23 Responses to “Video: Mos Def & Talib Kweli – History (Live on Jimmy Fallon)”

1. WUTANGFAN Says:
   November 26th, 2009 at 12:11 pm

   Great performance. The Estatic is one of the best/most slept on albums of the year.

2. Lance Williams Says:
   November 26th, 2009 at 12:50 pm

   Talib’s Swagger is on 100 in the Video. The Confidence is Apparent.

3. Mr.Londoner Says:
   November 26th, 2009 at 12:58 pm

   Hip-Hop confession

   i have no idea what mos def is rapping 90% of the time

4. Harlem World Says:
   November 26th, 2009 at 1:01 pm

   Looking forward to Center Edge Territory.

   Mos>>
   Jay>>
   Spitta>>

5. spirit equality Says:
   November 26th, 2009 at 1:06 pm

   yeah, that was flavor. the band killed it with a spot-on re-creation of that great dilla beat.

   fallon talks so fast sometimes, i could barely make out the names of the female backup singers. i believe he said amber and haile of the dirty projectors? whoever they were, they recreated that vocal sample *perfectly*. i actually googled them after the performance was over, apparently they’re from a BK-based experimental rock band. mos and kwa keep it BK to the death. ha.

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Projectors

   big up to mos for that “remember the cherokees, remember the originals” outro. especially around *this* time of year

6. FRN Says:
   November 26th, 2009 at 1:14 pm

   sick sick performance

7. Daily Drug Says:
   November 26th, 2009 at 2:08 pm

   That Snoop song is pretty good

8. Daily Drug Says:
   November 26th, 2009 at 2:17 pm

   » MSG.com To Hold Vote-Off Between Jay-Z & Frank Sinatra For Unofficial NYC Anthem

   ^Yo, that Jay Z empire state is quite epic (No captain obvious)…i hear the jawn in bars down south with random buffy type sorority chicks singing along.

   It might could replace the Frank Sinatra jawn…for me it does (no racialist)

9. HaS aka Mr. GooDBaR Says:
   November 26th, 2009 at 2:28 pm

   “I hear the jawn in bars down south with random buffy type sorority chicks singing along.”

   Sadly this is what passes as the stamp of approval for Hip-Hop relevance/hotness in this era.

   Big Ups to Mos (I see you on that “remember the Cherokee/Originals) and Kweli.

   Peace.

10. parisian captain Says:
    November 26th, 2009 at 2:37 pm

    this video>everything I’ve heard since a while

11. Daily Drug Says:
    November 26th, 2009 at 2:38 pm

    Sadly this is what passes as the stamp of approval for Hip-Hop relevance/hotness in this era.

    ^actually I was illustrating/referring to how suprising it is that a lyrical hip-hop song has such a wide mainstream appeal. Jay-Z won with that 1.

12. Max Profit Says:
    November 26th, 2009 at 3:25 pm

    Album of the year
    1. OBFCL 2
    2. The Ecstatic

13. I DEEN Says:
    November 26th, 2009 at 3:38 pm

    hip hop at its finest…

14. ReLLeVenT Says:
    November 26th, 2009 at 5:19 pm

    WOW

15. oldirtybabyjesus Says:
    November 27th, 2009 at 3:16 am

    Yo I just started listening to the Dirty Projectors….it’s a crazy coincidence that they were featured in this performance.

16. 88-Keys Says:
    November 27th, 2009 at 7:31 am

    They NAILED this. The Roots (along with the back up singers) amazingly sound EXACTLY LIKE the late/great J. Dilla’s sample chops. Incredible! Mos’ & Kwe’ were looking sharp too. Ahhh… Don’t you just love it when you see hip hop all grown up? *kudos*

17. ReLLeVenT Says:
    November 27th, 2009 at 11:11 am

    They Need An Mp3 Audio Download Link For the Live Version Of This Shit!
    Classic Material!

18. clocksuckaz Says:
    November 27th, 2009 at 12:42 pm

    song of the year

19. JMOSSED Says:
    November 27th, 2009 at 12:43 pm

    I LIKE THIS RIGHT HERE, REAL MUSIC LIKE THIS MAKES YOUR DAY 100 TIMES BETTER

20. Nah Right » Video: Mos Def ft. Talib Kweli - History (Preview) Says:
    December 23rd, 2009 at 10:48 pm

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