The first proper track off the classic 1998 album "Blackstar", which united rising underground heroes Mos Def and Talib Kweli, this song features the two rappers exploring the meaning of “blackness” through rhymes that are both poetic and playful, trading off short verses and finishing each other’s sentences like vintage Run DMC.

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