Artist: Mos Def

Video: Black Star perform on Jimmy Fallon

Jan 4, 1:38am The NJ Underground

The hip hop duo do late night TV with a little help from The Roots.

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Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def), Questlove & more playing Gil-Scott Heron, Gordon Parks & Jimmy Scott party @ Highline

Jan 3, 10:30pm BrooklynVegan

Yasiin Bey on stage with Black Star ( more by Zach Pollach ) Yasiin says: I hope everyone will have a great 2012! Alot of things to look forward too. Especially when BlackStar will be getting out their album/Mixtape out and a new G.O.O.D music compilation album coming out spring. Let it be a Yasiin Bey year! One of the world's most influential muslims Yasiin Bey ( fka Mos Def ) will start the Yasiin Bey year by helping pay tribute to the late Gil-Scott [...]

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Mara Hruby & MeLo-X "The Panties (Slow Down God-Mix)"

Dec 31, 2011, 4:03pm Mixtape Maestro

Filed under Things We Regret Not Knowing About Fifty-Leven Months Ago But Plan To Seriously Indulge In Now To Make Up For All That Lost Time folder: R&B/ soul up-and-comer Mara Hruby and her late 2010 all-covers set From Her Eyes , in which the songstress takes on cuts from D'Angelo ("Send It On"), Bob Marley ("Is This Love") and Jamiroquai ("Alright"), among others, and, aided by her soothingly-smoove vocals, makes each sound like the sweetest thing ever. The reason why we've (embarrassingly) just now become aware of her: MeLo-X [...]

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EVENT (NYC): Indelible Festival (Gil Scott-Heron/Gordon Parks tribute) [01/06/11]!

Dec 30, 2011, 2:00pm The Word Is Bond

CLICK PICTURE TO VIEW FLYER I already knew this event is definitely special, but now seeing that Okayplayer gave their co-sign , there's definitely more than enough reasons for you to NOT miss this special show! This Jill Newman installment is dedicated to the late Gil Scott-Heron & the legendary jazz singer, Jimmy Scott ! There will be special guests at this event who will be performing, and Yasiin Bey (pka Mos Def ) will be doing a tribute to the legendary and prolific poet! There's waaay [...]

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DAILY NEWS: Talib Kweli on Blackstar's Next Project, Meeting Yasiin Bey

Dec 20, 2011, 7:37pm The Word Is Bond

Here's an update for the Blackstar fans out there. Kweli spoke to Hip Hop DX about the upcoming Aretha Franklin project and how he first came to meet Yasiin Bey, formerly Mos Def. "We are just in the process of recording over beats we like," he noted. "We were recently inspired by listening to some Aretha Franklin music, to do an Aretha Franklin project. Whether it's a mixtape or album, I'm not sure. At this point, we've recorded three songs on it, songs based on her samples or inspired by her. These projects don't have a [...]

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Talib Kweli – Distractions

Dec 16, 2011, 11:43am indie shuffle

<!-- --> Click here for download Sounds like: Mos Def, Lupe Fiasco Song: Talib Kweli - Distractions [download here ] What's so good? Talib Kweli knows how to socialize. He is all over social media sites like Twitter , interacting daily with his fan base, updating the masses on upcoming shows, [...]

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Talib Kweli -"Distractions"-mp3

Dec 15, 2011, 2:42pm Sound Verite'

Brooklyn's Talib Kweli , fresh off a new Black Star jump, Kweli stays in the same lane with Oh No on production for "Distractions" the debut track off his upcoming Prisoner of Conscious. Expect a Occupy Wall Street centered video next week. Talib Kweli- "Distractions -mp3

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Tonight in L.A.: Black Star, Jon Foreman, Happy Hollows/Eastern Conference Champions, White Arrows, Mike Bloom/Miracle Parade, Fool's Gold

Dec 15, 2011, 10:13am Buzz Bands

Thursday things: ► Black Star, the groundbreaking duo of Mos Def and Talib Kweli, do a makeup gig at Club Nokia for an L.A. date originally scheduled in October. ► The first night of the annual Invisible Children benefit concerts at the Troubadour features Jon Foreman (Switchfoot), Matt Pryor (the Get Up Kids), Aaron Gillespie (the Almost), Aaron Weiss (mewithoutYou), Ryan O'Neal (Sleeping At Last). ► John C. Reilly celebrates the release of two singles (one with Becky Stark, one with Tom Brosseau) on Jack White's Third Man Records by [...]

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Yasiin Bey - Fete (Providence, RI; Dec.10, 2011)

Dec 14, 2011, 11:22pm melophobe

A small splash was made in the media when Mos Def --one-third of Black Star along with fellow front man Talib Kweli and DJ Hi-Tek --announced that he was changing his name to Yasiin Bey . Over the years he has been known by many names and titles--Dante, Flacco, Mos and more--but the purpose of his name change, inspired by the Qur'an , was to erase the separation between performance and personal identity. As Yasiin told MTV, "[I don't want] to deal [any more] with having any moniker or separation between the [...]

• Mos Def - Quiet Dog Bite Hard

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Mos Def (feat. Talib Kweli) – History

Dec 14, 2011, 8:53pm 1146 miles

Kweli say, everybody act according to the season that they're born in... In my high school days, one rap album was liked by pretty much everyone I knew: Black Star's self-titled debut. Mos Def and Talib Kweli created an album for the ages, a perfect introduction to what hip-hop CAN be. To this day, I've still never heard Mos Def on the radio (not counting his verse on Gorillaz' "Stylo"). It is a shame, but while Lil' Wayne and T-Pain dominate the airwaves, Mos (now using the moniker Yasiin Bey) dominates the brainwaves. His subsequent solo [...]

