Stuff you can blaze a tree and nod your head to. Clipped samples, crackling vinyl, nimble MPC drumwork, bits of disembodied jazz. I want loopy, hypnotic, sample-based production that brings the boom-bap. That’s what I’ve been trying to strive for – to draw a clear picture, to open up a new dimension.I'm more of an East Coast guy than a West Coast guy. You don’t have to be a thug to get love from black people.The ability to have somebody read something and see it, or for somebody to paint an entire landscape of visual imagery with just sheets of words – that’s magical. It’s possible and available to any artist to be himself or herself on their own terms, to be accepted and embraced by black people. And my hustle is trying to figure out the best ways to do what I like without having to do much else. So the best way to spend your life is to try to be devoted to prayer, to Allah.įocused. You’re either devoted to your job, or to your desires. You’re not gonna get through life without being worshipful or devoted to something. Manifest Destiny (with Ces and DCQ, as UTD) (2004)ĭec 99th (with Ferrari Sheppard, as Dec 99th) (2016)Īs Promised (with Mannie Fresh) (TBA Mos Def Auditorium Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star (with Talib Kweli, as Black Star) (1998) This is Mos Def discography and List of Mos Def songs Get my head together for the fantastic voyage

I’m leaving, but god willing i’ll be backĪiyyo six in the morning, i’m up at dawn crackin I’m a travellin man, movin through places I’m leaving on a jet, when you’re gone i get so upset “here we go there it is” (run dmc sample) Ge ge ge ge ge get down and get down and it’s yours I’m every where penthouse pavement and curb My presence speak volumes before I say a word That I hardly ever sleep, my flows forever deepĪnd its volumes or scriptures when I breath on a beat I feel it in my bones, black, I’m so wide awake I push it past the bass no nations gotta feel me I speak it so clearly sometimes ya don’t hear me The focus gettin’ clear and the light turn sharpĪnd the eyes go teary, the mind grow weary They goin’ through the motion, they dimmin’ down they focus You feel it in the streets people breathe without hope Sometimes I try an chill mellow down blowin smoke Things are so passionate times are so real

The way I feel sometimes its too hard to sit still “Auditorium (featuring Slick Rick)” – Mos Def – The Ecstatic Mos Def Mathematics|Mos Def Black On Both Sides Video “Astronomy (8th Light)” – Black Star – Black Star “Another World (Remix)” – Mos Def – We Are Hip-Hop, Me, You, Everybody (Disc 3) “Another World” – Black Star – We Are Hip-Hop, Me, You, Everybody (Disc 1) “Another World (Ambivalence Remix)” – Mos Def – We Are Hip-Hop, Me, You, Everybody (Disc 2) “All Praises Due (A.D.L.I.B.)” – Mos Def – We Are Hip-Hop, Me, You, Everybody (Disc 3) Luke)” – Mos Def – We Are Hip-Hop, Me, You, Everybody (Disc 2) “All My People (The Body Rock Party Break Remixed by Dr. “A Tree Never Grown” – Mos Def – We Are Hip-Hop, Me, You, Everybody (Disc 4) “A Soldier’s Dream” – Mos Def – We Are Hip-Hop, Me, You, Everybody (Disc 1) “A Brighter Day (with Ronnie Jordan)” – Mos Def – We Are Hip-Hop, Me, You, Everybody (Disc 1) “Another World” – Mos Def – We Are Hip-Hop, Me, You, Everybody (Disc 4)

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