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...He has fallen off the jazz radar of late, but remains busy behind the scenes in high-profile hip-hop and R&B — credits range from Nas and Mos Def to Mary J Blige and Kendrick Lamar....
...Credits range from Robert Glasper to Mos Def and Erykah Badu. Her album Overload, released on Flying Lotus’s Brainfeeder label, was nominated for last year’s best urban contemporary Grammy....
...Def to Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, who described his rhyming style as “shocking in its genius”....
...A heavyweight cast of guests, including Killer Mike, Pusha T, Anderson .Paak and Yasiin “Mos Def” Bey, underlines his elevation from supporting player to leading man. ★★★★☆ ‘Bandana’ is released by Keep...
...“Kids See Ghosts” is atmospheric but features disjointed contributions from Cudi, West and guest Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def). ★★★☆☆ ‘Ye’ and ‘Kids See Ghosts (with Kid Cudi)’ are both released by GOOD...
...Other famous Bedstuy natives include chess player Bobby Fischer, the actor Chris Rock and rappers and musicians such as Jay-Z, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Norah Jones and Mos Def....
...Guests kept coming on tracks new and old, from US rap greats De La Soul and Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) to addled Happy Mondays relic Shaun Ryder....
...Def and Talib Kweli....
...The affinity was cemented by passing lyrical references to Mos Def and Pharcyde and a cover of A Tribe Called Quest’s “Check the Rhime”....
...Def....
...This includes links to new essays and announcements for book readings, but also Spotify playlists that feature the likes of Brahms, Mos Def and Sufjan Stevens....
...On a frozen afternoon we meet a pair of small-time crooks (John Hawkes and Mos Def), out to kidnap the wife of a grubby property tycoon....
...There is also a piece of it for your team leader who likes Def Leppard references in his endless training sessions, and his boss who keeps the lights on and the lock-up stocked....
...Glasper has been working in New York’s hip-hop and R&B circles ever since: as musical director for the MC and hip-hop artist Mos Def, for example....
...Shortly after, some cooks at the outdoor market decide I look like Mos Def and, bizarrely, begin to clap. I give a whole day over to writing my essay....
...At the Roundhouse the crew of guests included soul singer Bobby Womack, rappers Mos Def and De La Soul and The Clash’s Mick Jones and Paul Simonon, playing together for the first time since 1981....
...Mos Def appears on a laidback bluesy number, The Wu-Tang Clan’s Raekwon turns in a surreal street rap over doodling psychedelic guitars and Dan Auerbach unleashes raw, greasy guitar riffs on “Hope You’re...
...For a young jazz musician Scott has an unusually high profile, There have been collaborations with the likes of Jill Scott, Mos Def and Prince, and his street-savvy fashion sense has landed him small roles...
...He introduced her to the work of politically charged American rappers Mos Def and Talib Kweli and would go on to be her closest musical collaborator....
...Saturday’s offerings include Branford Marsalis, Joshua Redman, Christian McBride and rapper Mos Def....
...His brassy-but-breathy sound encapsulates a century of jazz tradition, and there is an abundance of soulful licks and clicky dance beats – not surprising as Scott plays trumpet in rapper Mos Def’s touring...
...Jack Black’s Jerry becomes magnetised while trying to sabotage a power plant – it could happen to any of us – and, next thing we know, he has erased all the tapes in friend Mike’s (Mos Def) video store....
...Glasper is adept at juxtaposing his insider’s knowledge of contemporary urban music – he has worked with rappers Mos Def and Q-Tip – with snippets of jazz history....
...And celebrity watching has become a local pastime since the area is now used as a film set for actors such as Bruce Willis, Mos Def and Andre Benjamin....
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