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Dr. Cornel West-- prominent intellectual and scholar, author of Race Matters and Democracy Matters, and current professor of religion at Princeton-- follows up his 2001 foray into recorded music, Sketches of My Culture, with another CD marrying the topics of the day with beats and rhymes. And this time he's brought some friends.

Prince, Outkast's Andre 3000, Talib Kweli, Rhymefest, the Roots' Black Thought, Killer Mike, KRS-One, Dead Prez's M-1, and Rah Digga all contribute to Dr. West's Never Forget: A Journey of Revelations, out June 19 on soul imprint Hidden Beach's new Hidden Beach Forum offshoot, according to Billboard.com.

"This is an attempt to go back to hip-hop's prophetic roots," West told the publication, "which are about truth-telling, exposing lies, and having fun."

Fellow thinkers Michael Eric Dyson and Tavis Smiley also guest, as does singer Gerald Levert, who passed away last fall.

Never Forget: A Journey of Revelations:

01 Bushanomics [ft. Talib Kweli]
02 America [ft. Black Thought, Rah Digga, Iriz & Lucky Witherspoon]
03 Still Here
04 Dear Mr. Man [ft. Prince]
05 911
06 N Word [ft. Tavis Smiley & Michael Eric Dyson]
07 Welcome to Chi [ft. Rhymefest, Neo-Abassy & Malik Yusef]
08 Mr. President [ft. KRS-One & M-1]
09 Keep It PI [ft. Killer Mike, Doey, Roc & Lucky Witherspoon]
10 Chronometrophobia [ft. Andre 3000]
11 Gonne Be Alright [ft. Dave Hollister & Chuckii Booker]
12 Matter Of [ft. Lenny Williams]
13 Soul Sista [ft. Daryl Moore]
14 The Man's Gonna Getcha [ft. Gerald Levert]