Yesterday, on the way home from Bloomington, Indiana (where I’d left my son Luke), one of the things that kept me company was this guy’s latest album.*
Black Star (Mos Def, Talib Kweli), “Definition” (1998)
Vodpod videos no longer available.*Mos Def, The Ecstatic (2009)
It’s a remix world.
Gil Scott-Heron, “New York Is Killing Me” (2010), Chris Cunningham remix
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lagniappe
Here’s the original track, followed by a couple more remixes.
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With Nas
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With Mos Def
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musical thoughts
In the dark times, will there also be singing? Yes, there will be singing. About the dark times.
—Bertolt Brecht
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Want more of Gil Scott-Heron? Here and here.
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taking a break
I’m going to take a little break (my first since July)—back soon.
