Apology number 2: Yesterday, I posted a completely BS story and I want to say sorry about it. Apparently, it was some idiots idea of a prank or a joke and it dealt with the topic of rape. In my heart of hearts I felt it was bogus, but ran it anyway, sourcing another site. […]
(AllHipHop News) Most people still know him as Mos Def, but the man who now professionally goes by Yasiin Bey took it back to his pre-name change days when he performed at The Shrine in Chicago recently. The G.O.O.D. Music member debuted the previously unreleased song “The Light is Afraid of the Dark” during the show. The […]
WHO IS MOS DEF MAKING A WHOLE ALBUM WITH?
A DECADE OF “QUALITY”: THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF TALIB KWELI’S EPIC ALBUM
MOS DEF (YASIIN BEY) AND TALIB KWELI REUNITE AS BLACK STAR IN L.A. AND HIP-HOP ENSUES!
AFROPUNK: WHAT HIP-HOP WAS AND IS
VIDEO: ERYKAH BADU AND YASIIN BEY (MOS DEF) ROCK OUT AT AFROPUNK!
Earlier this week, we told you how the G.O.O.D. Music compilation album, Cruel Summer, was getting pushed back yet again due to four more features. We hear that one of those features has been tough to get and has been the main reason behind the push back. What feature is that you ask? Well, it’s […]
AHH STRAY NEWS: RICK ROSS RULES, YASIIN BEY TAKES ON MUSICAL, BIG SEAN TALKS ALBUM
TALIB KWELI WORKS TO KEEP FANS SATISFIED WITH UPCOMING “ATTACK THE BLOCK” MIXTAPE
BLACK MUSIC MONTH: RAP AND ROCK’S RAUCOUS REBELLION
THE WORDSMITHS CAME OUT TO CELEBRATE 20 YEARS OF THE LYRICIST LOUNGE – CHECK THE RECAP!
(AllHipHop News) Not to be outdone by all of the recent festival news from Soundset, Rock the Bells, Lollapalooza and Made In America, the Austin City Limits 2012 Music Festival (ACL) has revealed its lineup for the city’s 11th annual, three-day concert event, to take place October 12-14 at Zilker Park in Austin, Texas. ACL 2012, […]
(AllHipHop News) In it’s second year, the Blue Note Jazz Festival has lined up such talent as Black Thought and ?uestlove of the legendary Roots crew, as well as Yasiin Bey and a plethora of others to perform at the June 10 event that will be held throughout the city of New York. “After an […]
THE DUMBING-DOWN OF HIP-HOP…WHOSE FAULT IS IT? READ THE EDITORIAL.
PRE-L.A. RIOTS, HIP-HOP WAS A LOT MORE RADICAL…SO WHAT HAPPENED? READ HERE.
(AllHipHop News) Many artists who achieve success on the level of fame, money, and chart-topping albums agree that the urge to stray from what brought them to the table can be a challenge. However, Questlove credits his former Def Jam boss, Jay-Z, for keeping him and his group, The Roots, musically and artistically intact. “(Jay-Z) didn’t […]
Three years ago, music fans were ecstatic to hear that Jay Electronica, Yasiin Bey aka Mos Def, and Curren$y were forming a supergroup called Center Edge Territory. After only a few collaboration records between the three MCs, we still don’t have an album. Super producer Ski Beatz revealed in an interview with VIBE that the […]
Yasiin Bey aka Mos Def recently released a remix to The Throne’s “Ni**a’s In Paris” entitled “Ni**ga’s in Poorest” to commemorate the anniversary of Malcom X’s death. On the track Yasiin Bey takes the exact opposite approach that Kanye West and Jay-Z took on the track and instead raps about poverty and violence. The tone […]
THE RE:GENERATION MUSIC PROJECT IS UNLIKE ANY MUSIC FILM YOU’VE SEEN! STARRING DJ PREMIER, YASSIN BEY, AND MS. BADU!
