magnetizing the ghetto

sillyness.

maybe a dream line-up of 2009?

MP3: Reflection Eternal - Untitled (Ft. Jay Electronica, Mos Def & J Cole)

who takes the win? HipHop for one. And J Cole certainly more than holds his own.

on a buzz, high enough to scribe out the lyrics --> how this music should be making us feel. I just feel so blessed we've still got artists making us feel like this.

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BlakRoc

What do the Black Keys, Mos Def, RZA, Q-Tip, Billy Danze, Nicole Wray, and Jim Jones have in common? Talent. That and the fact that they've come together to form a new supergroup called BlakRoc. With a lil help from our favourite super mogul of the 2000s - Dame Dash



The album is actually out already and is pushing decent numbers but it's really all about the music. They hit the studio on some eleven artists, eleven days, one studio tip. And even had the courtesy to record it all for our viewing pleasure. There are, you guessed it, eleven webisodes and I'll be uploading them time to time. Enjoy.

History

one of my year favourites get's full live treatment on the Jimmy Fallon show.

Roots x Mos Def x Talib Kweli x Dilla

G.O.O.D Music Afterparty Cypha

kanye, mos, nas, consequence, de la soul, damon albarn & Will.I.Am share some stage time at the G.O.O.D music showcase in London the other night.

When Nas came in i'd have lost it. . but I still think that grime has the edge when it comes too pure energy at a live event. .despite it have fallen into a slumber of sorts. Should be some more G.O.O.D news/releases to come by the time the year is out. . Tony Williams. . Big Sean. And of course 808's. .

Mos Def

Mos Def did the Carnegie Hall in NY the other night and with the legend Gill Scott Heron next to him it was always going to be pretty special. My dreams could only amount to seeing something like this. .

Rumours are going round that there is audio of the show so that will have to do. As soon as word hits, it'l be on here.

Until then OkP have pictures from the night (special props to Terrence Jennings), and also an mp3. . of Mos' tribute to Jay Electronica. . - And people stop wailing out on Jay Electronica - 'Why don't he drop mixtapes/albums/more songs/youtube videos/trailers to videos?' etc. It ain't gonna come any quicker, and its kinda refreshing that he aint all up in your face with all of the above every time you hit your nahright's.

So hit up OkPlayer.

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But the real news, in my humble opinion, is that he seems to have been given the go ahead for a new album - this next bits coming straight from Wikipedia, but the general consensus is that it's coming. Previewing a whole lot of new material at the shows for one.

In recent shows Mos Def has performed new songs from his album, said to be named The Ecstatic. He has shown crowds tracks produced by Madlib and Oh No (Madlib’s younger brother), and is rumored to be going to Al Be Back and Kanye West for new material.

- - "Auditorium" featuring Slick Rick (Produced by Madlib)
- - "Super Magic" (Produced by Oh No)
- - "Twilight Speedball" (Produced by Chad Hugo & Mos Def)
- - "Priority" (Produced by Preservation)
- - "Pretty Dancer" (Produced by Mr. Porter, co-produced by Hemmy)
- - "History" featuring Talib Kweli (Produced by J Dilla)

Rising Down

New heat from the Roots. Who else?

Ft. Mos Def, Dice Raw & Styles P

Thanks to OKP.



Hello hello hello hello…

(MOS DEF)
Every anywhere heights plains peaks or valleys
Entrances exits vestibules and alleys
Winding roads that test the firm nerve
fortune or fatal behind the blind curve
The engine all purr life's flash to a blur
speed work through the earth make your motor go scurrr
tonight at noon watch a bad moon rising
identities in crisis and conflict diamonds
blindin staring at lights till they cryin
bone gristle popping from continuous grindin
grapes of wrath in a shapely glass
ingredients influential on your ways and ask
zero tolerance to raise the tax
it don't matter how your gates is latched
you aint safe from the danger jack
made a way before they made the map
or a GPS this is DEF leader

(DICE RAW)
I know where I'm goin even when its dark and being let down that road
Hello hello hello hello…
you don't see that somethings wrong earth's spinnin outta control
Hello hello hello hello…
Everything's for sale even souls someone get God on the phone
Hello hello hello hello…
Northside nigga Southside
Hello hello hello hello…
shits poppin off Worldwide
Hello hello hello hello…

(BLACK THOUGHT)
Between the greenhouse gases and earth spinnin off its axis
got mother nature doin back flips the natural disasters
its like 80 degrees in Alaska you in trouble if u not an Onasis
it aint hard to tell that the conditions is drastic
just turn on the telly check for the news flashin
how you want it bagged paper or plastic
lost in translation or just lost in traffic
yo I dont wanna floss I done lost my passion
and I ant trying to climb yo i lost my traction
they makin me break my contents under pressure
do not shake I'm workin while the boss relaxin
here come Mr. tax man he leavin a fraction give me back some
matter fact next pay check it's like that son
I'll fuck around and have to hurt a few men
They probably chalk it up as a disturbing new trend hello

(DICE RAW)
Chorus…

(TYLES P)
Should I say hello or should I say that hell is low
And my nigga or a niggero I'm an African American
They sell drugs in the hood but the man he move the medicine
He'll prescribe you …… for everything
a little stuffy nose tell you get some Claritin
you know I'm hip to it and its hard to claim the land
when my great great great grands were shipped to it
look at technology they call it downloading
I call it downsizing somebody follow me
Does a computer chip have an astrology
When it fuck up could it give you an apology
Could it
Should it say hello or should it say goodbye
Try to understand how smart and how hood am I, It don't matter though
until we learn that the world don't turn right ,we all on the scatter though

(DICE RAW)
Chorus…

Best yet...This will be in my head allll night rest assured.

Rising Down April 29th.

Mos Def Live In Paris

Just came across this from his current tour.. New stuff sounds good. And as always, he dresses to the point.

New album said to drop in February, and thanks to the StonesThrow Messageboard.. I've come across some evidence leading me to believe that there will be some production by Madlib/Oh No. As well as Kanye.

Here's a snippet from a recent gig in Toronto. . Very short and not great quality but theres something about him put with Madlib. Can't place the beat however?

Part 2: Kanye Vs. Mos Def

This is even better than the first - Which you should check here. Part 3 coming soon. . Thanks to Blocksavvy.

Kanye West Vs. Mos Def Freestyles

Mmmmmmmm. Two very dashing men, who can both rap.

And yeah, Your almost certain to turn the volume up when you watch this, don't deafen yourself when you've finished.. Remember to turn it down!