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Wohl kein anderer amerikanischer HipHop-Interpret hat in den letzten Jahren für so viel Furore gesorgt, wie der 36 jährige Dante Smith aka Mos Def. Polarisierend ist da wohl der beste Ausdruck, wen... Read more

Hij kan het nog! The New Danger was te onevenwichtig en True Magic al helemaal een draak van een plaat. Ondertussen groeide hij uit tot een van die zeldzame rappers die écht kan acteren. En nu laat... Read more

The Ecstatic is, therefore, a continuum. The artistry remains understated, modest even and, yet again, it takes several plays before the gems begin to form. Herein you will find a spinning multi-co... Read more

Mos Def kehrt auf seinem neuen Album zu alter Grösse zurück und löst damit ein Versprechen ein, das er vor zehn Jahren gegeben hat. 1999 trug der geschätzte Autor dieser Zeilen ... Read more

Es ist eigentlich ebenso dreist wie gewagt, mit einem Track wie „Supermagic“ ein solches Album einzuleiten. Orientalische Bollywood-Sounds, ein schleppender Beat und dann legt er los, M... Read more

Dante Terrell Smith seemed to have lost all interest in the rap game. Though his acting career could never be considered a vanity project of the likes of his gangsterish peers – he’s starred in... Read more

Just when you think hiphopis a spent force, alongcomes one of its moreoriginal talents to provethat the genre can stillpack a punch. Def, freshfrom a this Tony, thatEmmy and the otherGolden Globe... Read more

Responsible for two of hip-hop’s greatest albums (Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star, and Black on Both Sides), Mos Def has spent the 10 years since the latter’s release striving ... Read more

When a politically conscious Muslim rapper opens his album with a speech from Malcolm X, it says that he means business. It says that, after a couple of lacklustre records, Mos Def intends to recla... Read more

Mos Def might be the closest rap music has to a mythical creature. Rarely spotted, his legend resides in exploits that only few can remember with real clarity. This, the rapper's fourth album in 10... Read more