I finally got around to reading this Mos Def article (cause i'm sooo busy... yeaah right) and it turned out to be a good read. Mos schooled me on the original black rock band...Death (they were harder than the Sex Pistols and Bad Brains before those bands even existed) They dropped one EP and then peaced.. never getting any attention until more recently (I read about them in Exclaim! magazine.. They are blowing up [now] in California and one of the sons of the original members has formed a kind-of tribute band to them). Mos is trying to put together a documentary film about them with non other than Dame Dash?? He also discusses his favorite thing...being an artist: “I definitely want to be remembered as vital, unique, great, attractive—all of that shit—but it was more important to just be able to have this be the work I do effectively enough to call myself a professional. I’m an artist, man; I put that shit on my W-2.” ...I'm guessing W-2 is the taxes or some shit in the U.S. of A. Aaaaannyways I'm pissed off the Montreal Jazz Fest canclled his performance that was going down TONIGHT! ..it was going to be my first time seeing him. Ahh well .. here is a song by Death from their EP ...For The Whole World To See
I leave you with a quote that is written on a magnet on Mos Def's fridge... "Peace is not about the absence of trouble; peace is about being able to keep stillness within your heart no matter what’s going on."
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