• Mos Def - History Ft. Talib Kweli

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Yaasin Bey & The Brooklyn Philharmonic

Dec 14, 2011, 7:00pm Free Hiphop Now Syndicate

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Mos Def Named Influential Muslim By GWU

Dec 14, 2011, 3:11pm Prefixmag.com

Congratulations are in order for Mos Def, err, Yasiin Bey, whose real name is Dante Smith. The Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn native ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/ mos-def-named-influential-musl im-by-gwu/59761/

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Back in Black Star: The Return of Mos Def and Talib Kweli

Dec 14, 2011, 2:32pm The Passion of the Weiss

You already knew Evan Nabavian . "Fix Up" is a combustion of warped soul; a sounds that thoroughly confused the Colbert Report audience when it debuted on the show in October. That characterizes the awkward/awesome collision of worlds that happens on "Fix Up," which has all the Stones Throw grit and fuzz, but also a catchy, dapper hook. Mos Def – fine, Yasiin Bey – brings the usual power and mystique to his rap sage act. Talib ("taLEEB" according to Colbert) keeps pace, but leans a little too heavily on trite [...]

• Black Star - You Already Knew
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DAILY NEWS: Black Star Progressing on Aretha Franklin-Inspired Mix Tape and New Album

Dec 9, 2011, 11:11pm The Word Is Bond

Black Star recently played a concert at Best Buy Theater in Times Square finishing up a year-long tour and more or less hinting to the duo's plans for a highly-anticipated follow up to their incredible self-titled album released thirteen years ago. Billboard caught up with some members of Black Star management and distribution backstage at the Times Square show including Corey Smyth of Blackship Management: Kweli and Bey will continue performing dates next year together, and will be heading to Africa to record some new material with an eye on a new album, though [...]

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Black Star Are Back

Dec 9, 2011, 10:01am barrygruff

Back in '98, Mos Def and Talib Kweli joined forces to release the classic album Mos Def And Talib Kweli Are Black Star. The illustrious duo of Black Star have come together once again (albeit with Mos Def changing his name to Yasiin Bey) for a new record in honour of Soul legend Aretha Franklin. The album still doesn't have [...]

• Black Star - Fix Up
• Hypetrak - Black Star-You Already Knew

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Artist:	Black Star
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Justa's Top 103 Songs of 2011(#103-76)

Dec 7, 2011, 3:00pm Smart And Angry

After being sick and tired of reading all these year-end music list that neglected of the music which I listen to, I took it upon myself to start my very own. So I narrowed down a list down to 102 songs, and wrote it up over two days, posted it. End of story. Lot's of folks seemed to enjoy this so I thought instead of waiting till the end of the year, I am going to keep a playlist of the songs and just keep adding to it, so I at least half of the battle is done when it [...]

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Album Review: B.o.B. – E.P.I.C. (Every Play Is Crucial)

Dec 7, 2011, 7:47am Consequence Of Sound

Before Atlanta rapper B.o.B. flies high with Strange Clouds next year, the MC has unveiled a new mixtape, E.P.I.C. (Every Play Is Crucial) . Not everything is that dire, but it's a substantial enough release as is. The dominant theme of the effort is Bobby Ray's braggadocio attitude. On each track, Ray brandishes his more thuggish tendencies, usually with the help of other, harder MCs. Utilizing the talents and weed appreciation of Bun B and Big K.R.I.T., "5 on the Kush" is your prototypical pot tribute, with [...]

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RE:Generation livestream featuring DJ Premier, Skrillex, Crystal Method, Erykah Badu, and more

Dec 6, 2011, 2:12pm Ivy League Spins

via musikbeats: "Log on tomorrow, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7 at 8:00 pm PT/11:00 pm ET to http://www.youtube.com/user/hy undaiUSA for a music preview experience of the RE:GENERATION MUSIC PROJECT. The live stream will feature an introduction by host Jason Bentley (KCRW "Morning Becomes Eclectic" radio host), followed by a short preview of the RE:GENERATION documentary, a Q&A with its featured artists DJ Premier, Skrillex, The Crystal Method, Erykah Badu and director Amir BAR-Lev, followed by a viewing of the RE:GENERATION MUSIC PROJECT's videos of the film's five songs, two of which–by Mark Ronson and Skrillex—have not been made available yet. [...]

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Black Star- "Fix Up"

Dec 5, 2011, 12:47pm The Needle Drop

Now this is a comeback I can get into. Hip hop is loaded with surprise collaborations. Some of 'em float, and some of 'em sink. Most Def's and Talib Kweli's Black Star didn't just float. It flew. Then it dropped an atomic bomb on the competition. After years of anticipation building up since Black Star's full-length debut in 1998, Kweli and Def have dropped a new single titled "Fix Up." It's out now on iTunes , and should be leading to a new album in 2012. The beat on this track is [...]

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Black Star – You Already Knew

Dec 5, 2011, 12:00pm All Things Go

The best alliance in hip-hop is finally back getting heavy in the game. Black Star have been mostly dormant since their debut LP, Mos Def and Talib Kweli are BlackStar , but the duo have announced an upcoming Aretha-themed album, as well as two new tracks. On Black Friday, they dropped "Fix Up," courtesy of a Motown-heavy dose of production from Madlib . This week they've leaked "You Already Knew," a soulful tune produced by Madlib's little brother-and fellow-stones throw junkie- Oh No . "You Already Know" is, [...]

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