The Beautiful Struggle

Cerebral hip-hopper Talib Kweli’s fourth album was indeed a struggle, as an Internet leak forced him to go back and rerecord parts of it. Luckily, the new version’s as beautiful as its title suggests, with lots of love from the likes of Mary J. Blige and Kanye West. The only problem is that lyrics like “We’ll cruise like Tom and Penelope” don’t age all that well.