Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def, has been relatively quiet in the music scene since announcing his retirement in a Facebook live video in 2016. Yet he has continued to hint at music releases ...
Just in time for the holidays and to remind the hip hop listmakers that The Ecstatic was/is the truth, the two-time Grammy nominated Mos Def has scheduled a show on 12/20 at Highline Ballroom. Tickets ...
On this day in hip hop history, 27 years ago, Mos Def and Talib Kweli joined forces to release their iconic debut album Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star on Rawkus Records — a landmark project that ...
Multi-talented emcee Mos Def will return from a 3 year hiatus with his 4th studio album, The Ecstatic. Mos debuted two new tracks courtesy of his Myspace page (www ...
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. There are a few songs I vividly remember hearing (or seeing if the video ...
Yesterday (June 3) reports hit the net that Mos Def’s new album, The Ecstatic, had been pushed back to August, but Pretty Flaco’s new label Downtown Records has denied the rumors. In an email the ...
Mos Def‘s third album True Magic comes out on December 29th. It features production from Pharrell Williams of the Neptunes, Minnesota and Preservation. Why anyone would release an album between ...
Mos Def's new album, The Ecstatic, will be available on a t-shirt. But how do you get it in the CD player? Richard Trenholm Former Movie and TV Senior Editor Richard Trenholm was CNET's film and TV ...
As long as some of the artists named below continue bundling songs together, I'll refuse to believe that the album has followed Elvis into the afterlife. A few were too long, a few were under the ...
It’s been a decade since Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) put out his last release The Ecstatic, choosing to retire from the rap game several years later in 2016. Apparently he seems be moving toward coming ...
Mos Def performs onstage with Gorillaz during the Meadows Music and Arts Festival - Day 2 at Citi Field on September 16, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images) There are a few ...
OPINION: “Black on Both Sides” managed to be political, entertaining and jammin’ in a way that few albums have managed since. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed ...