Talib Kweli ft. Black Thought & Rah Digga - Art Imitates Life

Talib Kweli - Art Imitates Lif

Producer: Oh No

Album: None (Promo Single)

Label: Javotti/Caroline

Remember those old Gatorade commercials where female soccer star Mia Hamm would compete against Michael Jordan, while the song “Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)” played in the background? Consider Art Imitates Life, a new promo single from Talib Kweli, as hip-hop’s version of that exact commercial. On the cut, released to iTunes on Friday, Kweli, Black Thought and Rah Digga, three established, well-respected veterans, square off against one another, looking to body the vintage Oh No production. Rounding out the record is Digga, who takes a much more aggressive tone than the two gentlemen, and with lines like, “Ice-T gave ya cliff notes/I ain’t gotta dumb it down cause I read the book, made the movie and I edit this” she might have just pulled a Hamm and upstaged her friendly competition. Art Imitates Life is not slotted to appear on Prisoner Of Conscious, Talib’s forthcoming album, set for release this spring, but if you need more from the BK mainstay, take a peek at the Fly Away (Re-Produced) EP available for free download via DJBooth.

This song first appeared on the Independent Chart on January 21, 2013

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DJ Z DJ Booth Crew Total Ratings: 11684	Rating: DJ Z's Top Rated Songs Love this. Oh No is on his a-game right now. Follow @DJBooth
	Posted on Jan 13, 2013

djblaze DJ Booth Crew Total Ratings: 8038	Rating: djblaze's Top Rated Songs I'm loving the Rah Digga inclusion on this one. Talib always has tight bars. Black Thought put in work too. Nice beat work by Oh No...This is TOUGH! Follow @djblaze_djbooth
	Posted on Jan 13, 2013

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	Posted on Jan 13, 2013

mathu Tastemaker Total Ratings: 319	Rating: mathu's Top Rated Songs Whoa this is sweeeet.. Oh No beat is straight fire!
	Posted on Jan 14, 2013

Bogodile Boogie Motlhabane DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 9	Rating: Bogodile Boogie Motlhabane's Top Rated Songs I'm really feeling this joint!!!!
	Posted on Jan 14, 2013

Young Swish Tastemaker Total Ratings: 1227	Rating: Young Swish's Top Rated Songs Rah Digga damaged this song, been a minute since I've heard her spit.
	Posted on Jan 14, 2013