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Mos Def + Madlib. World Premiere. (NR)

Another G.O.O.D. Saturday track. BTW, I’m so excited for Lasers (Lasers is never coming out). Download: “Don’t Look Down” by Kanye West feat. Mos Def, Lupe Fiasco & Big Sean

It’s still Friday in the South Pacific. “Lord Lord Lord” by Kanye West feat. Mos Def, Swizz Beats, Raekwon and Charlie Wilson

Max Tannone, the NYC based DJ who mashed up Radiohead and Jay-Z, presents Mos Dub, a mash-up mixtape featuring Mos Def rhymes over classic dub reggae. Tannone also recently mashed up Beastie Boys with their own instrumental tracks on Double Check Your Head. Clever. Can’t wait to pair this Mos Dub tape with some ma…um, [...]

Photographer/director/musician Michael Sterling Eaton‘s upcoming release, Mictape Vol. 1, will feature tracks with Curren$y, The Cool Kids, and Mos Def. Guessing the above clip of “White Drapes” was directed by Eaton. Not sure of the release date on this, but the 1 minute and 30 second preview has been enough to add it to my [...]

As I skimmed through my iTunes and posts from the year, I realized very quickly that putting together a 40 track playlist to represent the best songs of 2009 was going to be impossible. And, according to Jay-Z, impossible takes a week. I don’t have that kind of time! So here’s My Poproks 49 Best [...]

In an above interview with DJ Semtex on 1Xtra (BBC 1), Mos Def discussed his involvement in the new Gorillaz project. Def says he appears on 3 tracks on the upcoming album, and they’re all really good based on that grunting noise. He explains that Plastic Beach (the name of the record), is a carnival [...]

Hey, 2009. I’d like to thank you for wrapping up what has been the best decade for music, and I’ll argue this til the day I’m convinced that the next decade is the best. What I’m trying to say is, it keeps getting better. And, technically, doesn’t the decade end after 2010? Uber confusing. But [...]

Blakroc, a collabo project between The Black Keys and a lot of good rappers (including even some posthumous verses from ODB), performed their first single, “Ain’t Nothing Like You (Hoochie Coo)” featuring Mos Def and Jim Jones, last night on Letterman. The album has quickly become one of my favorites, which doesn’t make my mid-albums-of-’09-post [...]

Mos Def “Supermagic” video, give me the strength I need to finish my Top 10 Albums of 2009 post.