Gravitas

Gravitas was one of the Roman virtues, along with pietas, dignitas and virtus. It may be translated variously as weight, seriousness and dignity, also importance, and connotes a certain substance or depth of personality.

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Gravitas (Asia album)

Gravitas is the fourteenth studio album by British progressive rock band Asia, released on 25 March 2014. Written and produced by John Wetton and Geoff Downes, it is the group's first release to feature their new guitarist, Sam Coulson, who replaced Steve Howe in January 2013 after the latter retired from the band.Gravitas was originally announced under the name Valkyrie which would eventually come to be the name of the lead single.

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All songs written and composed by John Wetton and Geoff Downes. 

"I Would Die For You" is listed as having been written in 1986, as opposed to the rest of the songs, which were composed in 2013. An early version appeared on the Wetton/Downes demo album.

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Gravitas (album)

Gravitas is the sixth solo studio album by American rapper Talib Kweli. The album was released on December 15, 2013, by Javotti Media. The album was released exclusively through Talib Kweli's website. The album features guest appearances from Gary Clark Jr., Abby Dobson, Big K.R.I.T., Raekwon, The Underachievers, Black Thought, Rah Digga and Mike Posner among others. With production coming from Oh No, Khrysis, Statik Selektah, Rich Kidd and J Dilla among others.

Background

In August 2013, during an interview with XXL, Talib Kweli announced that he would release his next studio album in 2014 which would contain production from Q-Tip, saying: "Q-Tip—I’m working with Q-Tip on my new album. Just being around him and seeing him work, I’ve now watched him get giddy over samples and play me beats and stuff. And it’s like, wow, is this how he made Midnight Marauders?" In the same interview he also announced that his sixth studio album would be titled Gravitas, saying: "The new album [is] called Gravitas, but I’ve just started on it so there’s not that many details yet."