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De La Soul: live in London: a feel-good celebration of one of the best to ever do it
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Damon Albarn, Mos Def, Prince Paul and even Giancarlo Esposito helped pay tribute at this emotional, ecstatic gigThe post De La Soul live in London: a feel-good celebration of one of the best to ever do it appeared first on NME.
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Black Star: Yasiin Bey & Talib Kweli’s First Black Star Album In 24 Years Is Out Now
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Way back in 1998, when Yasiin Bey was still calling himself Mos Def, he and Talib Kweli teamed up for an album called Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star, an instant classic of underground rap. In the almost quarter-century since then, the duo has occasionally released new songs together, and for years they’ve been saying the...
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Black Star: Announce Madlib-Produced Reunion Album No Fear Of Time
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It’s been 24 years since Black Star, the duo of Talib Kweli and the man now known as Yasiin Bey, released their landmark debut album Mos Def And Talib Kweli Are Black Star. Since then, both Bey and Kweli have gone on to huge careers, and there’s always been talk of the two of them getting together for another album. In fact, ...
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Black Star: Share New Song On The Midnight Miracle Podcast
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The first two episodes of The Midnight Miracle — a new podcast with Dave Chapelle, Talib Kweli, and Yasiin Bey — were released today. In the second of those episodes, which is exclusive to the podcast subscription service Luminary, Kweli and Bey premiered a new song from their duo Black Star, which represents some of the only...
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Dave Chappelle: Is Doing A Podcast With Yasiin Bey & Talib Kweli
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More than 20 years ago, two promising Brooklyn-based rappers teamed up to make a classic album. Yasiin Bey (then known as Mos Def) and Talib Kweli were both building buzz as solo artists, but that went through the roof when they released Mos Def And Talib Kweli Are Black Star. The album launched both rappers to fame, and they continued to collab...
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