Showing posts with label Mos Def. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mos Def. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

I Am Yasiin Bey

By Gary Gardner for GQ.com

"I don't have advice for people on how to dress"

The Artist Formerly Known as Mos Def: GQ

Saturday, September 1, 2012

OMFGOD: Yasiin Bey and Mannie Fresh








Your year 2000 self is furious right now.

Parts 3 and 4 to appear on bmike's YouTube channel: Link

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Monday, May 18, 2009

Love Movement Intro - A Tribe Called Quest (featuring Mos Def)






Background Info (as told by Questlove):

yeah man.
friggin tip.
day of mastering he took it off.
i
was
mad
as
HELL!

matter of fact he made ALOT of last minute off the cuff mastering choices that day.

-begged him to use the louder horns on "let's start" cause the OG version he wanted you couldn't even hear them joints to know that was the rhythm pattern he was following. the 808 was killing all the music.

-told him to fix the timing on "find a way" coming in from let's start so it had a similar relationship to the ending of "steve biko" to "award tour"---never got the timing right.

-i love abstract crazy sounding dilla like the next man. but the OG version of "against the world" coulda borderline a single.

but this intro yo.


man i was MAD MAD MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD!