Mos Def – Black On Both Sides

Lex Blondin: I’ve been a fan of Mos Def aka Yasiin Bey since his Sound Bombing / Black Star days but when this album came out it went beyond the usual hip hop boom bap landscape we were used to seeing him and I fell in love instantly. I remember seeing him play with his visual artist friend Anuar Khalifi in Barcelona a couple years ago and it felt like two kids messing around with Anuar playing everything from Brazilian funk to metal with Yassin rhyming on it all. His versatility as an artist is very inspiring to me.

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