MUSIC
THURSDAY - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7 - 10, 2019
8:00 & 10:30 PM

Talib Kweli
Blue Note
131 West 3rd Street, Greenwich Village, Manhattan

$20-$35
http://www.bluenotejazz.com/newyork/schedule/moreinfo.cgi?id=17589

My first thought on seeing conscious rapper Talib Kweli playing the Blue Note was, how boojie, conscious rap's dead. But look: he's kept prices reasonable. He's playing with a live band, and promises a passle of special guests. Maybe his heyday's past — but his last album was very fine (if in no way pathbreaking), and anyone who's made music as great as Kweli has is worth a night out.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Peruvian Nikkei hotspot Llama San for food (and good cocktails). Existing Conditions for great cocktails.