Mos Def - Travellin' Man / Oh No
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- Date of Birth: 11 December, 1973
- Place of Birth: Geffen Downtown
- Biography: Dante Terrell Smith (born December 11, 1973) is an American actor and MC known by the stage name Mos Def. Mos Def started his hip hop career in a group called Urban Thermo Dynamics, after which he appeared on albums by Da Bush Babees and De La Soul. With Talib... Read more
Filmography
- Toussaint (2010)
- Bury Me Standing (2010)
- Next Day Air (2009)
- House M.D. Locked In (2009)
- Cadillac Records (2008)
- Be Kind Rewind (2008)
- Prince Among Slaves (2008)
- The Boondocks Thank You for Not Snitching (2007)
- 16 Blocks (2006)
- Journey to the End of the Night (2006)
- Chappelle's Show Episode #3.2 (2006)
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
News
Mos Def's set is 'Supermagic'
bostonherald.com –
2009-09-10
A bout the only thing Mos Def didn't do during his 90-minute, sold-out show at the House of Blues on Tuesday was juggle. The audience no doubt would have been content to hear the Brooklyn, N.Y.-born rapper simply run through... ... Full Article
Best Bets
denverpost.com –
2009-08-21
Today-Saturday. Hip-hop.Dante Terrell Smith - the poetic, impossibly suave actor-rapper better known as Mos Def - has never been one to hold back, so it makes sense that his current tour is dubbed "The Ecstatic Tour," after his June album... ... Full Article
Mos Def reviewed at House of Blues
chicagotribune.com –
2009-08-04
Mos Def 's concert at a sold-out House of Blues on Sunday perfectly encapsulated the Brooklyn-born rapper's solo career: a blazing start followed by indeterminate stretches of waning focus. ... Full Article
The Ecstatic
avclub.com –
2009-06-30
Following the release of 1999's Black On Both Sides, Mos Def fell prey to Ice Cube syndrome: The more money his movies made, the less interested he became in creating great music. 2004's The New Danger was a paranoid, self-indulgent... ... Full Article
SOUND REPORTING
nypost.com –
2009-06-15
Sure, most of today's popular musical acts are more likely to grab headlines for what they do off the stage than in the studio. So forgive us for being old school and actually searching for the best work among the... ... Full Article
Mos Def, "The Ecstatic"
startribune.com –
2009-06-14
In 2006, MC-cum-actor Mos Def released the titularly misleading "True Magic," an uninspired last gasp with Geffen Records. But "The Ecstatic," his fourth solo album, mostly lives up to its giddy name with Bollywood-style samples and off-kilter production from Stones... ... Full Article