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Mos Def News

Mos Def making documentary about early punk band

Film will feature the near unknown band Death

Sep 25, 2009

New Mos Def album to be embedded in T-shirt

'The Ecstatic' will be released in the US on July 7

Jun 17, 2009
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Mos Def reveals new album details

New York rapper announces release date and title

Jun 3, 2009

Mos Def wanted by police

Forces have issued a warrant for his arrest

Nov 7, 2008

Mos Def, Nas to headline Rock The Bells

Hip-hop festival hits Southern California this summer

Jun 20, 2008
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Mos Def Videos

Deftones At Leeds Festival 2009

Lead singer Chino Moreno talks about how the band have kept going after bassist Chi Cheng was involved in a serious car accident in November 2008, leaving him in a coma.

Download 2009 - Def Leppard Walk On

Find out what it's like to walk on stage with Def Leppard as they headline the Sunday of Download 2009.

Def Leppard Mini-Documentary

Watch a mini-doc about the re-issue of 'Pyromania' - one of Def Leppard's biggest albums to date.

Download 2009 - Def Leppard

Joe Elliott speaks exclusively to NMETV ahead on Def Leppard's headline appearance at Download Festival 2009...

Motley Crue Vs Def Leppard: The Metal Test

We challenged Nikki Six from Motley Crue and Joe Elliot from Def Leppard to take NME's metal test to determine once and for all, whose band is more metal.

This freestyle (among several others) can be found on the documentary 'Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme'. www.imdb.com I recommend anyne to pick it up since it sheds a light on Hip-Hop culture that is different from the...

Mos Def, Talib Kweli & Common - Respiration (04:41)

Breathe in, inhale vapors from bright stars that shine Breathe out, weed smoke retrace the skyline

Mos Def "Ms. Fat Booty" (03:43)

Deserves more credit... ...Had to cut off embedding, YouTube is getting on me about the video!

KANYE WEST VS MOS DEF PART 1 (02:15)

kanye and mos def in a 3 part battle series at dame dash house in london.exclusive never before seen footage of the international grizzley..blocksavvy.com will bring you more stay tuned..

MOS DEF - a fan of DOOM (07:07)

The Culture Capture Champs catch Mos Def during a break in the studio while recording "The Ecstatic" . Hear how he dissects some of his favorite MF DOOM lyrics & talks a bit about his influences. Mos Def's new album...

Mos Def Reviews

Album review: Mos Def - 'The Ecstatic'

Hip-hop nearly man comes good

Aug 21, 2009

Mos Def : London Shepherd's Bush Empire

He returns, ready to rock da house - which is exactly what he does...

Jun 18, 2001
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Mos Def/Talib Kweli: New York Roseland Ballroom

This is Mos Def making [i]real[/i] music, showing off a voice that's as good at wailing as it is at busting rhymes...

Dec 12, 2000

'Ms. Fatbooty Pt.2'

No big chorus or sample hook, making it a little bland...

Nov 21, 2000

Mos Def : Ms. Fat Booty vol.1

there's no name-calling sexist pay-off, no insecure macho condemnation of female sexuality, just a wounded narrator bewildered by a post-feminist world.

Dec 4, 1999

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Mos Def Biography

Dante Terrell Smith (born December 11, 1973) is an American actor and MC known by the stage name Mos Def. Mos Def started his hip hop career in a group called Urban Thermo Dynamics, after which he appeared on albums by Da Bush Babees and De La Soul. With Talib Kweli, he formed the duo Black Star, who released the album Black Star in 1998. He was a major force in the late 1990s underground hip hop explosion spearheaded by Rawkus Records. As a solo artist he has released the albums Black on Both Sides in 1999, The New Danger in 2004, True Magic in 2006, and The Ecstatic in 2009.

Initially recognized for his musical output, Mos Def's screen work since the early 2000s has established him as one of only a handful of rappers who have garnered critical approval for their acting work. Mos Def has also been active on several social and political issues and was particularly vocal in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

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