Mos Def x Gil Scott-Heron At Carnegie Hall

This right here is so wavy. Hearing about shit like this, and that Dave Chappelle might be following up the first Block Party, makes hip hop so worth it to me. Mos Def hooked up with the god Gil Scott-Heron over at Carnegie and they did their thing:
On Saturday, the world famous Carnegie Hall played host to the Mos Def Big Band with special guest Gil Scott-Heron as part of the JVC Jazz Festial New York. From carnegiehall.org: “Already a wildly successful vocalist, musician, and actor, Mos Def has taken the next logical step with the creation of the Mos Def Band, rolling hip hop, jazz, and soul into one thrilling sound. Special guest Gil Scott-Heron first made his name decades ago with his no-nonsense anthem “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.” Together, the two artists have created an evening of music and spoken words with material drawn from Miles Davis, Beyoncé, James Brown, and others.”
One of said “others” was Jay Electronica, who Mos gave serious props to with an acepella version of the second verse from “Act 1: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge)” followed by the orchestra playing a piece of Michel Gondry’s Eternal Sunshine composition.”
If you haven’t heard Act 1, you’re a fucking sucker. It actually made me want to sit down and finally watch Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and it was nothing short of brilliance. Had me tripping balls for days. I know it should be the other way around, but it was cool to see the Jon Brion instrumentals he used being tucked into the movie, because then when I listened to the songs again it all made sense.
Mos Def - Verse 2 from “Act 1: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge)”
Link: Audio/Photos: Mos Def Does Carnegie Hall, Big Ups Jay Electronica
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June 30th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
Black Dante >>>
June 30th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Lil Wayne is moving to Mars. Story developing..
June 30th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
This easter egg head nigga needs to drop a hip-hop album.
June 30th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
mos is that dude. some cats transcend rap. he happens to be one of them. not saying rap is beneath him — just saying: you can’t limit dude to one art form. he’s really good.
June 30th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
Cambi in the Lambi/looking like Bambi in a Lambi/better warn ya man, B
lol.
June 30th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
Sohh.com has been compromised.
Eliminate the threat.
June 30th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
Black Dante >>>
————————————-
Mos > Most
June 30th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
Cambi in the Lambi/looking like Bambi in a Lambi/better warn ya man, B
^^^lmao
June 30th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
mos is that dude. some cats transcend rap. he happens to be one of them
>>Agreed. 3Stacks is another IMO.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
in that case, Erykah is the Common denominator
June 30th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Kobe isn’t speaking on the Shaq diss.
“Kobe has refused to tell how Shaq’s ass taste. “ -ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith
June 30th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
# ODEMIC Says:
June 30th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
mos is that dude. some cats transcend rap. he happens to be one of them
>>Agreed. 3Stacks is another IMO.
^
YES (c) camel
June 30th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Cam’ron > Mos Def
June 30th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
nation likes to see himself type
June 30th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
and get off Andre’s sack
June 30th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Has there been any new Jay Electronica recently?
I know Act 2 was suppose to be release, but…yeah.
I haven’t been keeping up.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Kobe isn’t speaking on the Shaq diss.
“Kobe has refused to tell how Shaq’s ass taste. “ -ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith
>>That line AND any discussion about Shaq’s Glutes = when keepin’ it hip hop goes wrong
Stephen Smith should be ashamed.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
I still say “Da Art of Storytellin part 4″ was the song of last year (Andre was especially on point), so I can’t hate on Andre even if he isn’t releasing stuff every day/month.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
# eskay Says:
June 30th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Cam’ron > Mos Def
^
lol. i’m actually listening to cam right now (c) my quotes above. “i told yall this shit was WWF!”
but for the record:
mos > cam
3 stacks > cam
if the best people got on 3 stacks is that he doesn’t drop enuf verses, then all i got to say is, how many fucking balloon dogs does jeff koons have to make? these cats are artists! you can’t force art! and if you do, then some of it is going to be art and some of it is going to be gahbidge. make ur mama proud, take that thing 2 sizes down.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
my umi says > __________
If you was wack niggas would fuck you up(c) Ice T
June 30th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
youtube.com/watch?v=ZdW1rGHX4pU
^^^3k = top ten alive
June 30th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Had me tripping balls for days
^^ WTF kind of slang is this Canadese??
