Magnetic: Mos Def News

Dark Horizons’ Garth Franklin reports that there are rumors that Mos Def will make a cameo appearance in an upcoming movie about Bobby Kennedy to be directed by Emilio Estevez.

This post is tagged: movies, rumor.

Fire up the Tivo for tonight’s airing of MTV: Unplugged featuring Alicia Keys with guest appearances by Mos Def, Common, and a couple of the guys from Maroon 5.

Showtimes:

Friday, September 30th at 7:00pm on MTV
Sunday, October 2nd at 1:00am on MTV

If you miss it (or don’t have Tivo), you can always purchase the DVD and/or the CD. 

This post is tagged: alicia keys, music, tv.

I’ve tracked down some home videos of Mos Def layin’ it down at some recent Deal Real London events. Check ‘em out:

Clip of Mos Def performing "Two Words" – 31 secs, 396kb, QuickTime

Clip of Mos Def performing Miss Fat Booty -> Hip Hop – 1min 26secs, 1.1mb, QuickTime

Clip of Mos Def and Kanye West Freestyle – 2min 23secs, 24.2mb, Real

This post is tagged: downloads, hip hop, live music, mos def, music, rap, videos.

In a recent The Dartmouth Online opinion piece by Ilya Feoktistov titled "The Mixed Message of Hip Hop," Mos Def, Talib Kweli and others are called out as positive, poetic forces in hip-hop:

The beats and the lyrics delight ears, inspire minds and touch souls. Both musically and poetically, underground hip-hop is the most amazing modern incarnation of human artistic creativity. For example, consider this fragment of Mos Def and Talib Kweli’s song, "Respiration."

The author proceeds to compare the song’s poetic and uplifting lyrics to the base, inane, and misogynistic lyrics of Lil’ John’s appropriately titled track, "Get Low" (which won’t be repeated here).

The author also discusses the outspoken Kanye West and his sometimes controversial views of hip-hop and its culture.

This post is tagged: hip hop, music.

Mos Def’s Ghetto Rock video is up for the "Alumni Woodie Award" over at MTVU.com.

Show Mos Def the love. Rock the vote.

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