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Mos Def - The Ecstatic

Mos Def - The Ecstatic

(3 stars)14 Aug 2009

(Downtown) His seeming impatience has always been Mos Def’s undoing. His debut 1999’s Black on Both Sides, remains a modern classic, but beyond that and his 1998 collaboration with Talib Kweli Black Star, his frankly patchy musical career has been…

Robert Glasper - Double Booked

Robert Glasper - Double Booked

(4 stars)16 Sep 2009

(Blue Note Records) The double booking is captured on two voicemail messages on the disc, one from trumpeter Terence Blanchard and the other from Ahmir ?uestlove Thompson, both looking to have Glasper and his bands on the same night. The split…

Singles and Downloads

Singles and Downloads

6 Aug 2009

Much touted at the start of the year, Little Boots’ takeover of planet pop hasn’t quite materialised, and ‘Remedy’ (679) won’t change that. A decent enough pop strut with obligatory chunky synths and singalong chorus, it lacks the personality of her…

Kate Nash

Preview 2009 - Albums

8 Jan 2009

The start of ‘09 sees a hip hop war brewing, with new records by some of the genre’s heaviest hitters landing on the streets. First we’ve got to survive January, though, and what more uplifting way than with Bruce Springsteen ’s Working on a Dream?

Be Kind Rewind

Be Kind Rewind

(3 stars)14 Feb 2008

COMEDY (12A) 100min Michel Gondry’s freewheeling satire on copyright law features a frustrated filmmaker Mike (Mos Def), who works in a VHS-only video store in an apartment block due for demolition. When his dad (Danny Glover) is out of town finding…

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