Tue 15 Nov 2005
Just scanning the blogs for Mos Def bits, as I’ve done before, and this time I turn up an angry track by Immortal Technique that features Mos Def in the chorus on Violette’s MP3 blog.
No, the irony of this song appearing on a site with flowers in its logo is not lost on me.
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Wed 12 Oct 2005
Just a quick update to my previous Katrina Klap video post. I have found a downloadable version.
The video was made by the folks at Press The Issue.
Director/Editor: Christian Skjodt
Producer: Jeremy K – Presstheissue.org
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Wed 12 Oct 2005
Geurilla News Network has an interview with Mos Def focused on the motivations behind his Katrina Klap single and his thoughts on the Katrina disaster and its aftermath.
Mos Def also talks about his desire to raise $250 million dollars with the song as the vehicle:
My real aim with “Dollar Day” is, God willing, to raise $250 million independently, to help adjust the means of the poorest and the weakest, in not just New Orleans but all throughout the Delta region.
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Wed 12 Oct 2005
From Press The Issue comes the Katrina Klap video! The video features footage of post-Katrina New Orleans as well as Mos Def live in the studio, and adds powerful visual imagery to his already scathing lyrics.
I’m trying to get my hands on a downloadable copy to keep in the archives. If you have any background on the video or know where a non-streaming version can be found, post in the comments.
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Tue 11 Oct 2005
This is sort of off-topic from a direct Mos Def info perspective, but it’s certainly something I think Mos Def would support spreading throughout the hip-hop community.
Michael over at Hip-Hop Blogs has put out a Hip-Hop Blogger Call to Arms, and he’s right on.
The hip hop blog community for example, provided a lot of the counter commentary to the Katrina disaster. With or without knowing it, we started and maintained a real discourse about real people who were experiencing real discrimination in one of the most embarrassing chapters of our nation’s short history. So whatever it is: politics, culture, music, hip hop- keep blogging.
Keep blogging…
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