June 30th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
*daps fux*
what da bidness is
June 30th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Here at home watching the Padres about to bounce to work out with my cuzzo in a few, whats up with you? …*daps Chea*
Yo Nigger Bootleg at gangstarap.blogspot
June 30th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
eskay Says:
June 30th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
and get off Andre’s sack
>>kudos @ Andre = being on his sack?
Your logic’s flawed homie. Save that for the newcomers, i been a Kast fan way before his freestyles.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
out of lf: So my homie copped a quad for about 9k …alot of my homies rock with Quads and go to Baja to camp and ride them shits… I must be from some different planet cuz all that camping offroad shit doesnt fascinate me one bit…9k for a quad you will use once or twice a month nigga, for real sheitttttttt….
June 30th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
i been a Kast fan way before his freestyles.
^
word to copping ATLiens the day it came out
but fuck it 3 stacks’ cameos > most rappers’ careers
he made the walk it out rmx amazing
he took the vulgar and the profane and made it shine
that’s a true artist
how would cam have rapped over that beat?
i told her walk it out
then i walked on her snout
put my cock in her mouth
run the block by the ounce
give me a break dude is entertaining but he spits that assembly-line flow, like he’ll do the same shit over any beat no matter the beats per minute, dude has one mode and just does it. i can’t hate because it’s entertaining but to put him ahead of mos and 3 stacks are you crazy? foh
June 30th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
>>Your logic’s flawed homie. Save that for the newcomers, i been a Kast fan way before his freestyles.
what logic? I didn’t even look at who wrote it, it’s just a reflex to me now with all this 3000 nuthugging that’s been going on.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
Bleek>cam
June 30th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
… Cam’ron >>>>>>>>> Andrea 3000 … any statements to the contrary, is idolatrous gibberish … and should be regarded as pure folly …
… OWWWWWW …
June 30th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
*nuthuggs 3 stacks [||]*
if andre did a freestyle a week this n*gga eskimo would be cuckoo for cocoa pops
this week i show you why i’m incredible! lolol foh
June 30th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Z-RO and Cee-Lo > Andre or Mos
as far as singing rappers go
Dre and Mos kinda suck at singing
June 30th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
i told her walk it out
then i walked on her snout
put my cock in her mouth
run the block by the ounce
>>LOL. typical Cam. Cam stays typical, lol.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
>>if the best people got on 3 stacks is that he doesn’t drop enuf verses
I ain’t got nothing on 3000, his verses are impeccable. I just don’t understand why niggas act like they are that fucking good to warrant the ball washing ya’ll been giving him.
and Come Home With Me is way more entertaining than any Mos Def album, let’s be serious.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
being from ny i never really fucked with outkast
stack bundles > 3 stacks
June 30th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
is gil-scott still on crack?
June 30th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
and Come Home With Me is way more entertaining than any Mos Def album, let’s be serious.
^
true that
June 30th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
>>if andre did a freestyle a week this n*gga eskimo would be cuckoo for cocoa pops
smh @ a work ethic being a negative in hip-hop
June 30th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
Dre and Mos kinda suck at singing
add Wyclef to that list, if he can stilll be classed as a wapper, lol
June 30th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
# Secondbest21 Says:
June 30th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
is gil-scott still on crack?
^^
Gill Scott HeroIn
June 30th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
add Wyclef to that list, if he can stilll be classed as a wapper, lol
^^^
lol
except I’d rather hear Wyclef sing(no homo) instead of rap and it’s the exact opposite for Mos and 3000
June 30th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
stacks b! RIP the gorgeous gangsta, he died too early. but nah let’s be completely honest he was still developing his ill flow, whereas andre and big boi were born ill. 2 cats from the south that went over everybody’s heads till aquemini dropped and the masses embraced them. but make no mistake they were impeccable from day 1. aquemini was good but not the best. ATLiens = crack
actually let me go out on a limb:
ATLiens getting less than 5 mics = the impending downfall of the Sauce
they got so much shit wrong back in the day it was tragic, and the sad thing is, we the fans actually cared, like we waited to see what the fucking Sauce would say
i wonder if there will ever be a voice like that again where you can just crown a album on GP by giving it that type of rating, probably not
June 30th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
*does just enough crack to fuck up teeth*
Yo new video at Nahning click the name ….oUTRO!
