Things Fall Apart, the 1999 masterpiece from The Roots, opens with a clip of dialogue from Spike Lee’s Mo’ Better Blues, wherein a trumpet player (Denzel Washington) is […]
MUSIC: Marvin Gaye and Yasiin “Mos Def” Bey form…
In from a bizarro universe that is called Mash Up is the latest collaboration to hit the streets: Mos Def (excuse me, Yasiin Bey) and Marvin Gaye combine […]
REVIEW: Talib Kweli……….Prisoner of Conscious
“Even though y’all niggas might not cuss like me, at the end of the night, y’all just trying to fuck like me.” Phonte, Little Brother’s “The Yo-Yo.” Hip-hop. […]
PLAYLIST: The Baker’s Dozen – Dan Auerbach’s Blistering Fingerprints
Welcome to another installment of The Baker’s Dozen, a feature in which I will deliver a playlist of some of the things I’ve been listening to lately and tell […]
REVIEW: Brother Ali – Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color
Music, just like food and relationships, has to combine both aspects of “want” and “need” to be effective. For a musical product or project to be successful, it […]
LIVE: The Roots 5th Annual Picnic, Festival Pier
The 5th annual Roots Picnic returned this year bigger and deffer. Hosted by MTV’s Amanda Seales (pka Amanda Diva) featuring Shabazz Palaces, St. Vincent, Diplo w/Major Lazer, punk-alt […]
LIVE: Yasiin Bey (pka Mos Def) at Howard Theatre
Photos by: Tyrone Clemons The Howard Theatre is shaping up to be the premier venue. It was a stellar idea for Yasiin Bey and the show’s producer Jill […]
AUDIO: Yasiin Bey (pka Mos Def) – “Niggas in Poorest”
Photo courtesy of Mel D. Cole Yasiin Bey takes The Throne‘s wildly popular “Niggas in Paris” and turns it into a social/political jawn “Niggas in Poorest”. Bey is […]
NEW MUSIC: Black Star – Untitled
Download I was just talking with Couch Sessions writer @CM_3 at the Happy Hour yesterday about the best star powered duos in hip-hop, and it instantly became a […]
Video 2 Peep: Ski Beats – Cream of the Planet Feat. Mos Def
If you’re a serious hip hop head then you probably peeped the dopeness of producer Ski Beats many moons ago. The first time I learned the name was […]