Reflection Eternal - Train Of Thought

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Train of Thought is the first and only album so far by Reflection Eternal, a hip hop duo composed of rapper Talib Kweli & DJ Hi-Tek. It was released on October 17, 2000 by Rawkus Records. Due to a series of underground hits in the late 1990s, both Kweli and Hi-Tek were hyped in the hip hop music media, and Train of Thought was a critical success, though sales were slim. Kweli reflects on modern African-American culture, including criticisms of commercialism and violence like "these cats drink champagne/To toast death and pain/Like slaves on the ship talkin' 'bout who got the flyest chains". This album is certified Gold by the RIAA.

A PopMatters review describes Kweli as "a hyper-articulate MC with a revolutionary's mind and a sensitive poet's heart, but he's also a world-class battle MC, able to rip other MCs' rhymes apart in a quick second". Rolling Stone gave the album 3.5 stars and called it "the rare socially aware hip-hop record that can get fists pumping in a rowdy nightclub". With former partner Mos Def's critical smash Black on Both Sides to be compared to, Reflection Eternal earned some criticism for a perceived shallowness in the social and political content of some of the lyrics, for example the PitchFork review stated: "Kweli uses the rhythm as a foundation, building rambling, baroque rhyme structures on top of them, exhibiting his cock-eyed 'skills'. This kind of braggadocio doesn't weaken the effort in the same way his moralizing self-canonization does, if only because he can often back those claims up".

01. Experience Dedication
02. Move Somethin
03. Some Kind Of Wonderful
04. The Blast feat. Vinia Mojica
05. This Means You feat. Mos Def
06. Too Late feat. Res
07. Memories Live
08. Africa Dream
09. Down For The Count feat. Rah Digga & Xzibit
10. Name Of The Game
11. Ghetto Afterlife feat. Kool G Rap
12. On My Way
13. Love Language feat. Les Nubiens
14. Love Speakeasy
15. Soul Rebels
16. Eternalists
17. Big Nel From Da Natti
18. Touch You feat. Piakhan Supa Dave West
19. Good Mourning
20. Expansion Outro

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