June 30th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
i can’t really compare Cam and 3stacks as rappers, for the same reason i cant compare Talib and Luda.
Its just different ends of a spectrum IMO.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
make no mistake they were impeccable from day 1. aquemini was good but not the best. ATLiens = crack
^^^^
except idlewild(which was just ok), every Kast album = straight fuego
June 30th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
I kinda enjoyed Mos’ singing on Drunk and Hot Girls tho.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
>>i can’t really compare Cam and 3stacks as rappers, for the same reason i cant compare Talib and Luda.
this is true and that’s why I didn’t.
But Aquemini is by far GOAT ‘Kast album and any other opinion is null and void.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
>>But Aquemini is by far GOAT ‘Kast album and any other opinion is null and void.
and loose the know-it-all tone chea, like niggas wasn’t there for ATLiens.
save that shit for the 90’s babies (c) ODEMIC
June 30th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
lol @ fux’s new video [||]
June 30th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
But Aquemini is by far GOAT ‘Kast album and any other opinion is null and void.
>>Yea, i agree, that’s their Magnum Opus. But their follow-up albums are still greater than alotta the revered albums of now.
One of the characteristics of great art, is that people appreciate the artists work and the artist with time. That’s whats happening with Andre right now. And it’s happening with their albums.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
# chea Says:
June 30th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
lol @ fux’s new video [||]
^^^^ the hell was that shit? lol yo, that was funny though. and depending on what clubs you go to, you see that shit e’ry night…
June 30th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
and loose the know-it-all tone chea
^
i can’t — i do know it all
*strokes degrees [||]*
*feels rain outside*
*shields self with degrees (what up nate!)*
June 30th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
i actually sometimes wonder, if Kanye wasn’t with the ROC/co-signed by Jay-z, etc. and just an independent artist paving his way, would some of his more riskier work be as widely accepted as they are right now, or would his worth be seen with time.
Or maybe the game just changed all together.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/29/us.iran/index.html
June 30th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
@ odemic i wonder that all the time, like what if Duck Down aka Short Israelis Inc. offered him a huge advance when he was broke and they put out College Dropout, damn good question
June 30th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
@ chea. Yea, cuz he takes liberty in pushing the envelope. That doesn’t always fly from the get go. It’s working for him, but he could have just as well been shelved.
but the body of work would be unchanged.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
but the body of work would be unchanged.
^
don’t know if i completely agree tho b/c camel opened lots of doors for dude, who knows, impossible to speculate too intelligently about hypothetical past sitcha-ations
June 30th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
don’t know if i completely agree tho b/c camel opened lots of doors for dude, who knows, impossible to speculate too intelligently about hypothetical past sitcha-ations
>>true, you got me there! lotta collabos that made it what it is would be non-existant. good point…
June 30th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Mos is good. Cam is good. Andre 3000 is good. Talib is good. Luda is good. I don’t think there are enough good rappers for us to pin them against eachother. kkthx n bi
June 30th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
“I B WHYLIN LAIK CAP-ITAL WAN… WHATTISINYOPACKET!?!!”
June 30th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
My baby mamma beeped seven o’clock it’s gonna cost me
but I still wanna cut her though, maybe she had to work
I caught her in the mall, wearin a real tight skirt
She was, fine as FUCK, I wanted to sex the hoe up
She said, “Let’s hit the parking lot so I can sick your duck”
I said, “Cool, I really wanted to cut you but this’ll do.
I gotta pick up my daughter plus my baby mamma beeped me too.”
She said she understood then everything was kosher
I gave her a Lil’ Will CD, and a fuckin poster
June 30th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
*dons tinfoil hat*
what is really good with my Sly Fox link being dead due to “copyright infringement” when Def Jam leaked that shit fair and square.
June 30th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
aw man 3 stacks is such a storyteller, dude is truly nice with it
*nuthuggs [||]*
aight back to bidness, My Dougie is my anthem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr5TiW–m3Q
soulja boy in the new nas (c) yeezy *barfs all over Mac laptop*
for real though Arab > Bleek (as weed-carriers go)
June 30th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
*shrugs*
Fox might not have cleared the sound bits at the beginning
but yeah, Def Jam does that a lot.
