{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Talk Back | type = Studio album | artist = Kembe X | cover = KembeXTalkBack.jpeg | border = yes | alt = | released = July 15, 2016 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Hip hop | length = | label = {{hlist|Closed Sessions|The Village}} | producer = {{hlist|Bentley Hazelwood|Hippie Sabotage|The Antydote|Crooklin|DJ Fu|Aaron Bow|Teddy Walton|AK7RA}} | prev_title = Soundtrack II Armageddon | prev_year = 2013 | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{Singles | name = Talk Back | type = studio | single1 = Buried Alive | single1date = November 2, 2015 | single2 = Talk Back | single2date = November 10, 2015 | single3 = Squad Day (Work Week) | single3date = January 4, 2016 | single4 = 10 Feet Tall | single4date = June 20, 2016 | single5 = Welcome to America | single5date = June 29, 2016 }} }}
'''''Talk Back''''' is the debut album from American rapper Kembe X. It was released on July 15, 2016 on iTunes, Spotify, and Tidal.<ref>{{cite web|title=Talk Back by Kembe X|url=https://itun.es/us/mdMOdb|website=iTunes|date=15 July 2016|accessdate=July 15, 2016}}</ref>
==Background== The album contains 14 tracks and it was produced by Bentley Hazelwood, Hippie Sabotage, The Antydote, Crooklin, DJ Fu, Aaron Bow, Teddy Walton and AK7RA. Guest features include long time friend Alex Wiley, as well as Zacari P and Roméo Testa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://2dopeboyz.com/2016/07/15/kembe-x-talk-back-album-stream/|title=Stop What You're Doing and Check Out Kembe X's New Album, 'Talk Back'}}</ref>
==Singles== On November 2, 2015, Kembe X released the first single from ''Talk Back'' titled "Buried Alive", with the title track coming out the following week.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/577069-kembe-x-buried-alive-new-song|title = Kembe X - Buried Alive|website = HNHH|date = 3 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/577412-kembe-x-talk-back-new-song|title = Kembe X - Talk Back|website = HNHH|date = 11 November 2015}}</ref> On January 6, 2016, the third single "Squad Day (Work Week)" was released.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://djbooth.net/mobile/track/01046-kembe-x-work-week-squad-day|title = Kembe X - Work Week (Squad Day)}}</ref> In June, two more songs, "10 Feet Tall" and "Welcome to America", were released to further promote the project.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/584972-kembe-x-10-ft-tall-new-song|title = Kembe X - 10 Ft. Tall|website = HNHH|date = 20 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/585263-kembe-x-welcome-to-america-new-song|title = Kembe X - Welcome to America|website = HNHH|date = 29 June 2016}}</ref>
==Critical reception== {{Music ratings |rev1 = ''Exclaim!'' |rev1score = 7/10<ref name="exclaim">{{cite web | url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/kembe_x-talk_back | title=Kembe X - Talk Back | publisher=Exclaim! | date=July 15, 2015 | accessdate=August 3, 2016| author=Nawej, Leandre}}</ref>}}
Writing for ''Exclaim!'', Leandre Nawej praised the album's "distinct sense of self-awareness and social commentary".<ref name="exclaim"/>
==Track listing== {{track listing | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = Buried Alive | writer1 = Dikembe Jabari | note1 = | extra1 = The Antydote | length1 = 4:24 | title2 = Carpenter | writer2 = Jabari | note2 = | extra2 = Bentley Hazelwood | length2 = 2:44 | title3 = Gino's Disquisition | writer3 = Jabari | note3 = | extra3 = Bentley Hazelwood | length3 = 2:05 | title4 = Welcome to America | writer4 = Jabari | note4 = | extra4 = Bentley Hazelwood | length4 = 2:05 | title5 = Squad Day (Work Week) | writer5 = Jabari | note5 = | extra5 = Bentley Hazelwood | length5 = 2:56 | title6 = Loosie | writer6 = Jabari | note6 = | extra6 = Hippie Sabotage | length6 = 2:57 | title7 = What U Say | writer7 = Jabari | note7 = | extra7 = Crooklin | length7 = 4:13 | title8 = Alive | writer8 = Jabari | note8 = featuring Roméo Testa | extra8 = Bentley Hazelwood | length8 = 2:36 | title9 = 10 Feet Tall | writer9 = Jabari | note9 = | extra9 = Bentley Hazelwood | length9 = 4:09 | title10 = Paper | writer10 = Jabari | note10 = featuring Zacari P and Alex Wiley | extra10 = DJ Fu | length10 = 3:00 | title11 = Talk Back | writer11 = Jabari | note11 = | extra11 = Hippie Sabotage | length11 = 3:06 | title12 = Oxygen | writer12 = Jabari | note12 = | extra12 = Bentley Hazelwood | length12 = 3:42 | title13 = Young Nigga | writer13 = Jabari | note13 = Bonus | extra13 = {{hlist|Aaron Bow|Teddy Walton}} | length13 = 2:53 | title14 = I Can't Go | writer14 = Jabari | note14 = Bonus | extra14 = AK7RA | length14 = 3:15 | total_length = }}
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Category:Kembe X albums Category:2016 debut albums