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Friday, January 14 2011

The Year in Music: April 2010


Thursday, November 18 2010

Hip-Hop’s Laboratory of Language

What do William Wordsworth, Robert Frost, Ice Cube, and Ghostface Killah have in common? Finally, they all appear in anthologies.


Tuesday, March 16 2010

Strictly Global: A Source for Music Videos on Broadcast TV

The kind of show you wished MTV would make.


Tuesday, February 23 2010

Mos Def and DOOM: 13 February 2010 - Chicago

Mos Def and DOOM's Chicago appearance was a colossal failure, and writer Georg Garret dissects what led to a night of bitter disappointment for fans.


Thursday, August 27 2009

Robert Glasper Loves the Groove

On the eve of his third Blue Note release, Double Booked, jazz pianist Robert Glasper discusses his stylistic bifurcation, MC skills, and -- inevitably -- Michael Jackson's legacy.


Tuesday, May 12 2009

Mos Def - “Casa Bey” (MP3 / video)


Next Day Air (Reviews) [8.May.09]
Summer of Same: May 2009 (Features) [27.Apr.09]
M. Ward, The Decemberists, Mos Def… (Mixed Media) [16.Jan.09]
In Prison My Whole Life (Reviews) [8.Dec.08]
Cadillac Records (Reviews) [5.Dec.08]
Be Kind Rewind (Reviews) [19.Jun.08]
Various Artists: Be Kind Rewind (Capsule Reviews) [21.Mar.08]
Be Kind Rewind (Reviews) [22.Feb.08]
Prince Among Slaves (Reviews) [4.Feb.08]
16 Blocks (2006) (Reviews) [3.Mar.06]
The Woodsman (2004) (Reviews) [14.Apr.05]
The Woodsman (2004) (Reviews) [6.Jan.05]
Mos Def: The New Danger (Reviews) [28.Oct.04]
The Italian Job (2003) (Reviews) [29.Aug.03]
The Italian Job (2003) (Reviews) [29.May.03]
Brown Sugar (2002) (Reviews) [10.Oct.02]
Showtime (2002) (Reviews) [14.Mar.02]
Monster’s Ball (2001) (Reviews) [1.Jan.95]
Bamboozled (2000) (Reviews) [1.Jan.95]
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