The Source Magazine

Today in Hip-Hop History: Mos Def Released His Solo Debut ‘Black On Both Sides’ 26 Years Ago

On this date in 1999, Brooklyn lyricist, actor, and social activist Yasiin Bey—who the Hip Hop world first knew as Mos Def—released his debut solo album Black On Both Sides on the Rawkus/Columbia ...
The Source Magazine

Today In Hip Hop History: Mos Def And Talib Kweli Released Their Classic Joint Album ‘BLACK STAR’ 27 Years Ago

On this day in hip hop history, 27 years ago, Mos Def and Talib Kweli joined forces to release their iconic debut album Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star on Rawkus Records — a landmark project that ...
The Boombox

Mos Def Drops a Hip-Hop Classic: Oct. 12 in Hip-Hop History

Paisley Park/ Rawkus/Universal/ Rawkus/Geffen/ YouTube/Jive/G-Funk Entertainment 1993: Salt-N-Pepa blows up with Very Necessary Salt-N-Pepa's fourth album is by far their most successful, selling over ...
The Grio

Revisiting ‘Black on Both Sides’ — Mos Def’s 1999 debut album — 25 years later

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. There are a few songs I vividly remember hearing (or seeing if the video ...