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SKI BEATZ – AERIALS (FEAT. CURREN$Y, TERRI WALKER, WHOSANE, MOS DEF, & STALLEY)

Ski Beatz continues to make magic with “Aerials“, a new drop from the 24 Hour Karate School, featuring Curren$y, Terri Walker, Whosane, Mos Def, & Stalley. I got a chance to chop it up with Stalley down at SXSW and hopefully we can bring you some goodies as the summer starts knocking on our door. Till then, indulge!

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MOS DEF – WHITE DRAPES (VIDEO) X THE TOURNAMENT (AUDIO)

Mos Def, man. What more can I say about Danté? The dude is from another time, I’m sure of it. He belongs in the speakeasy era. Here he spits White Drapes, a track from Michael Sterling Eaton’s upcoming album, Mictape Vol. 1. Ill shit. On top of that, the homie Andrew digs up some unreleased Mos from the Ecstatic sessions entitled The Tournament. A good day my friends, mos definitely. Indulge.

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CHICAGO | WIN TICKETS TO SEE DOOM & MOS DEF!

Yep, that’s right. Mos Def & MF Doom come to Chicago on Friday, January 29th to rock the Congress Theatre with Mike Relm, Quel with Maker, BBU, The Comeups, DJ’s Rude One, Trew, Demchuk, and RTC. Even live lazer graffiti by Kid Static. 21+ of course, with tickets on sale at www.ticketweb.com and www.clubtix.net. If you’re like me, however, and ain’t on all that trickin cash if you don’t HAVE to, then enter to win a pair of tickets to the show! Don’t act like I never told ya.

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REFLECTION ETERNAL | JAY ELECTRONICA | J.COLE | MOS DEF

Look… I know this aint CDQ, but blah all that for a second… if u was in L.A. this past week & @ BOOMBOX for that matter, then you may have heard this exclusive cut from Reflection Eternal, Jay Electronica, J.Cole & Mos Def. Like I said… it is NOT CDQ (more like Sandbox-Automatic..remember that ish?) but you can say you heard it first! When the CDQ drops, we got you… til then…

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MOS DEF & TALIB KWELI PERFORM “HISTORY” ON JIMMY FALLON

Super dope performance from Black Star. Props to Mos for slipping in some real life shit during Thanksgiving time. Shouts to IvanRott from HHIR.

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BLAKROC & DD172….

As the recent publicity surrounding Mos Def, Jay Electronica and Curren$y‘s collaborative-side-group Center Edge Territory reached a feverish pitch in the viral music world, questions arose around the studio where said collaboration and countless other secret musical rendezvous are rumored to have occurred. Alas, Mr. Damon Dash, a very familiar face in the trend-setting music mogul world has been behind it all, providing artists with the DD172 space in Tribeca. DD172 seems to be a new hot-spot for brainstorming sessions, musical vanguard, and almost certainly a long, raucous line of eager artists wanting in to create their own masterpieces. For this is how musicians work. We are historians at heart, purists of our art form, and suckers for atmospheres where our creativity can flow at ease. Dash and DD172 have recently partnered up with rock group The Black Keys and artists like Mos Def, Zoe Kravitz, Raekwon, ODB, RZA, Ludacris, Pharoahe Monch, Billy Danze of M.O.P., Om’Mas Keith of Sa-Ra, Tash and more, to create the BlakRoc project, of which we recently posted a video clip on the site. Chicago-bred video mavens Coodie & Chike have spearheaded the coverage of the project as well as Creative Control. Pretty much a creative mash of great proportions! We’ll see what fruitful creations come from this space in the future, but one thing is presently sure: the future is bright for ideas of this magnitude, and I hope it spurs more individuals to create workspaces and projects similar to this one. Great music!

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MOS, ERYKAH & JAY LIVE TONIGHT!

Your fellow Blind I Jedi’s (Meezy & No) will be in the house like an appliance to peep the Ecstatic Tour science! If you live in the Bay & didn’t have a chance to catch last nights show in SF , then your last chance is TONIGHT @ The Paramount Theatre in Oakland. A few homies of ours went last night & said it was PHENOMENAL! So we’re mos def lookin fwd to it.  So goooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooh…. myyy peoplllllllllllllllleeeeeeeeee!!

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DJ HONDA – MAGNETIC ARTS (FEAT. MOS DEF)

The last time DJ Honda and mighty Mos got together (no fishsticks) they created an underground classic. Their newest collaborative contribution, “Magnetic Arts“, lacks a bit of that luster in my eyes but it’s still better than 99.9% of the shit out nowadays. The consumate Mos Def fan, sometimes I’m too hard on the guy, so decide for yourselves. Partake!

DJ Honda – Magnetic Arts (feat. Mos Def)

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ALBUM SNIPPETS: MOS DEF’S “THE ECSTATIC”

Found this over at 2DB. Snippets of Mos’ upcoming album The Ecstatic. I’m hearing some heat in here people…Mos never dissapoints me! Peep the stream/download and check the tracklisting after the jump.

The Ecstatic Album Snippets

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HIP-HOP ALBUM COVERS WITH LEGOS

Format magazine recreated 20 hip-hop album covers by using Legos! They’re dope and creative. Here are a few of my favorites but you can check their site to see them all.

More covers after the jump.

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