Cleaning Up After Talib Kweli Leaks Marco Polo’s “Palookas” (Listen & Download)

If there's anything I love more than a dope song, it's a good story, and this new Talib Kweli "Palookas" joint has both. Let's rewind.

Apparently Kweli got a hold of this Marco Polo beat months ago but for whatever reason it didn't look like anything was going to happen, so Marco took the beat back and gave it to another artist to use on his upcoming "Port Authority 2" album. Then a few days ago, for no discernible reason, Kweli leaked a low quality version of "Palookas" (which, judging by his Twitter, he doesn't seem remotely sorry about). Marco's camp, realizing that once a track is out it's out, decided they may as well drop a high quality version so their name isn't attached to a low quality piece of poo. And here we are.

While I'm fascinated to find out what the real story is - why did Kweli leak the track? Is Marco pissed? - I realize not everyone shares my penchant for behind the scenes tomfoolery. So to those people I say press play, this track bangs.

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Hear what all the drama's about right now below.