Video: Kanye West Feat. Mos Def & Freeway - Two Words (Previously Unreleased)...

Just upped to the net with a stable link. We've seen this awhle back but you may have not.

Enjoy.

Mos Def Likes DOOM, We Like DOOM, We Like You, So You Like DOOM??? Right???...

Mos Def Spits DOOM's Lyrics From Memory:



THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT DOOM HAS A VERY LARGE, THOUGH OBSCURE, FAN BASE. MOS DEF SHOWING HIS AFFINITY FOR DOOM AND HIS LYRICAL ABILITY REINFORCES THE NOTION THAT THERE MAY BE EFFORTS IN TRYING TO GET D. DUMILE TO BREAK INTO THE MORE PUBLIC EYE.

*Posted in ALL CAPS because that's how you spell the mans' name.

Via FroLab

Video: Mos Def The Ecstatic Promotional Trailer...

Mos Def - Words - The Ecstatic - in stores Spring 2009

Mos Def Zune Insider Interview...

The Mighty Mos, Pretty Flaco, The Black Dante sits down with Ceasar from the Zune Insider and talks the good talk. Touches on his role in Cadillac Records and his upcoming project The Ecstatic

Mos is getting back to his lyrical roots especially after we caught up with him at Carnegie Hall last year for his performance with Gil-Scott Heron.

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Listen/ Download Here. Mos Def - Brooklyn We Go Hard (Live At The Highline Ballroom)

We Love J. Dilla Even MORE...

Straight from ?uesto's (Questlove of the Roots Crew) mouth..er..keyboard:

" Then i was like “yo Pete[Rock] is gonna be fucked up when he hears THIS shit!”

dilla: NONONONONONONONONO!! naw man….you can’t let him hear this man i cant afford that!
?uest: afford what? this shit is a miracle!!
dilla: nah man….like i dont want no tension. that’s my idol i dont wanna give off the impression that im trying to outshine him….
?uest: but dog im saying if you shine then…..
dilla: nah man…."

The man, the legend J.Dilla. The first time we actually got swept up in Dilla's dopeness was around the late 90's when this jewel dropped (Thanks to moms around the country's infatuation with having Janet on repeat in the crib):



Yeah, it was that serious. Q-Tip and fellow triber Ali Shaeed Muhammmad were in the mix too (Tip's live adlibs & Muhammad's engineering.) Might we add that watching this video after Tip released his latest effort The Renaissance...Tip is that dude!

" ?uest: so all this shit i got with samples he’s us—
dilla: yeah man dont let that shit get out man….i just do it for practice….
?uest: wait….so this beat is never going to see the light of day ever? you just made it and lost sweat over it for…..sport?
dilla: yeah man….i just practice……

thank god…..kweli had a cassette which had this beat on it for like 15 secs.

they looped it from the cassette."

The They that ?uesto is referring to are these two incredible wordsmiths:



Rediculous!

Read the full article Here.

Questlove vs. Jay Dee: The “Little Brother” Beat Story

J.Dilla R.I.P

You don't know what, or more so who you've got until they're gone. Indeed.

J.Dilla Myspace

New Music: Mos Def - Life In Marvelous Times...

Listen/Download Here. Mos Def - Life In Marvelous Times

Black Dante has recently emerged from his cave in Istanbul and blessed us with audio salvation.

"Bright moments always come back vivid" - Pretty Flaco

The Ecstatic, Mos' new effort drops on November 25th.

Go cop.

New Music: Mos Def - The Glow...

Yeah this is our official first "New Mos Def" post. We haven't heard/seen a new drop from Black Dante in a minute. Glad to have it here first.

Listen/Download Here. Mos Def - The Glow

Mos Def At Carnegie Hall...

So as we luckily got the chance to get in for free and see one of the most prolific emcees rock the venue at Carnegie hall this past week. We couldn't help but notice that he seemed very refreshed.The venue was pretty much packed and boasted a very diverse crowd as you may have come to expect from an artist as transcending as the Brooklyn Emcee.

Mos kicked off his show with a video monolouge on the proper ways of enjoying watermelon followed by an introduction of his band and newly formed all female string ensemble that he dubbed playfully the "Amino Strain" due to the fact that the name of his complete band is the Amino Alkaline Orchestra.

Mos brought out special guest and legend Gil Scott-Heron and the two went on to trade vocals on many of Herons' classics including an ode to the greatest city in the world and their hometown New York! Later on in the show Mos gave a special shout out to new comer Jay Electronica by performing an acepella version of the second verse from “Act 1: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge)”. Black Dante, as he refers to himself as, also showed his respect for another underground artist MF DOOM by performing DOOM's Madlib produced song ALL CAPS in its entirety.

Mos rapped up the show with a performance of his widely popular song Umi Says and thanked everyone for coming out and urged them to come chill at the afterparty. We didn't get to go to that joint but the concert was mre than dope.

Catch the full gallery of pics from the performance Here over at OKP.

Pic Props go to Terrence Jennings.

If You Didn't Know...

Breathe. It's called Respiration. Now you know.

Props to the man Mos Def for helping take in $24 million in his latest film effort "Be Kind Rewind" also starring Jack Black earlier this month.

The Mighty Mos: Drive By's...

Mos is the dopest. On point when he dropped knowledge about "Artist's".


Clip Via Youtube.