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Listen to 'Yasiin Gaye: The Departure (Side One)'
Listen to 'Yasiin Gaye: The Departure (Side One)'
Listen to 'Yasiin Gaye: The Departure (Side One)'
We love a good mash-up album and this one by the self-described "Manipulator of Sound" Amerigo Gazaway is a must-listen. The 'Yasiin Gaye: The Departure (Side One)' album features the intuitive rhymes of Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) with the music and ad-libs from the late soul man Marvin Gaye.
Rockie Fresh Freestyles Over Mos Def's 'Mathematics'
Rockie Fresh Freestyles Over Mos Def's 'Mathematics'
Rockie Fresh Freestyles Over Mos Def's 'Mathematics'
Rockie Fresh is probably the last guy from the Maybach Music army to shamelessly promote their upcoming release (that title belongs proudly to Rick Ross), while Mos Def's 'Mathematics' is the furthest from the brand of rap you'd expect to hear on an MMG album, but that's exactly the type of weird and wonderful that's going on here.
Yasiin Bey, Kanye West: Mos Def Premieres Unreleased Collaboration
Yasiin Bey, Kanye West: Mos Def Premieres Unreleased Collaboration
Yasiin Bey, Kanye West: Mos Def Premieres Unreleased Collaboration
Yasiin Bey -- otherwise known to the world as Mos Def -- decided that a recent show at The Shrine in Chicago was the opportune time to debut some unreleased work he'd done with Kanye West. Well okay then sir! "The Light Is Not Afraid Of The Dark" was originally recorded for Mos' 2006 LP True Magic, and while it doesn't feature 'Ye vocals, it is his production...
Rap Songs About Women: 25 Classics for Valentine’s Day
Rap Songs About Women: 25 Classics for Valentine’s Day
Rap Songs About Women: 25 Classics for Valentine’s Day
Hip-hop and Valentine's Day go together like the cast members of Love & Hip-Hop. Which is to say, well, not that swimmingly. But whatever. Some of the genre's most enduring contributions, in any era, have been songs about the ladies. Fr...
Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) – Rappers Who Became Movie Stars
Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) – Rappers Who Became Movie Stars
Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) – Rappers Who Became Movie Stars
Like Ice-T, Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def and aka Dante Terrell Smith) has been acting almost since before anyone knew him as a rapper. But turns in films like 'Monster’s Ball,' 'Brown Sugar' and 'The Italian Job' showed that he could take small roles, make them unique, and then make us remember them...

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