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Post by daytripperr on Feb 14, 2012 20:07:38 GMT -5
was at rock the bells '08 in denver when tribe cancelled... who knew something as good as black star would come from such disappointment!! definitely worth standing in the freezing rain to see, very excited to see them again.
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He is going by Yasiin Bey now. But anyway YES YES YES! I love the hip hop this year!
Why?
The Roots Danny Brown Das Racist Kendick Lamar The return of Childish Gambino and yes LUDA is going to be really F^cking fun.
I could not be happier with that list. I mean there were longshots like ASAP rocky, Death Grips, and Shabazz Palaces. And let's face it OFWGKTA isn't happening. (too rapey) But yeah, all those guys f*cking rule. I choose to turn a blind eye to Yelawolf and Mac Miller though...
Post by Alberto Balsalm on Feb 14, 2012 23:55:34 GMT -5
I would be a lot more excited for this but I just saw it a couple months ago at the House of Blues. Still, if there is nothing else going on I will gladly see it again, awesome hip-hop show.
Post by pressline47 on Feb 15, 2012 1:15:45 GMT -5
Saw them at Rock the Bells NY this year, definitely a highlight of the day. They play off each other really well. What are the chances The Roots back them?
Post by pressline47 on Feb 15, 2012 1:22:08 GMT -5
I've heard a few stories of The Roots playing instrumentals for rappers just because they were there. I also kinda imagine Talib and Yaslin get along pretty well with The Roots crew.
Post by Chris Major on Feb 15, 2012 5:24:05 GMT -5
Yeah The Roots, Mos Def, and Talib Kweli all collaborate pretty regularly. I can think of a handful of occasions where one or both of them have been backed by The Roots.
And actually The Roots have backed Luda a couple times on Fallon. They should just back every hip-hop artist all weekend.
This is the first message board I've ever been on, the only reason I joined is because I love Bonnaroo and wanted to read and talk about it all year long.
Still don't get the name change but whatever. Black Star is awesome.
one of the articles i read mentioned he has been practicing Islam since his teens. so im not sure if this is possibly the Islamic name he is taking on(like Cassius Clay to Muhammed Ali). If its just his stage name, then Im not sure.
Still don't get the name change but whatever. Black Star is awesome.
one of the articles i read mentioned he has been practicing Islam since his teens. so im not sure if this is possibly the Islamic name he is taking on(like Cassius Clay to Muhammed Ali). If its just his stage name, then Im not sure.
As far as I could tell it was just a stage name. They say he's not going by Mos Def but by Yasiin Bey (however it's spelled). I found only one article that said it was his legal name but most everywhere else says he's Dante Smith.
Either way it doesn't really bother me....just weird.