rapsThe hard ass beats on that made me feel like it was a mixtape that just got put on streaming lol
Damn
I could def see Mos Def being way bigger if he leaned into being in that Kanye Pharrell Andre Lupe lane of eccentric mainstream rap dudes at the time / leaned into those relationships and collaborations
Wonder what happen for him to wanna change
from my understanding he had been acting before even getting started in rapping, probably was set financially and didnt want to play the game
BroscodoloDude this is so weird I was just thinking last night about how Mos Def was so f***ing famous at one point while being extremely outspoken and radical in his music.
Such an anomaly.
Like everybody loved Mos Def fr
Different time fr
Like imagine f***in Armand Hammer or something being all in the movies and on TV rn 🤣
And he was on top of GOOD music at one point. It just didn't pan out like it was supposed to, but he was up there.
anexpressionofgodVery wrong. People knew knew Mos from Chappelle, Ye, The Italian Job, Hitchhikers guide, monsters ball…he was also like the face of conscious hip hop. Vince will prolly never be as recognized as Mos
You think im arguing that mos def was less popular than vince staples?
Mos a cool cat
Best Yasin story is that he was making money being in commercials before his rap career ever took off. Talib and other guys would just be in the park rapping, dead broke. Mos would come through and take them all to McDonalds. Man of the people.
G Roy 🩻·2 repliesMaking music like this while being in Be Kind Rewind. Truly a 1-of-1 talent.
I GOT THAT THUGGIN LOVE
headieoneI’m nosey I always wanna know how niggas like him make bread lmfao
Not paying child support to the point you can’t get back into the country helps with expenses 🤣
- G Roy 🩻G Roy
Making music like this while being in Be Kind Rewind. Truly a 1-of-1 talent.
!https://youtu.be/acoHDJ90Qfg?is=63NAbtXDNDarX_o0Also is in Michael Jackson’s Ghosts short film
That’s the wildest title for a song I ever read 😭😭
i thought him and the breakthrough of the Lyricist Lounge artists were a reaction to the Pac/Big deaths, aswell as the commercialisation of the genre in the 90s. It was all about bringing hip hop back to the anti-estabilishment forefront. Every decade seems to have that phase atp. 80s had Public Enemy and others.
We aint really seen much newer artists do that within this decade, so thats why older, mature artists are gaining relevance. Theres always an audience and market that people yearn for in the genre imo
lilbiglilHe definitely had a dedicated fated fanbase and got press but he wasn’t a big star. Vince Staples is probably a decent modern a***ogy in terms of level of celebrity.
·3 repliesHis peak popularity is being overinflated ITT. BOBS didn’t go platinum…
·1 replyG RoyMaking music like this while being in Be Kind Rewind. Truly a 1-of-1 talent.
!https://youtu.be/acoHDJ90Qfg?is=63NAbtXDNDarX_o0His role as Ford Perfect in hitchhikers guide to the galaxy was so funny and well done
- G Roy 🩻·2 repliesPalestinian Oozi
His role as Ford Perfect in hitchhikers guide to the galaxy was so funny and well done
He was a really great actor, as someone else itt pointed out he was acting even before rapping. Back in the day Entertainment Weekly genuinely predicted him to be the next Tom Hanks which gives perspective to just how big of a deal he was in his prime and just how drastically different the content of his music was to anything you’d expect with his level of fame lol
- G Roy 🩻G Roy
He was a really great actor, as someone else itt pointed out he was acting even before rapping. Back in the day Entertainment Weekly genuinely predicted him to be the next Tom Hanks which gives perspective to just how big of a deal he was in his prime and just how drastically different the content of his music was to anything you’d expect with his level of fame lol
https://twitter.com/jonathanmb32/status/1825269981199646778@op look at this lol
- G Roy
He was a really great actor, as someone else itt pointed out he was acting even before rapping. Back in the day Entertainment Weekly genuinely predicted him to be the next Tom Hanks which gives perspective to just how big of a deal he was in his prime and just how drastically different the content of his music was to anything you’d expect with his level of fame lol
https://twitter.com/jonathanmb32/status/1825269981199646778Yeah that’s crazy lmao
- ·2 repliessmackdab
His peak popularity is being overinflated ITT. BOBS didn’t go platinum…
I mean I don’t think he was ever a household name because he was never truly commercially viable (and didn’t set out to be). But he was everyone’s “if you know, you know” kinda star when he was active.
·2 repliessmackdabHis peak popularity is being overinflated ITT. BOBS didn’t go platinum…
Niggas just LOVE hyperbole.
Not enough for him to be a great artist and actor, he has to be simultaneously the next Tom Hanks and Drake.
- ·1 replyPalestinian Oozi
I mean I don’t think he was ever a household name because he was never truly commercially viable (and didn’t set out to be). But he was everyone’s “if you know, you know” kinda star when he was active.
He was like Lupe before Lasers.
- G Roy 🩻·1 replyAisosa
Niggas just LOVE hyperbole.
Not enough for him to be a great artist and actor, he has to be simultaneously the next Tom Hanks and Drake.
Nowhere did I say he actually was the next Tom Hanks lol I said he was a great actor and used an actual magazine article from 21 years ago where they predict his career trajectory to illustrate just how much hype was around him and his dual career. Thats not hyperbole that’s providing an example lol
- ·1 replyAisosa
Niggas just LOVE hyperbole.
Not enough for him to be a great artist and actor, he has to be simultaneously the next Tom Hanks and Drake.
lol where on earth did Drake come from man?
- G Roy
Nowhere did I say he actually was the next Tom Hanks lol I said he was a great actor and used an actual magazine article from 21 years ago where they predict his career trajectory to illustrate just how much hype was around him and his dual career. Thats not hyperbole that’s providing an example lol
I didn't mean any offense to you, but they were tripping.
Bey is a brilliant actor, but nothing about any of his roles suggest that sort of trajectory.
- ·1 replyPalestinian Oozi
lol where on earth did Drake come from man?
Bey was a child actor too
- ·1 replyAisosa
Bey was a child actor too
I get that lol. But extremely different types of artists and intents
