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Mos Def

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2012

    RE:GENERATION Documentary: Finally Skrillex Teams Up with The Doors

    Photo by Brian Nevins​If the Grammy's taught us anything, it's that despite Dave Grohl's apparent objections, electronic dance music, or EDM, has stepped boldly into the spotlight, with artists like Skrillex and Deadmau5 leading the charge toward the mainstream. Director Amir Bar Lev's RE:GENER ... More >>

  • Music

    December 15, 2011

    Tucson MC Savant Doesn't Create Standard Hip-Hop

    Photo by Brian Nevins​If the Grammy's taught us anything, it's that despite Dave Grohl's apparent objections, electronic dance music, or EDM, has stepped boldly into the spotlight, with artists like Skrillex and Deadmau5 leading the charge toward the mainstream. Director Amir Bar Lev's RE:GENER ... More >>

  • Music

    October 27, 2011

    Das Racist Are Just Joking (But They're Not Joking)

    Photo by Brian Nevins​If the Grammy's taught us anything, it's that despite Dave Grohl's apparent objections, electronic dance music, or EDM, has stepped boldly into the spotlight, with artists like Skrillex and Deadmau5 leading the charge toward the mainstream. Director Amir Bar Lev's RE:GENER ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2011

    This Has Been a Good Week For Black Star Fans

    ​It's been a really great week for Black Star fans -- and I'm one of them. Black Star, the 1998 collaboration between Mos Def and Talib Kweli is one of my favorite hip-hop albums. The duo performed "Fix Up," produced by the nearly always awesome Madlib, on The Colbert Report, on Wednesday, October ... More >>

  • Music

    April 7, 2011

    Talib Kweli

    ​It's been a really great week for Black Star fans -- and I'm one of them. Black Star, the 1998 collaboration between Mos Def and Talib Kweli is one of my favorite hip-hop albums. The duo performed "Fix Up," produced by the nearly always awesome Madlib, on The Colbert Report, on Wednesday, October ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    Multiple Benefit Concerts Being Organized to Support Queensland Flood Relief

    ​Flooding in Queensland, Australia is bringing about plenty of benefit concerts, according to Spinner.While artists like Keith Urban and Mos Def are shuffling around some tour dates to work around the flood, other artists and promoters are putting a more positive spin on the disaster by organizing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2010

    Mos Def Joins The Sound Strike Boycott

    Mos Def: White people love this guy.​Mos Def, the Hollywood actor who you may remember was once a respected rapper, has joined Zack de la Rocha's Sound Strike.Yes, #69 on the official list of Stuff White People Like, will not be bringing his enlightened rhymes to Arizona because of SB 1070, a stup ... More >>

  • Music

    October 21, 2010

    Are the Newly Serious Gorillaz Any Less Fun? Naw

    Mos Def: White people love this guy.​Mos Def, the Hollywood actor who you may remember was once a respected rapper, has joined Zack de la Rocha's Sound Strike.Yes, #69 on the official list of Stuff White People Like, will not be bringing his enlightened rhymes to Arizona because of SB 1070, a stup ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 21, 2010

    Are the Newly Serious Gorillaz Any Less Fun? Naw

    Mos Def: White people love this guy.​Mos Def, the Hollywood actor who you may remember was once a respected rapper, has joined Zack de la Rocha's Sound Strike.Yes, #69 on the official list of Stuff White People Like, will not be bringing his enlightened rhymes to Arizona because of SB 1070, a stup ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2010

    Talib Kweli Promotes May 29 Anti-SB1070 March, Art Show in New Video

    Kweli promotes the big May 29 march in this YouTube shortBrooklyn emcee Talib Kweli, one of the most respected names in hip-hop, known for his collaborations with fellow master of the mic Mos Def in Black Star, has done a video for AltoArizona.com endorsing the massive march to the state Capitol com ... More >>

  • Music

    May 20, 2010

    Talib Kweli

    Kweli promotes the big May 29 march in this YouTube shortBrooklyn emcee Talib Kweli, one of the most respected names in hip-hop, known for his collaborations with fellow master of the mic Mos Def in Black Star, has done a video for AltoArizona.com endorsing the massive march to the state Capitol com ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2010

    Blitzen Trapper: Ever Wonder What the Hell That Means, Exactly?

