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Oct 11, 2024 · Yasiin Bey, formerly Mos Def, released his solo debut album, Black on Both Sides, on October 12, 33 years ago. The 17-track project, which earned the Brooklyn-born emcee widespread critical ...
Oct 12, 2019 · Bey’s ear for live production pushes the rhythms of Black expression to the forefront during a three-song run at the album’s midpoint. The crunchy live guitars and wailing synths on “Do It Now,” a duet with Busta Rhymes, allude to a funk act like Parliament-Funkadelic as much as the record scratches call back to DJ Premier.
Oct 11, 2024 · Mos Def, now known as yasiin bey, set out to do exactly that — not just for the song he uttered these lines on, “Hip Hop,” but for 16 others that made up his debut album, 1999’s Black on Both...
The following is a list of songs by Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) organized by alphabetical order. The songs on the list are all included in official label-released albums , soundtracks and singles , but not white label or other non-label releases.
Oct 11, 2019 · A year after releasing Black Star, his debut with Talib Kweli, a pre-Yasiin Bey Mos Def dropped another legendary record: 1999 solo effort Black on Both Sides. It was a tribute to his...
- Jaelani Turner-Williams
Release Date: 1999 | Tracklist. Review Summary: For all of my peoples, negroes and latinos…and even the gringos. To truly understand Black on Both Sides in the way it is intended one must first realize Mos Def’s (I will from here on refer to the artist as Yasiin Bey, his chosen name) initial success in Black Star.
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May 9, 2022 · No Fear of Time, the highly anticipated sophomore album from Black Star, the legendary hip-hop duo of Yasiin Bey (née Mos Def) and Talib Kweli, comes 24 years after the rappers’ self-titled...