Album review: Mos Def - 'The Ecstatic'
In the ’80s, the snooker player Steve Davis achieved near-total domination of his sport, while adopting a public persona of complete dreariness, to the extent that he was given the hugely ironic nickname ‘Interesting’ by the press. In...
Mos Def : London Shepherd's Bush Empire
So, this is how he returns, all starry-eyed and ready to rock da house. As if to confound expectations raised last year when Mos Def performed with a band, and delved into rock territory, tonight, the sometime thespian last seen in Spike Lee's...
Mos Def/Talib Kweli: New York Roseland Ballroom
There are a lot of very confused and disappointed people in the house tonight. Which is too bad, considering they're witnessing something remarkable. It just isn't what they were expecting. Mos Def has unveiled his new rock band, Jack Johnson, for...
'Ms. Fatbooty Pt.2'
Lazy mid-tempo funk beats with the occasional horn stabs and dreamy Fender Rhodes make the ingredients for DJ Spinna's head-nodding soundtrack for the diverse word-juggler Mos Def to meander over. Lyrically this is a finely-crafted, dynamic,...
Mos Def : Ms. Fat Booty vol.1
No body bags or Bentleys on Mr Def's lead-off single from his new album, 'Black On Both Sides' . Over a slippery loop of honeyed soul vocals, he takes a familiar rap scenario and skews it sideways, detailing his smooth-talking seduction of a...
Black On Both Sides
Despite hip-hop being commercially and creatively stronger than ever, the political content of rap is at an all-time low. Mos Def 's debut solo LP, though, is an exhilarating mixture of fiery passion and intelligent rhyming. Like a more street...