    Blitzen Trapper.​Have you ever really liked a band, but wondered, "How the hell did they come up with their name? What exactly does that mean?"Truth is, most professional music journalists would be waaaay too embarrassed to ask such a question of anyone other than the winner of a local Battle of t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    Slash's Solo Album Stream: Hear It Before Its May Release

    Slash has a new record out...with the help of loads of famous friends.​When you used to be in a band with a guy that made arguably the most anticipated album of the last two decades, which turned out to be Axl Rose's epic failure Chinese Democracy, it's kinda hard to top the hype yourself. But ala ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2010

    Album Stream: Gorillaz -- Plastic Beach

    The latest Gorillaz album isn't released until next Tuesday, but you can stream it in its entirety at NPR​If you've been dying to listen to Plastic Beach, the latest offering from Gorillaz, since hearing the single "Stylo," then please wait no longer. NPR's Exclusive First Listen has made the enti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    Mos Def Becomes First Artist To Take Dumb "Music Tee" Idea Seriously

    "Yo kids, this is Mos Def. Please buy my $39 album art t-shirt. In LA and NY, where the people who dreamed this up live, it's not a totally stupid idea to charge $60 for a t-shirt. Maybe where you live it isn't either."When I first got a press release about The Original Music Tee (not to be confu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    New Vampire Weekend, Crystal Antlers at Ruby Room, Blur Reunion Video, Touch and Go Book

    Electric Mustache: Photos: Crystal Antlers at The Ryhthm Room 6/8/2009 Spin: Vampire Weekend's New Record: "Higher, Lower, Faster! Spin: Blur post rehearsal footage online - video Rolling Stone: U2's Bono and the Edge Talk "Spider-Man" Musical Pitchfork: The Smashing Pumpkins Hire a 19-Year-Old ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2009

    Other People's Blogs: Grammys ditch polka, Black Keys Work With Mos Def, MGMT Hating on Headbands

    Spin: Jay-Z's 'Blueprint 3' Out This SeptemberRolling Stone: The Biggest, Oddest (and Most Unique) Sound in New YorkPitchfork: Santigold's Label Attempts to Block Santigold MixtapeNME: Grammys ditch polka category for 2010 AwardsSpin: Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman Perform Together in NYCPitchfork: Bla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2009

    Austin City Limits Jumps on Festival Bandwagon, Announces Lineup

    Austin City Limits: recycling this year's festival headliners so you don't have to The lineup for the 2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival has been announced and it is teeming with top-notch talent. The Beastie Boys, Pearl Jam and Dave Matthews Band round out the top slots of Outside Lands Lollapa ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 5, 2009

    Jazz Master

    Austin City Limits: recycling this year's festival headliners so you don't have to The lineup for the 2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival has been announced and it is teeming with top-notch talent. The Beastie Boys, Pearl Jam and Dave Matthews Band round out the top slots of Outside Lands Lollapa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    Madlib, Blatz, Deerhunter, and Crystal Stilts are Part of What's Selling at East Side Records in Tempe

    Otis Jackson Jr. (a.k.a. Madlib) wins the award for the coolest bedroom ever.With apologies to Russell Simmons, Madlib's arguably the hardest working cat in hip-hop.Besides creating his own jams and flows under a few different noms de guerre (Quasimoto, Sound Directions, Yesterday's New Quintet), t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2008

    Q-Tip's Do-Over Kills Momentum at Marquee

    By Martin Cizmar Q-Tip is a perfectionist. Or so he said Monday night as he derailed his show one song in, taking a five-minute interlude to adjust the sound. “Any of ya’ll bloggers out there? Any bloggers?” he asked. “So when you blog about this, just be a little gracious. ... More >>

