Album · Talib Kweli
Quality by Talib Kweli
Quality is an album by Talib Kweli, released in 2002. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 3 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Get By”, on 3 lists with a best position of #184.
Quality, Talib Kweli's first solo studio album, landed on Rawkus Records on November 19, 2002, and it's the sound of a Brooklyn MC stepping out from Black Star, the duo he'd formed with Yasiin Bey in 1997, whose 1998 album had already made the Billboard 200. Here he carries the whole load himself: dense, restless verses packed with ideas, delivered like he's worried the beat will run out before he's said everything.
The critics loved it, and Kludge put it on its list of the best albums of the year. What carried it past the backpack crowd was "Get By", produced by Kanye West, a groove wide enough to let the rest of the world in without Kweli giving an inch on what he had to say.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Quality on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get By | 3 | #184 | – | 2019–2025 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.