Features
Friday, December 18 2009
The Best 60 Albums of 2009
PopMatters presents our 60 best albums of 2009, highlighted by a bevy of American indie rock juggernauts, the return of a hip-hop master, and a couple of the finest voices on the planet.
Friday, December 18 2009
The Best Singles of 2009
PopMatters kicks off our annual two-week-long best music of the year feature with the 50 best singles of 2009, highlighted by a trio of American indie rock headliners.
Tuesday, December 15 2009
The Best Hip-Hop of 2009
2009 was the Year of the Comeback, filled with powerful storytelling, dense lyricism, and sprawling departures.
Reviews
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.
Tuesday, June 9 2009
Mos Def: The Ecstatic
With his last two albums receiving less than enthused reactions from fans and critics alike, is The Ecstatic really worth getting excited about? Short answer: Yes.
Thursday, December 1 2005
Black Star (Mos Def and Talib Kweli): 28 November 2005 - Washington, DC
What do you do when the mold that breaks the mold needs breaking?
Thursday, October 28 2004
Mos Def: The New Danger
Mos Def's desire to expand the boundaries of hip-hop is admirable, but The New Danger too often feels like it's taking hip-hop backwards, not forwards.
Wednesday, April 24 2002
Audiotistic: Mos Def + Talib Kweli + The Roots + Outkast
Audiotistic isn't/wasn't meant to be purely hip-hop, though. Billed as the Future Sound Festival in Southern Cali, it's typically been a cutting edge sort of venue with electronica and house at the center of its agenda.
Blogs
Thursday, April 1 2010
Mos Def Lands on 'Yo Gabba Gabba' (video)
Mos Def makes a "super" appearance on the hip children's TV show Yo Gabba Gabba. Somehow this just doesn't feel like that much of a…
Monday, January 18 2010
Mos Def and K'Naan Live on "Austin City Limits" (videos)
The musical event of the week on TV had to be the Austin City Limits appearance of two of the world's best rappers, the incomparable…
Thursday, June 11 2009
Mos Def and the Roots - "Casa Bey" (Live on Jimmy Fallon) (video)
Mos Def joined up with the Roots for a live version of "Casa Bey" on Jimmy Fallon's show this week. Andrew Martin says of Mos…
Tuesday, June 9 2009
Mos Def - "Quiet Dog" (Live on Late Show With David Letterman) (video)
Mos Def's excellent new album dropped today and he ran through a smoking version of "Quiet Dog" last night on the Letterman show, rapping and…
Tuesday, May 12 2009
Mos Def - "Casa Bey" (MP3 / video)
The video for Mos Def's new single "Case Bey" has premiered on MySpace. The hip-hoppers long awaited new album The Ecstatic will finally see the…
