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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Dec 16, 2011
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Talib Kweli knows how to socialize. He is all over social media sites like Twitter, interacting daily with his fan base, updating the masses on upcoming shows, getting into it with the hasslers.He's on a Blackstar comeback tour with Mos Def, I mean Y...
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Dwayne
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May 5, 2011
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Odd Future is fast becoming one of the most talked about things in music, and deservedly so. It seems that most of their tracks getting hyped involve group leader Tyler, The Creator, but I actually think Hodgy Beats -- his second in command, by my re...
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Mike Madden
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Feb 18, 2011
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Ever since his Black Star days with Mos Def, Talib Kweli has acquired a reputation as one of hip-hop's foremost sages by mixing keen street knowledge with sociopolitical commentary. Album after album, he's proved that a dictionary, encyclopedia, an...
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Jason Grishkoff
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Feb 7, 2010
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The Roots are set to release their ninth studio album How I Got Over. The album title comes from a Mahalia Jackson gospel song of the same name. The band has described the new LP as upbeat, funky with political influences. The title track was first p...
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J Meagher
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Dec 16, 2009
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I was too excited for this album to review it right away. The Black Keys...Mos Def...PHAROAHE MONCH!?!? Everything about this project made sense to me. the black keys have been experimenting more and more with each release, culminating in their colla...
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