Special guest Black Thought, and Pharoahe Monch hook up with kweli on "Guerrilla Monsoon Rap" to create a devastating track thats sure to keep your head nodding for days. And speaking of Special guest, Kweli's album wouldn't be complete without the reunion of Blackstar. Yep, thats right Mos Def makes his appearance and the duo team up once again on the track "Joy" which is nothing less than an instant classic.

Kweli's definitely outdone himself on this project. So sit back, grab something to drink, a pillow, and a Snickers because you wont be going anywhere for a while. This one's a classic! Put the album on repeat and let it ride!

SIMPLY A CLASSIC
Talib Kweli, One of the member from the Supreme Rap Group "Black Star", He is the most talent rapper over here now!
This guy is MAD NICE!!!
Great Lyrics, Smooth Voice, Great Flow!
Sometime, if the beat is really wack, no matter how strong the rapper is, he still can't save the album,
but This album have many A+ Beat!

I still considering should I said it's a classic when I hear this album few times,
but after hear more times, I can feel the Heart and the Soul that Kweli give to the listener,
He is one of the Truest Rapper in the game!
And the beat is mad nice, so I decided it a muthafu*kin' CLASSIC!

Rush - Up-tempo Beat with a Distortion Electric Guitar Sample, a very animation song to start this album! 4.5/5

Get By - WOW~ The First Single of This album! Great Beat, Great Piano sample, a Grand Chorus, Kweli tell you how's life from the Ghetto, How their Life Get By! 5/5

Shock Body - Nice Beat Too! But Not My Favorite! 4/5

Gun Music - This one is Not a Bad Track, but I don't like the Chorus Sounds like! 4/5

Waiting For a DJ - Talib Kweli is Waitin' for a DJ to rock your ass!!! 5/5

Joy - Talib show off his Storytellin' Skill! Talib tell you the little story about his Baby Boy and Girl, Featuring Mos Def but damn.... he just sing the chorus! 4.5/5

Talk To You - No Comment

Guerrilla Monsoon Rap - Featurin Black Thought and Pharoahe Monch, Nice one! 4/5

Put It In The Air - This one is a mad nice Party anthem! Great beat by DJ Quik(this guy is extremely underrated) Really GREAT Track!!! 5/5

The Proud - Not My Favorite 4/5

Where Do We Go - A Slow Song, The Deepest song from this album! 4/5

Stand To The Side - This one is a Good Track! but not favorite too! 4/5

Good To You - GREAT ONE! 4.5/5

Won't You Stay - it's a Love Song man! and this one should be one of the best in album! 5/5

Rush, Get By, Waitin' for a DJ, Joy, Put It In The Air, Won't You Stay is Already worth you to get this album!!

We all need and BEG for a REAL Rapper just like Kweli!
And We Beg for a modern Rap CLASSIC like this one!

True Rap Fans Should NEVER miss Kweli "Quality" for their Rap CD Collections!

what a disgrace!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a disgrace this is the biggest dissapointment in Hip-Hop history I thoght this cd was gonna be as tight as reflection eternal but this cd is lamest piece of work ever created the reason being that Hi-Tek didn't produce this there is only one orite track called guerilla moonson rap and that track itself isn't that tight. the only reason I gave it one star is because it takes alot of balls to release such garbage. i am so dissapointed that i'd rather listen to elvis!!!!

Hip-hop lives on
quality overall is a classic album. its not as good as reflection eternal, but still deserves 5 stars. BUY IT ITS A CLASSIC!

In a caliber all his own, resurrecting a lost art.
The bridge from underground to the mainstream, Talib Kweli has been my favorite emcee since I first heard of him. I bought "Black Star" before I found out Kweli had a solo album out. Needless to say I was hyped, but it never even occured to me that a record could be so thoroughly enjoyable, addictive, emotional, positive and just... mind-blowing. Not only did Talib open me up to the world of undergound rap, but he gave me a reason to hope that maybe hip-hop isn't a lost art after all.

