Now, more than ever, hip-hop seems to be on a divergent path: Half its practitioners are thugging and mugging, while others—led by The Roots and OutKast—opt for the high road by adding actual ...
Fifteen years go by in the blink of an eye. It's that long since Mos Def's debut album appeared. The Brooklyn rapper was no naive tyro – he'd released the well-received Black Star collaboration with ...