Yasiin Bey, the artist formerly known as Mos Def, has officially scored his second RIAA album award. His genre-fluid sophomore solo album, The New Danger, officially earned gold certification this ...

Earlier this year, Kanye West’s The College Dropoutproved that hip-hop moralizing didn’t have to be dull-or, for that matter, particularly moral. On “Get Em High,” Kanye enlisted the straitlaced Talib ...

Artist: Mos DefTitle: The New DangerRating: 3 1/2 StarsReviewed by: Jason Newman Since his 1999 debut Black on Both Sides, Mos Def has become hip-hop’s Renaissance Man, acting in movies and on ...

Mighty Mos Def sure has changed. Six years ago, he was the ultimate backpacker, dropping classic hit singles like “Universal Magnetic”; today, he’s acting in movies and making scat rap tracks like ...

Artist: Mos DefTitle: True MagicRating: 3 StarsReviewed by: Paine If KRS-One hadn’t taken it first, Mos Def deserves to title an album The Sneak Attack. Following The New Danger’s sparse at best ...

Let’s play football, and Mos Def’s sophomore album, The New Danger, is an 18-game season. There’s a new team, Geffen Records, a new starting lineup, rock band Black Jack Johnson, and a new playbook ...