From KaisrSolze Sent Mon, Jun 22nd 1998, 07:34
From KaisrSolze Sent Mon, Jun 22nd 1998, 07:34
Ignore if you don't consider hiphop even mildly IDM... =09(Not so)Bold Statement: Mos Def and Talib Kweli (aka Blackstar) are g= oing to=0Abe huge... I think they'll be the first group from the new wav= e of indie=0Ahiphop acts to make it big (fuck Cannibus). I'm not saying = they're more=0Atalented than Company Flow, but they're far more palatable= ... Mos Def is a=0Aconsumate showman, moving from rap to reggae to Spiceg= irls. Kweli has=0Alyrics in crazy abundance =97 not the thesaurus word= s of a Big Jus, but just=0Aspectacular rhyming, flow, etc.. Their beats = are great. I just hope they can=0Abreak past the level of success that T= ribe and De la achieved, because they=0Asure deserve it. =09I've seen them live twice (opening for De La and the Roots), and each = time=0Athey've blown the headliners off the stage (Mos Def brought the ho= use down=0Awhen he covered Scenario, and then QTip came onstage for Body = Rock, doing his=0Abest Busat Rhymes impersonation. wow). Go see them = if all possible. I=0Acan't wait for their album to drop. Check their = tracks on Lyricist Lounge,=0Aplus the Reflection Eternal single, and Mos = Def's single... =09Just remember... It's okay to be a player-hater. Just don't be a hate= r-=0Aplayer. Sam=0A