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Mos Def Gets Back into Hip-Hop With His New Albumnew

While The Ecstatic doesn't cash in the promise of those first two albums, it is a worthwhile listen, and it is a hip-hop album, which is cause to celebrate.
Boulder Weekly  |  Dan Hinkel  |  08-24-2009  |  Profiles & Interviews

Talib Kweli is the One Remaining Black Starnew

Save for featuring Justin Timberlake on his last release, Kweli never compromised his craft to rise above the underground, and yet he became one of hip-hop's elite few bling-free mainstream rappers.
Boston Phoenix  |  Chris Faraone  |  10-23-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

Declaration of Independencenew

Def Jux reasserts its status as this decade's most artistically vital and commercially viable independent hip-hop label.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach  |  Sam Chennault  |  12-20-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

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