Mos Def is to release his third solo album next month, the annoyingly titled TRU3 MAGIC.
The album, produced by Pharrell Williams, Kayne West and Rich Harrison among others, is available from September 19 Stateside; it comes out in the UK on September 25. Click to Mos Def's MySpace page for more of that information stuff.
Mos Def has previously appeared in the films 16 Blocks, Monster's Ball and Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy, and has recently been cast in the comedy Be Kind Rewind opposite Jack Black.
Which is nice for him, we're sure.
is the jack black thing
some kind of craig david biopic? - if it is i'm sooo there as soon as i fashion pencil thin facial fuzz
whilst
mos def's rhymes are good. he sometimes come across as a bit of a self-regarding cock; which is a shame...
Well, he comes from ...
a tradition of Hip-Hop that stresses the pedagogical function of rap. Which is why he might comes across as a 'self-regarding cock', though I think this is misreading what he is trying to do.
Black on Both Sides
Is one of my favourite hip-hop albums of all time. His last one was a bit shit however. Whatever happened to the Rawkus scene? It all went a bit shit which is a massive shame...
to quote el-p
get signed to rawkus?
i'd rather be mouth-fucked by nazis unconscious.
what i heard was - they had big ambitions, started acting like a 'mimi-major', relationship with artists broke down, everyone worked to rule, good people (like Company Flow) left, end of.