Yasiin Bey and Robert Glasper review – mercurial hip-hop star finds magic in the moment

Troxy, LondonTeaming up with jazz maverick Glasper, the rapper formerly known as Mos Def performed a gripping set with the spontaneous vibe of an after-hours jam session In the near-decade since his last album, The Ecstatic, the artist formerly known as Mos Def has proved a vaporous figure, scheduling albums that never arrive, relocating to (and then being expelled from) South Africa and, in 2016, announcing his imminent retirement from showbiz. His debut album, 1999’s Black on Both Sides...

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