  • Film

    February 21, 2008

    Be Kind Rewind attempts to celebrate DIY filmmaking, but comes up short, stale, and flat

    By Martin Cizmar Q-Tip is a perfectionist. Or so he said Monday night as he derailed his show one song in, taking a five-minute interlude to adjust the sound. “Any of ya’ll bloggers out there? Any bloggers?” he asked. “So when you blog about this, just be a little gracious. ... More >>

  • Film

    January 24, 2008

    There's a certain familiarity to this year's Sundance crop. Thankfully, a few gems cut through the noise

    By Martin Cizmar Q-Tip is a perfectionist. Or so he said Monday night as he derailed his show one song in, taking a five-minute interlude to adjust the sound. “Any of ya’ll bloggers out there? Any bloggers?” he asked. “So when you blog about this, just be a little gracious. ... More >>

  • Music

    March 15, 2007

    Mix Up the 'Nix

    Start the madness

  • Music

    February 22, 2007

    Top 10 selling CDs at Hoodlums, in the ASU Memorial Union building in Tempe

    Chart-busters for the week

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2007

    Phoenix Becomes Hip-Hop Central (for a weekend)

    Chart-busters for the week

  • Music

    January 25, 2007

    Top 10 selling CDs at Hoodlums Music in the ASU Memorial Union building in Tempe

    Chart-busters for the week

  • Music

    January 18, 2007

    The Top 10 selling CDs at Circles, 800 North Central Avenue

    Chart-busters for the week

  • Music

    January 4, 2007

    Snap To It

    Comeback kids, rhymin' Limeys and songs about partying defined Hip-Hop Nation in 2006

  • Music

    July 6, 2006

    Aloe Blacc

    Shine Through
    (Stones Throw)

  • Film

    March 2, 2006

    Get Down With Dave

    Chappelle returns with a raucous Party

  • Film

    March 2, 2006

    Hard Ride

    Stuck in traffic with Bruce Willis? Walk

  • Film

    November 10, 2005

    Bum Rap

    50 Cent wants to be an actor . . . but he's not

  • Music

    July 21, 2005

    El Pus

    Don't fence them in

  • Music

    May 12, 2005

    Mixing It Up

    Variety is the spice of Coachella

  • Music

    November 11, 2004

    Mos Def

    The New Danger
    (Geffen)

  • Music

    October 28, 2004

    What's Selling

    Top 10 selling CDs at Zia Record Exchange (1940 W. Chandler Boulevard in Chandler) for October 18 through 24

  • Music

    May 6, 2004

    D12

    D12 World (Shady/Interscope)

  • Music

    August 7, 2003

    Slap Happy

    Much like his Hawaiian waves, flip-flop folkie Jack Johnson finds a near-perfect groove

  • Music

    July 31, 2003

    Lifesavas

    Spirit in Stone (Quannum)

  • Film

    May 29, 2003

    Safe, Cracked

    The Italian Job, a remake better than the original, is a steal

  • Music

    April 3, 2003

    Majesticons

    Beauty Party (BigDada)

  • Music

    August 15, 2002

    RJD2

    Dead Ringer (Definitive Jux)

  • Calendar

    May 30, 2002

    A Def Ear

    Poet posse in for a shout-out

  • Music

    March 28, 2002

    The X-ecutioners

    Built From Scratch (Loud Records)

  • Music

    November 8, 2001

    Standards and Practices

    A guided tour of the best releases across the musical spectrum

  • Music

    January 25, 2001

    Open to All

    Black Eyed Peas hope they're luckier in 2001 than they were last year

  • Music

    November 9, 2000

    Black Stars

    Talib Kweli offers his reflections on the state of hip-hop, Levi's, and the role of MCs in the African-American community

  • Music

    February 3, 2000

    Welsh-Hop

    Former '80s synth-poppers return from decadelong exile with a funky makeover

  • News

    April 23, 1998

    Shirt Happens

    Budding urban-wear mogul takes Phoenix's MosDef label to the streets

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