Train of Thought is the first and only album by Reflection Eternal, a hip hop duo composed of rapper Talib Kweli & DJ Hi-Tek. It was released on October 17, 2000 by Rawkus Records. Due to a series of underground hits in the late 1990s, both Kweli and Hi-Tek were hyped in the hip hop music media, and Train of Thought was a critical success, though sales were slim.

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  • * Allmusic link * Robert Christgau link * Entertainment Weekly (B-) link * Pitchfork Media (7.9/10) link * PopMatters (favorable) link * RapReviews (9.0/10) link * Rolling Stone 11/04, p.472 * The Source link * Sputnikmusic link * Yahoo! Music (favorable) link
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  • * Allmusic link * Robert Christgau link * Entertainment Weekly (B-) link * Pitchfork Media (7.9/10) link * PopMatters (favorable) link * RapReviews (9.0/10) link * Rolling Stone 11/04, p.472 * The Source link * Sputnikmusic link * Yahoo! Music (favorable) link
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  • Train of Thought is the first and only album by Reflection Eternal, a hip hop duo composed of rapper Talib Kweli & DJ Hi-Tek. It was released on October 17, 2000 by Rawkus Records. Due to a series of underground hits in the late 1990s, both Kweli and Hi-Tek were hyped in the hip hop music media, and Train of Thought was a critical success, though sales were slim. Kweli reflects on modern African-American culture, including criticisms of commercialism and violence like "these cats drink champagne/To toast death and pain/Like slaves on the ship talkin' 'bout who got the flyest chains". This album is certified Gold by the RIAA. A PopMatters review describes Kweli as "a hyper-articulate MC with a revolutionary's mind and a sensitive poet's heart, but he's also a world-class battle MC, able to rip other MCs' rhymes apart in a quick second". Rolling Stone gave the album 3.5 stars and called it "the rare socially aware hip-hop record that can get fists pumping in a rowdy nightclub". With former partner Mos Def's critical smash Black on Both Sides to be compared to, Reflection Eternal earned some criticism for a perceived shallowness in the social and political content of some of the lyrics, for example the PitchFork review stated: "Kweli uses the rhythm as a foundation, building rambling, baroque rhyme structures on top of them, exhibiting his cock-eyed 'skills'. This kind of braggadocio doesn't weaken the effort in the same way his moralizing self-canonization does, if only because he can often back those claims up"..
  • Train of Thought est un album du rappeur Talib Kweli et du producteur Hi-Tek réunis sous le nom de Reflection Eternal. Il est sorti en octobre 2000.
  • Train of Thought (Pociąg myśli) – pierwszy i jak na razie jedyny album autorski hip-hopowego duetu Reflection Eternal, na który składają się raper Talib Kweli i DJ Hi-Tek. Album został wydany 17 października 2000 roku przez wytwórnię Rawkus Records i odniósł umiarkowany sukces komercyjny, natomiast został entuzjastycznie przyjęty w kręgach tak zwanego "podziemia". Otrzymał także mnóstwo pozytywnych recenzji. Album zaczyna się od przemówienia, w którym to rzekomo, Nelson Mandela mówi, że kiedy odpoczywa słucha Reflection Eternal, faktycznie jest to Dave Chappelle imitujący głos południowoafrykańskiego przywódcy.
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  • Train of Thought is the first and only album by Reflection Eternal, a hip hop duo composed of rapper Talib Kweli & DJ Hi-Tek. It was released on October 17, 2000 by Rawkus Records. Due to a series of underground hits in the late 1990s, both Kweli and Hi-Tek were hyped in the hip hop music media, and Train of Thought was a critical success, though sales were slim.
  • Train of Thought est un album du rappeur Talib Kweli et du producteur Hi-Tek réunis sous le nom de Reflection Eternal. Il est sorti en octobre 2000.
  • Train of Thought (Pociąg myśli) – pierwszy i jak na razie jedyny album autorski hip-hopowego duetu Reflection Eternal, na który składają się raper Talib Kweli i DJ Hi-Tek. Album został wydany 17 października 2000 roku przez wytwórnię Rawkus Records i odniósł umiarkowany sukces komercyjny, natomiast został entuzjastycznie przyjęty w kręgach tak zwanego "podziemia". Otrzymał także mnóstwo pozytywnych recenzji.
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