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Nas Kicks Off Levi's 2010 Pioneer Recording Sessions With Slick Rick Cover

5300 days ago

MTV.com News — 'The song kind of helped me out when I was a young knucklehead,' Nas says of '88 classic 'Hey Young World.'By Steven Roberts Nas Photo: MTV News For its Levi's Pioneer Sessions, the popular denim company called on a dozen musical acts to re... more info

The 411 Music Top Five 05.25.10: Top 5 Closing Tracks

5300 days ago

411 Mania — From Nirvana's All Apologies, Eminem's Criminal, and AC/DC's Squealer to Nas' If I Ruled the World, Arctic Monkeys' 505, Tool's Third Eye, and Stone Sour's Zzyzx Rd., the 411Music staffers discuss their top 5 favorite closing tracks in the latest ed... more info

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Gil Scott-Heron: "New York Is Killing Me" [ft. Mos Def]

5300 days ago

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Last month, we hit you with Nas' gritty, end-times take on Gil Scott-Heron's BNM'd "New York Is Killing Me", from the legendary poet's also-BNM'd album I'm New Here. Now, Mos Def has jumped on the track as well. Mighty Mos' verse on this particular r... more info

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Listen: Mos Def Gets in on Gil Scott-Heron's "New York Is Killing Me"

5300 days ago

Pitchfork — MP3/Stream:> Gil Scott-Heron: "New York Is Killing Me" [ft. Mos Def] Last month, we hit you with Nas' gritty, end-times take on Gil Scott-Heron's BNM'd "New York Is Killing Me", from the legendary poet's also-BNM'd album I'm New Here. Now, Mos Def ha... more info

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Bonnaroo 2010: The Schedule

5300 days ago

Pitchfork — This year's Bonnaroo is only a few weeks away-- June 10-13 in Manchester, Tennessee, to be exact. Like usual, there are many bands playing but only so much time to see them: Jay-Z, LCD Soundsystem, Phoenix, the xx, the National, the Flaming Lips (doi... more info

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Dirty Projectors, the Shins, She & Him, Nas, the Roots Cover Songs for Levi's

5300 days ago

Pitchfork — Denim institution Levi's has launched a series of free downloads called Levi's Pioneer Sessions. This one's got a simple concept: Current artists covering older songs. The first download in the series is up now, and it's Nas doing his take on Sli... more info

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Mos Def rhymes over Gil Scott Heron

5300 days ago

Nialler9 — We’ve already had Nas drop some rhymes on ‘New York is Killing Me’ from Gil Scott Heron’s most recent album I’m New Here. This time around, the eminent Mos Def freestyles over the click clack clap rhythms of the track. more info

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Nas: "There Is No Best Or Greatest MC..."

5300 days ago

MTV.co.uk News — Legendary New York rapper Nas, has recently touched on the ‘Greatest Rapper of All Time’ debate saying that no rapper is currently worthy to be called the best. But if anyone was to be... more info

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Nas and Marley mix rap and reggae inspired by Africa

5303 days ago

Reuters — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rapper Nas has teamed up with Jamaican reggae artist Damian Marley to release a new studio album and kick off a worldwide tour on Friday that bows to their African ancestry and the roots of reggae and hip hop music. more info

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