Despite their contract with Payday Records, the group only had two singles, and their debut album Manifest Destiny was not released until 2004, when it was distributed by Illson Media. Career MusicMos Def began his music career in 1994 in the short-lived group Urban Thermo Dynamics with his younger brother D.c.Q and younger sister Ces. He is friends with Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest. At 19, he took his shahada, the Muslim declaration of faith. While his father was initially a member of the Nation of Islam and later an active member in the community of Imam Warith Deen Mohammed, who merged into mainstream Islam from the Nation, Mos Def was not exposed to Islam until the age of 13. He also has a younger sister, Ces “Casey” Smith, and a younger half-brother, Jermone Victor Moulton, who resides in Brooklyn and shares the same mother. “Gold Medal Man”), who is Mos Def’s full-time DJ, and Anwar Superstar. He has two younger brothers, Abdul Rahman (a.k.a. He studied at New York University in the Gallatin School of Individualized Study. He majored in Musical Theater at Talent Unlimited High School of the Performing Arts in Manhattan. He attended Philippa Schuyler Middle School in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Mos Def grew up during the golden age of hip-hop and has rapped and acted since he was six. Mos Def has also been active in several social and political causes. As a solo artist he has released the albums Black on Both Sides in 1999, The New Danger in 2004, True Magic in 2006, and The Ecstatic in 2009.Īlthough he was initially recognized for his musical output, since the early 2000s, Mos Def’s screen work has established him as one of only a handful of rappers who have garnered critical approval for their acting work. He was a major force in late 1990s underground hip hop while with Rawkus Records. With Talib Kweli, he formed the duo Black Star, which released the album Black Star in 1998. He started his hip hop career in a group called Urban Thermo Dynamics, after which he appeared on albums by Da Bush Babees and De La Soul. The album features multiple MCs, including Yasiin Bey, Jean Grae, Edo G, Jemini the Gifted One, Minnesota and more.Dante Terrell Smith (born December 11, 1973) is an American actor and emcee, known by the stage names Mos Def ( /ˌmoʊsˈdɛf/) and Yasiin Bey. The REcstatic will be followed in short order by Preservation’s full-length production debut, Old Numbers, due July 9 on Mon Dieu Music. Quiet Dog Bite Hard was exciting because I was remixing my own track and it drew me into the process, and Workers Comp was the most unique due to its complex time signature.” Having produced three of the tracks from the original album, Preservation explains the process behind re-creating sixteen songs, with their original vocals, that meditate on the original beats and samples of the album, bringing new sounds to a new decade: “It’s the result of countless hours of digging through records to sample, constructing the beat, wrapping it around the vocal, adjusting the tempo, and so on. Renamed The REcstatic, the remix album is now available as a free full-album download only via Mon Dieu Music – stream the remix for Quiet Dog Bite Hard below. Yasiin Bey’s (formerly Mos Def) underrated album The Ecstatic from 2009 has received the full blown remix treatment by his tour DJ and in-house producer Preservation.
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