Black Thought
Black Thought (born October 3, 1972 in Philadelphia ), real name Tariq Trotter, is an American rapper and co-founder of the hip-hop group The Roots , together with the drummer Ahmir Khalib Thompson, called Questlove . He is one of the representatives of Conscious Rap .
Live and act
Trotter has appeared in a few films, but mostly in cameo roles. In early September 2007 he was cast in Mark Webber's directorial debut ( Bomb The System ). The independent film Explicit Ills , in which he also appeared, deals with the consequences of poverty, drug use and certain choices that people are forced to make in life.
Since 2011 a solo recording by Trotter has been announced again and again, which should be entitled The Talented Mr. Trotter . According to Trotter, it should be a blues album on which he would sing instead of rapping as usual.
In 2018 Black Thought released the mini-albums Streams of Thought, Vol. 1 and Streams of Thought, Vol. 2 , the successors of which the MC announced Vol. 3 in the summer of 2020. In the same year he was also heard on the track Hustle Don't Give by Apollo Brown and Che 'Noir.
Guest appearances
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In addition to his main activity in the band The Roots , Black Thought has also made numerous guest appearances with well-known artists, including:
- 1995: Meiso on Meiso by DJ Krush
- 1997: Stolen Moments pt II on One Day It'll All Make Sense by Common
- 1998: Live From the Sretch Armstrong Show on Rawkus ' Lyricist Lounge Volume One , with Common and Pharoahe Monch
- 1998: Super Lyrical on Capital Punishment by Big Pun
- 1998: It's About That Time on Soul Survivor by Pete Rock
- 1998: Respiration (Flying High Remix) on the single Respiration 12 " by Black Star
- 1999: Burnin 'and Lootin on Chant Down Babylon , a posthumous mashup album by Bob Marley
- 1999: Hurricane on The Hurricane Soundtrack , with Common , Dice Raw, Flo Brown, Jazzyfatnastees, and Mos Def
- 2000: Cold Blooded on Like Water for Chocolate by Common
- 2000: Network on Plain Rap by The Pharcyde
- 2001: Hard Hitters on Expansion Team by Dilated Peoples
- 2001: Zen Approach to Zen by DJ Krush
- 2002: X-Ecutioner Style on Resuscitation by Linkin Park
- 2002: Guerilla Monsoon Rap on Quality by Talib Kweli
- 2004: Live From The PJs on Revolutions by The X-Ecutioners
- 2005: Appreciate on Love and Life of Latoya London
- 2005: Right Now on The Rising Tied by Fort Minor
- 2005: Pimpass Paradise on Welcome to Jamrock by Damian Marley
- 2005: Floodlight on the flood of Curse
- 2006: Yes, Yes Y'all on Timeless by Sergio Mendes
- 2006: Love Movin ' on The Shining by J Dilla
- 2006: My Favorite Mutiny on Pick A Bigger Weapon by The Coup
- 2007: Clean Up on Deep Hearted by Strong Arm Steady
- 2008: Cause I'm Black on Super Gangster (Extraordinary Gentleman) by Styles P
- 2015: Extradite on Shadow of a Doubt by Freddie Gibbs
- 2017: America on Everybody by Logic (rapper)
Film appearances
- 2000: Bamboozled
- 2001: Brooklyn Babylon
- 2002: Brown Sugar
- 2004: Love Rome
- 2005: Block Party
- 2008: Explicit IIIs
- 2010: Night Catches Us
- 2011: On the Inside
- 2011: Yelling to the Sky
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.okayplayer.com/news/new-black-thought-ep-on-the-way-mmjb-mixtape-drops-23.html
- ↑ http://www.okayplayer.com/news/black-thought-the-roots-speaks-on-solo-album-the-talented-mr-trotter-interview-video.html
- ↑ Undoubtedly confident: Apollo Brown & Che 'Noir - ByteFM. In: ByteFM Blog - News and reviews from our editorial team. May 15, 2020, accessed on July 30, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Black Thought Announces New EP 'Streams of Thought Vol. 3: Cane and Abel'. July 6, 2020, accessed July 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Chart sources: US
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SURNAME | Black Thought |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Trotter, Tariq (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American rapper |
DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd October 1972 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia |