MY MAN MOS DEF HAS MOLDED A LESS THAN MEDIOCRE HIPHOP MUSIC CAREER INTO AN EXCEPTIONAL MOVIE CAREER. THATS SOMETHING VERYYYY FEW ARTIST CAN DO. IT USUALLY TAKES SOMEONE LARGERLY POPULAR LIKE EMINEM OR LL COOL J TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION BUT MOS DEF MADE IT LOOK SO EASY. MOST PEOPLE HAVE NO CLUE THAT MOS DEF IS IN FACT A RAPPER, PROBABLY BECAUSE HE’S MOVED ABOUT 500,000 COPIES OF HIS LAST TWO CD COMBINED. SO HE WAS INTRODUCED TO THE MASS MEDIA AS AN ACTOR NOT AN ARTIST. HIS MUSIC IS EHHHHHH BUT WE LIKE HIM FOR SOME REASON. HIS GOT A NEW ALBUM AND NEW SINGLE THAT SHOULD HIT ITUNES AND RADIO NOVEMBER 4TH. THE NEW LP IS RUMORED TO FEATURE GRAMMY GOLD ALICIA KEYS AND PRODUCTION FROM THE LIKES OF KANYE WEST, PHARRELL WILLIAMS AND RAPHEAL SAADIQ (LOVE OF MY LIFE – ERYKAH BADU)… WE HOPE HE DOES WELL THIS TIME…
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Mos Def will release his Downtown debut, “The Ecstatic,” on Feb. 9, Billboard.com can reveal. The first single, “Life in Marvelous Times,” will hit iTunes as an exclusive on Nov. 4.
The veteran rapper’s last album, “Tru3 Magic,” barely made a ripple upon its late 2006 release via Geffen and has sold just 93,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Its predecessor, 2004’s “The New Danger,” has sold 484,000.
Mos Def will be on the road starting Oct. 31 in Prague with the European installment of the Rock the Bells tour, alongside Nas, De La Soul, EPMD and the Pharcyde, among others.
On the acting front, the artist plays Chuck Berry in the film “Cadillac Records,” due Dec. 5 in U.S. theaters.
source: billboard.com
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