Yasiin Bey continues in his Top 40 Underdog Series, spitting a few bars over the Chief Keef single ‘I Don’t Like’. Listen as Yasiin adds his conscious lyrics over this Young Chop instrumental above.
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Yasiin Bey and calligrapher Niels Shoe Meulman collaborate as Yasiin recites the famous words of Muhammad Ali with the poem titled ‘Float’.
Stuart McIntyre created stunning visuals as Yasiin Bey (a.k.a. Mos Def) recites speeches made by Muhammad Ali in a new campaign for Louis Vuitton and Ali. Check out the ‘Dream’ commercial above, and the ‘Word’ commercial after the jump.
Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def, releases the latest installment on his Top 40 Underdog series with honoring the birthdays and legacies of Notorious B.I.G. and Malcolm X, spitting some bars over Lil’ Wayne’s track ‘John’ for ‘Bey’.
Tabi Bonney & Yasiin Bey (b.k.a. Mos Def) collabtorate over this heavy steel drum Ski Beatz production for ‘Chop Chop’. Look for this and more on Tabi Bonney’s upcoming project The Endless Summer, dropping May 17th.
On the anniversary of the day that Malcolm-X’s death, Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def, releases this visual for ‘N****s in Poorest’, his version of Jay-Z and Kanye West’s hit ‘Niggas in Paris.’ This video, directed by himself and Set Free, also marks the start of Yasiin’s Top 40 Underground series.
This sounds really dope. New music from Talib Kweli and Mos Def, as debuted live on TV during last nights episode of The Colbert Report. Hopefully this means more new music is on the way!
While at Rock The Bells, Mos Def chopped it up with Peter Rosenberg and got the exclusive on his new name Yasiin which will become active at the end of the year when he retires the moniker Mos Def.
Pretty fitting title, because this is the first time this song has been heard by the general public. It’s definitely time for a new Mos album.
Saturday night, Ye and Mos stopped by to show support to Lupe as he shared the staged with The Robert Glasper Experiment. They both definitely went in.