How do you put words to what Kweli has done here? You can't. It's impossible. Every - single - track on this album is play-worthy, wait that's an understatement. I've had this CD for ages (much more than just a year) and it still dominates my CD collection (which is substantial).

I'm always looking for albums that have good lyricism, production and messages. Talib brings all of this and more to the table. What surprised me so much, is that I already knew what Kweli could do when I bought this CD, "Black Star" being another of my all-time favorite cuts. I didn't think I'd ever find a record better; I found one. Talib experiments with a variety of different styles on this record, from the battle-rap production of "Rush" to the light, party jam beat of "Waiting for the DJ", to the west-coast bounce of "Put It In The Air", all the way to his jazzed up melody of "Won't You Stay" and his old school vibe on "Stand To The Side".

The production on this CD is ranked among the best... ever, regardless of whether you're a mainstream fan or underground fan. However, even the production is over-shadowed by Talib's heart-felt and brilliantly written lyricism. Not only does Talib provide a powerfully positive flow on nearly every song, but he does so with incredible word-play, pulling verses and rhymes out of God knows where. When I first listened to this album, I had to do several double-takes on more than one track. Another plus for this CD, is that even on the songs where he sheds his 'conscience rapper' skin, he does so for a reason, and lets you know that any man can be pushed over a limit. Very true, and again, a message worth hearing.

I won't list what tracks are play-worthy or good, or even great because they all fall into those categories. Instead, let me just give you an idea of what songs lead their categories (i.e. sensitive songs, battle-rap etc. etc.) "Guerrilla Monsoon Rap" featuring Black Thought and Pharoah Monch outshines Talib's other battle-rap tracks by a fraction. "Where Do We Go" definitely leads the way in sensitivity. This song is so insightful and heart-felt, it leaves you feeling genuinely emotional. "Won't You Stay" is without a shadow of a doubt, the best romantic track of the record, and "Get By" sweeps the inspirational/motivational category.

Just for good measure, here's a quick summary.

PRO'S
*Consistently strong, positive messages, something hip-hop needs but lacks.
*Lyrics above and beyond all and any standards set by todays leading mainstream artists.
*Production that either gets your head to nod or your heart to leap. The beats and melodies on every track feels right, and on several of Talib's more emotional cuts, they often evoke some potent emotions.
*Guest appearances do a surprisingly good job of living up to Kweli, providing strong support and a nice variety of styles.

CONS
***What cons?***

I haven't met anyone who doesn't like this CD, and for that matter, I'm hard-pressed to think of anyone who would. If you buy any hip-hop CD this year, buy this one. Even if you don't like rap, you'll like this album. With messages everyone can relate to, a laid-back flow that can pull off a surprisingly emotional performance, and production unheard of and unequaled in hip-hop today, this CD outshines every other record on the market.
After collaborations with Mos Def (1998's Black Star) and Hi-Tek (2000's Reflection Eternal), underground journeyman Talib Kweli finally emerges fully solo with Quality. As an MC, Kweli is still as incisive as ever--his distinctive, darting flow stabs its way across every song and, as one of hip-hop's better thinkers, he covers a wide range of moods and ideas. As a verbal ass-whupper, Kweli unloads on songs like "Rush," "Shock Body," and "Guerrilla Monsoon Rap" (featuring the Roots' Black Thought and Pharoahe Monch), but he takes things much further than just the lyricist's lounge. "Get By," produced beautifully by Kayne West, is the conscious hustler's anthem, while "Where Do We Go" muses on death as thoughtfully and introspectively as "Joy" (with Mos Def) delves into the wonders of birth. "The Proud" tackles American jingoism in a time of terror, providing a much needed dose of skepticism when patriotic sentimentalism has free reign. Though Kweli's thoughts are coherent throughout, Quality as a whole lacks a certain cohesion--there's no single guiding vision that glues all the pieces together, and the album's production-by-ensemble doesn't help. This is a solid album no question, but especially compared to ambitious contemporaneous concept albums by peers such as Common and the Roots, Quality feels unexpectedly conventional--a strong collection of songs in need of a unifying force. --Oliver Wang