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Man, I figured Blakroc wouldn’t tour, but it never occurred to me that they might do some late night appearances. The Black Keys grabbed Mos Def and Jim Jones and took the power of Blakroc to Letterman. Full Article at You Ain't No Picasso
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Blakroc (The Black Keys featuring Mos Def and Jim Jones) performed Ain't Nothing Like You (Hoochie Coo) the other night on Late Show with David Letterman. Rap + Rock is always iffy, but a lot of this project is done right. Full Article at My Old Kentucky Blog
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Mos Def was also recently announced as a contributor to the new Gorillaz record, along with a host of notables The Capo Jim Jones and Mos Def, along with the Black Keys, (BlakRoc) played Letterman last night (12/8) - the same night that Jawbox was... Full Article at Brooklyn Vegan
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2009 has been a great one for NY emcee and occasional actor, Mos Def. Full Article at Filter Magazine
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Automatically add your My.Rawkus profile avatar and a link to your profile. Simply use the email address and password of your My.Rawkus account. Not a member? Signup for FREE! Full Article at The Rap Up
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The Black Keys have always delivered their own distinct blend of two-man blues rock throughout the nine years they've been together and whilst they sound rough and edgy on CD, their influences actually stretch a lot further than just rock 'n' roll. Full Article at Strangeglue
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LOL niggas was all over that “tag team” slip up Blakroc album on google now. December 9th, 2009 at 11:01 am LOL niggas was all over that “tag team” slip up ^Didn’t they? Full Article at Nah Right
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In an unsurprising development, Spin has named Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion as its best album of 2009. Full Article at Prefix
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Weirdcore lets us know what two-time FADER coverstar Mos Def would look like if we ate a hundred tabs of acid and instead of trying to help us out he just rapped about what idiots we were in this video for The Ecstatic’s opener. Full Article at Fader
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Holy Video Feedback, Flaco! Mos Def aka Pretty Flaco aka Flaco Bey aka Black Dante just released a new video for the song “Supermagic” and it’s quite a trippy two and a quarter minutes. Full Article at The Urban Daily
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I think this question is rhetorical, but is the era of the super producer completely over? I can't h This entry was posted on Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 at 8:35 am and is filed under Bangers, Video Share it: . Full Article at XXL
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From Gorillaz, the animated, toothy-grinned band partly conceived by Blur frontman Damon Albarn, listeners have come to expect a fusion of reggae, trip-hop and even Latin music. Full Article at Pate Magazine
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David Letterman’s show seems like a strange place to showcase the Blakroc album, but Mos Def and Jim Jones, along with the Black Keys, showed up last night (Dec. 8) to perform “Ain’t Nothing Like You (Hoochie Coo).” Mos Def has been doing the... Full Article at Prefix
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Mos Def offers the video for the intensive album introduction Supermagic off of his Grammy-nominated The Ecstatic. Full Article at Hypebeast
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After several months with no new singles or videos, Mos Def returns to further push his Grammy-nominated The Ecstatic with a video for album-opener "Supermagic." The visuals are rather simple and borderline dull, but effective. Full Article at Prefix
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12/8/2009 By Del F. Cowie Conventional wisdom dictates that sequels are not as good as their originals, but they don't always suck either. For proof, look at Exclaim!'s Beats & Rhymes year-end best-of list. Full Article at Exclaim.ca
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Talib Kweli stepped in last-minute for Mos Def, who suddenly had to cancel his show at splash! this summer. Full Article at Nah Right
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MIND GAMES: Scientists are working on computer devices that allow people to type with their thoughts. Full Article at Plenty
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What is striking about Blakroc is the heavy hitters involved; both metaphorically and musically. Names like RZA, ODB, Mos Def, Raekwon and Pharoahe Monch smack the eyes scanning the tracklist. Full Article at Drowned in Sound
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Mos Def performs at George Wein's Carefusion Jazz Festival 55 in Newport, R.I. on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009.
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Hip hop artist Mos Def performs during the "Discover Music!" event at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, California October 28, 2009. Google Inc partnered with Web services LaLa and MySpace's iLike to give music fans an easier way to find, sample and buy songs on the Internet.
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Hip hop artist Mos Def performs during the "Discover Music!" event at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, California October 28, 2009. Google Inc partnered with Web services LaLa and MySpace's iLike to give music fans an easier way to find, sample and buy songs on the Internet.
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Hip hop artist Mos Def performs during the "Discover Music!" event at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, California October 28, 2009. Google Inc partnered with Web services LaLa and MySpace's iLike to give music fans an easier way to find, sample and buy songs on the Internet.
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Hip hop artist Mos Def performs during the "Discover Music!" event at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, California October 28, 2009. Google Inc partnered with Web services LaLa and MySpace's iLike to give music fans an easier way to find, sample and buy songs on the Internet.
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Hip hop artist Mos Def performs during the "Discover Music!" event at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, California October 28, 2009. Google Inc partnered with Web services LaLa and MySpace's iLike to give music fans an easier way to find, sample and buy songs on the Internet.
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Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park (L), Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic (C) and hip hop artist Mos Def pose during the "Discover Music!" event at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, California October 28, 2009.
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Hip hop artist Mos Def speaks during a panel discussion during the "Discover Music!" event at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, California October 28, 2009.
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Hip hop artist Mos Def attends a panel discussion during the "Discover Music!" event at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, California October 28, 2009. Google Inc partnered with Web services LaLa and MySpace's iLike to give music fans an easier way to find, sample and buy songs on the Internet.
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HOLLYWOOD, CA - OCTOBER 28: Recording artist Mos Def helps Google announce new search capabilities to facilitate online music distribution during an event at the Capitol Records building on October 28 in Hollywood, California.
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HOLLYWOOD, CA - OCTOBER 28: Recording artist Mos Def helps Google announce new search capabilities to facilitate online music distribution during an event at the Capitol Records building on October 28 in Hollywood, California.
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Hip Hop artist Mos Def speaks at a press conference for Google's new music service feature called OneBox, at Capitol Records headquarters in Los Angeles on October 28, 2009.
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Musician Mos Def performs during a party for Google's new music search on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, in Los Angeles.
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Musician Mos Def performs during a party for Google's new music search on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, in Los Angeles.
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Musician Mos Def performs during a party for Google's new music search on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, in Los Angeles.
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Musician Mos Def performs during a party for Google's new music search on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, in Los Angeles.
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Mike Shinoda, of the band Linkin Park, left, Ryan Tedder, of the band One Republic, center, and musician Mos Def pose together after speaking on a panel about Google's new music search on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, in Los Angeles.
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Musician Mos Def speaks on a panel discussing Google's new music search on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, in Los Angeles.
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I am one of the only cats who is in both worlds, like for real. For real, for real ... If you come to my show, you'll see Pete Rock, Q-Tip, Mos Def, Common ... but since they say, 'The cat can play,' I get a huge jazz audience at the same time.
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They had a song called 'Yeah Yeah.' I played that song for Damon one night and he just kind of flipped out. I played it for Mos Def and he flipped out
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My favorites right now are… Muse is my favorite! I can’t wait for their new CD. And I like Manchester Orchestra. Mos Def’s Quiet Dog. And I like the Fray, actually. I put on a lot of weird stuff.
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From my first film, Monster’s Ball, with Puffy and Mos Def to Macy Gray in Shadowboxer, Eve in The Woodsman with Kevin Bacon, a musician has been in every film I’ve done
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