Jay’s word to know that Talib is the truth. All you need is his discography and a functioning brain.
Wasn’t his next album meant to be called Prisoner of Consciousness? Fucking rappers change their mind way too often.
Talib makes timeless music.
I just read some of these comments and I don’t understand the anger and other feelings people have toward Talib. I mean this dude doesn’t even make diss tracks or anything! How could you hate on a man making good music?
Already a new album. Nice. Revolutions Per Minute was great. Can’t wait for this album.
Can Some One Say Ballad of the Black Gold Part 2 ;)
i think it’s a dope concept
Foreal why niggaz hating on Talib? pointless…hes a legend
not hatin but
Gutter Water > Gutter Rainbows
for those that dont know quit sleepin
I don’t remember gasoline rainbows from “The Catcher in the Rye”. It makes me want to re-read the book and find it.
This dude needs Mos Def.
I want another Blackstar album more than anything right now
He needs Mos for record sales. He doesn’t need Mos to put out amazing music though. Even Ear Drum was dope as fuck.
Ear Drum was amazing
If the leaks from this are good, I’ll cop the album and support
What happened to Prisoner of Consciousness?
I was thinkin’ of reading Catcher in the Rye, but if Kweli says it’s wack I think I can trust his judgement. *goes back to reading Machiavelli’s ‘The Prince’*
#literacy
This is a dope concept/title but if this is what he changed “prisoner of consciousness” into then i’m disappointed.. either way, i’m excited for new Kweli.
The Catcher in the Rye is a dope book… if you get it… you need to be in the right mindframe, it isn’t for everybody.
yes!!! kweli a true live legend…style hip hop and real lyrics!!!
blessings for brooklyn!!