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Mos Def
Dante Terrell Smith (born December 11, 1973 in Brooklyn, New York, United States), now known by the stage name Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def), is a Grammy Award-nominated rapper and ...read more on Last.fm →
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Chance the Rapper - Acid Rain
Chance the Rapper - Acid Rain
Sounds like: Black Thought, Mos Def, Chester Watson, Chuck Inglish
By sean o on Feb 23, 2013 | Oh, wow, did this track by Chance the Rapper knock me upside the head. We are definitely not the first music blog to share this song, but sometimes it's not about being first to the party. It's just about making sure you get there.So, here we are, vi... read more →
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D Prosper - Know Thy Self
D Prosper - Know Thy Self
Sounds like: Jay Electronica, deadprez, Nas, Mos Def
By sweeney kovar on Dec 27, 2012 | For those who take rap music as an extension of black culture, iterations of which have previously been called funk, soul and jazz, there is a definite purpose and goal to hip-hop. No bar should be incidental, no verse meaningless. That is exactly ho... read more →
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Yassin Bey (aka Mos Def) - I Don't Like 2.0
Yassin Bey (aka Mos Def) - I Don't Like 2.0
Sounds like: Jay Electronica, Kanye West, Mos Def
By sweeney kovar on Nov 30, 2012 | Folks love to hate Mos Def.Now known as Yasiin Bey, the Brooklyn MC has never been able to live up to the standard he set with his 1999 debut, Black on Both Sides. Since his 2004 sophomore album The New Danger, the same people that lifted Mos (I'm go... read more →
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MassInfluence - Morning Breath Chasers
MassInfluence - Morning Breath Chasers
Sounds like: De La Soul, Mos Def, A Tribe Called Quest
By sweeney kovar on Sep 8, 2012 | MassInflu, aka MassInfluence, is a feel-good boom-bap group from Atlanta. They were most active during the indie hip-hop boom of the late 90s, a time when Atlanta was bustling enough in that realm to sustain their own Fat Beats locale. After being qu... read more →
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Common - Sweet
Common - Sweet
Sounds like: Mos Def, Nas, Talib Kweli
By Jason Grishkoff on Jul 17, 2012 | Next Thursday (7/26), Virgin Mobile will be partnering with the City of Chicago to hold a benefit event at their retail store, headlined by Common. They'll be giving away tickets (in exchange for a $20 donation to the youth homelessness charity). Th... read more →
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The Roots - Paul Revere (The Beastie Boys Cover)
The Roots - Paul Revere (The Beastie Boys Cover)
Sounds like: Common, John Legend & The Roots, Mos Def
By Joshua Mellin on Jun 17, 2012
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The Roots - Rising Down (Ft. Mos Def and Styles P)
The Roots - Rising Down (Ft. Mos Def and Styles P)
Sounds like: Common, John Legend & The Roots, Mos Def
By Joshua Mellin on Jun 7, 2012 | Leave it to Deep Dish halve Sharam Tayebi, the man who made Eddie Murphy-as-singer cool again with his club-tastic 2006 re-imagining of the comedian's 80's hit "Party All The Time", to emerge triumphant in doing something as bonkers as melding class... read more →
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Jay Electronica - Dear Moleskine
Jay Electronica - Dear Moleskine
Sounds like: Nas, Mos Def, Jay-Z
By sweeney kovar on Apr 7, 2012 | Jay Electronica works in mysterious ways. After a snippet of the track "Dear Moleskine" was leaked nearly three years ago, the full (?) version has finally made its way onto the interwebs this morning without much fanfare.I could easily go into pains... read more →
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