June 30th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
*adjusts tin foil yamaka*
*eats corned beef with Eskelberg*
*teaches him the ways of the force [||]*
June 30th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
*adusts tin foil yamaka*
*eats corned beef with Eskelberg*
*teaches him the ways of the force [||]*
June 30th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
>> soulja boy in the new nas (c) yeezy
hold on to your kufi
http://kanyeuniversecity.com/blog/?em3106=197461_-1__0_~0_-1_6_2008_0_0&em3161=&em3281=
June 30th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
nah, he’s right… Nas is (one of the) greatest of all time
(c) our Carlin/Pryor conversation
June 30th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
nah, he’s right… Nas is (one of the) greatest of all time
^
ok doesn’t mean he hasn’t chalked up mucho losses tho
(c) signing a contract to marry Kelis
(c) signing a contract with the word “Fila” on it
(c) being nas
June 30th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
still *dying* @ the fila pradas
http://www.wooohah.com/2008/01/hurricane-chris.html
go nas! maybe they’ll rip off the af1 for you
June 30th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Status Ain’t Hood Says Goodbye
^ and I just subscribed yesterday
June 30th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
“Word to Will, buried in his Fila suit and heavy chain, I wanna be iced up, bury me the same”
Way I see it, it’s a win for Esco, the suit is gonna be free of chrage
June 30th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
oh man sorry for the nuthuggery but that joint skeletons by gemstones is really good
June 30th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
Andre 3000 is like the southern Nas…..very poetic, insightful and lively with his words and rhythms. Displays impeccable timing and knows how to format words to fit songs….Nas’ musical background of his Dad being a trumpetist really has helped and inspired his creativity….With three thousand his writings are like that of Paradise lost…displays a very artistic mind.
June 30th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
tony yayo is such a coonball
June 30th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
>>If you haven’t heard Act 1, you’re a fucking sucker.
lol, I just read that
June 30th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
i never liked breihan. lol @ most of his post making it clear that he wasn’t fired (he’ll always have that on YN!) evry since dallas ate his ass breihan never had the same swag. in honor of that lessondary post:
http://www.dallaspenn.com/weblog/?p=1331
June 30th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
why be Lyrical at the expense of making music?
June 30th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
that david banner feat. wayne song is awesome. i actually think in light of dude going plat first week (superhuman status) it’s def not too early to sample his shit, dude’s nice. it’s like he from the trap…BUT HE COME FROM HOLLYGROVE!
June 30th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
Tom Breihan Says:
December 6th, 2006 at 1:44 pm
I probably shouldn’t jump in on this, but real quick: I use “ninja” only when I’m quoting from songs or interviews; I started doing it after Kris Ex took me to task for leaving the N-bombs in quotes. I don’t ever use the word when I’m not quoting.
^ i fucking hate it when you YTs say: lookin’ ass ninja. that shit is so corny to me (c) dame
I Fux Says:
December 6th, 2006 at 4:45 pm
Great Post CJ..No RRR………….anyways these hipsters looking they came out of Complex Mag are fucking scumbags independtly wealthy Daddy’s boys that drive up the price of some fucking J’s I want to cop………….Anyways I once slapped the shit of one these in this club in San Diego, he made some remark about Reggeaton tongue in cheek to his whiteboy friends, I think they were Jews I could see the horns (sike) but I stepped to dude and said learn some respect for all cultures because the way you rocking your gear I am assumming you like Hip-Hop and he was like I dont need to do shit and I slapped him Charlie Murphy style……….Security came to calm the shit down kicked me and my boys out took are names just in case these dudes wanted to press charges ……………..Fuck A hipster
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ dead
June 30th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
Mos Def rockin’ O’laffs on stage?? he still hittin’ the pipe?
June 30th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
he still hittin’ the pipe?
^
ur mother’s hittin that pipe
July 1st, 2008 at 2:04 am
^^^^^^^
cute
July 1st, 2008 at 1:47 pm
z-ro is good at singing, but dre 3k’s verses slay his ass. be serious.
dre vs. cee-lo is another contest
verse for verse, i would actually rank cee-lo rapping over mos, because mos’ catalog is weighted down with mediocre verses from his last two albums.
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