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Review: Kid Koala's '12 Bit Blues'
authoritative swing that would make any underground hip-hop purist proud. It would have been great if a guest like MF DOOM, Mos Def or Mr. Lif had appeared here, but it's just as compelling by itself. Koala doesn't forget how to have fun, either
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Amy Winehouse: Five Facts You May Not Have Knownher other self-proclaimed influences: Jazz giants Thelonious Monk, Charlie Mingus and Miles Davis; hip-hop greats Mos Def and Busta Rhymes. Chris Christoforou/Getty Images She paid for a friend to go to rehab. While Winehouse famously sang
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Gil Scott-Heron, Called Godfather of Rap, Dies at 62tip your hat with a hand over your heart & recognize." Mos Def , who was on the same bill with Scott-Heron at the JVC incredible source of energy, power, and truth in the world," Mos Def said. "It's an honor to be able to finally work with
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Review: Black Sheep’s “From The Black Pool Of Genius”
shows he now would sit well beside the likes of Common, Mos Def and Talib Kweli. “Born To Che” is one of the strongest, yet firmly beside Q-Tip’s “The Renaissance” and Mos Def ’s “The Ecstatic” as must-have, recent
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Oil Spill Gets Star Power: Justin Bieber, Sting to Headline Larry King's Telethonfrom underwater technology experts. Gulf Aid, a May 16 concert in New Orleans featuring John Legend, Lenny Kravitz, Mos Def and Ani DiFranco, raised more than $300,000 for the Gulf Relief Foundation. Few Grand Displays for Oil Spill Worthy
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Oil Keeps Spilling but Stars Are Slow to Comefrom underwater technology experts. Gulf Aid, a May 16 concert in New Orleans featuring John Legend, Lenny Kravitz, Mos Def and Ani DiFranco, raised more than $300,000 for the Gulf Relief Foundation. James Cameron is offering advice to the
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The Year In Review: The Top 50 Best Albums of 2009
Sweats” “I Quit Girls” 4. MOS DEF – “THE ECSTATIC” – Ten years ago, Mos Def delivered the classic, “Black classic soul. Read My Original Review Of Mos Def 's "The Ecstatic" Favorite
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The Fugitive Life Sparks Its Own Celebrity
since 1984. Shakur has been the subject of documentaries and made a hero by such hip hop stars as Common, Public Enemy, Mos Def and her stepnephew Tupac Shakur. Joanne Chesimard, aka, Assata Shakur, leaves a Middlesex County Courthouse in New
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Review: Mos Def ’s “The Ecstatic”
Not only does Mos Def stand as one of the last hopes for real get the newest, “hot” producer, Mos Def is seemingly, wisely ignoring such glitziness hip-hop or otherwise) ever to be recorded. Mos Def has a unique presence. He combines the soulful
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Kanye West: Hip-Hop's 'Creative Genius'
samples music from music legends like Elton John and Michael Jackson, and collaborates with artists ranging from the rapper Mos Def to John Mayer and Coldplay's Chris Martin. He's also looking beyond rap. West wants to break into the fashion industry
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How to Make Your Own Hollywood MovieRewind." In the movie, set to open Feb. 22, Jerry (Jack Black) inadvertently erases the tapes in his friend's ( Mos Def 's) video store, and the pair re-create the movies to keep the business afloat. They call their wild, low-tech
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At Sundance: Sex and Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll
closely director Clark Gregg stays to the book. Be Kind Rewind Whom it's for: YouTube lovers. The story: A fantasy with Mos Def and Jack Black as friends who set out to make homemade versions of popular movies such as RoboCop, Rush Hour 2 and Driving
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Owen Wilson's Interview: Tell-All or PR Ploy?
personalities sit down and interview one another. Past pairings include Nobel Prize winner Al Gore and hip-hop artist Mos Def ; filmmaker Michael Moore and R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe. So if celebrities can craft their own interviews and
