In this episode of "People's Party With Talib Kweli," Kweli and Jasmin Leigh sit down with musician, rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor :
TERRACE MARTIN
Here's what we discussed with a man that's held in the highest regard by gangsters and jazz musicians alike:
• Talib and Terrace linking up for 'Favela Love' and 'Give 'Em Hell'.
• Those that helped Terrace get his career off the ground.
• His perspective of the South Central gangbang culture he was raised in.
• John Singleton's importance to his community growing up.
• Meeting Eazy-E and how the NWA changed his world.
• A first hand take on crack's devastating effects to his neighborhood.
• How Terrace's saxophone saved him from beatdowns on the bus.
• Talib's song 'The Blast' getting steady rotation in LA.
• Ditching school to demo for Diddy's 'All About The Benjamins' performance.
• Snoop being one of his master teachers of the music biz and life lessons.
• Robert Glasper's efficiency of blending Jazz with R&B....