Mos Def

Fools Gold Anniversary at MHoW Gretchen Robinette has contritued her thoughts on favorite photos that she took in 2012, leaving us with shots of Ghostface, Janelle Monae, The Walkmen and more…

Massive Attack at Terminal 5 in 2010 (more by Chris La Putt) Trip hop pioneers Massive Attack have assembled a BBC 6 Mix, where they compiled music that influenced their 1991 debut album, Blue Lines, like Pink Floyd, Kraftwerk, Gang of Four, Isaac Hayes and more alongside some of their new favorite artists like Burial, Flying Lotus, The Bug vs The Rootsman, Kanye West & Booka Shade, and more (via Daily Swarm)…

today in NYC * Narnia @ Zebulon * ASSSSCAT 3000 @ UCB * Manowar @ The Paramount * Banda Urbana @ Joe’s Pub * Stephanie Wrembel @ Barbes * Matt Lavelle Quintet @ The Stone * Hannibal Buress @ Knitting Factory * Napoleon, Jangula, Visuals @ Cameo Gallery * Alouette, The Lark, Alexa Dexa @ Cake Shop * Skeletons, Zs, Future Shuttle @ The Bowery Electric * Dave Hill, W…

Jazz/hip hop/soul/etc artist Robert Glasper released the impressive Black Radio LP earlier this year and he’ll follow that with an EP of remixes from the album, Black Radio Recovered – The Remix EP, this Tuesday (10/9) via Blue Note Records…

Mos Def with Erykah Badu @ Afro-Punk Festival 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Mos Def, who is now known as Yasiin Bey but is still cool with you calling him Mos Def, is set to headline Chicago’s The Shrine on October 11…

The first day of Afro-Punk 2012 descended upon Commodore Barry Park on Saturday (8/25), bringing with it a day of live musical performance, skateboarding and dancing crowds as far as the eye could see…

Yasiin Bey joined headliner Erykah Badu on the first day of the 2012 edition of the Afropunk Festival, going down at Commodore Barry Park near the Navy Yard in Brooklyn on Saturday (8/25)…

Jazz pianist/producer Robert Glasper released his fifth studio album, Black Radio, earlier this year on Blue Note Records. Recorded with his new band, Robert Glasper Experiment, it features an impressive array of guests, including Erykah Badu, Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def), Lupe Fiasco, Bilal, Musiq Soulchild, Chrisette Michele, and more…

Ultramagnetic MCs at ATP NJ 2011 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) As mentioned in What’s going on? last night, Prodigy‘s upcoming “Queens Day” show at Irving Plaza, which was supposed to happen next week (6/19) has been cancelled…

Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) is playing the Apollo Theater on June 14 as part of the month-long Blue Note Jazz Festival (which originally announced the Mos Def show as happening on June 29)…