Brooklyn Vegan — Raekwon @ Irving Plaza (SANCHO PANZAA) Backed only by DJ Symphony on turntables and Raekwon's brother Don P on vocals, the set could have used the energy of the other rappers who invade the album. Raekwon's set ran to 90... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — snow by schatz tonight in NYC * Ronnie Spector @ BB King's * Mos Def @ Highline Ballroom * Currituck County @ The Stone * Blip Festival alumni show @ Pianos * Soft Black, Wide Eyed Beauty @ Death By... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — snow by schatz tonight in NYC * Ronnie Spector @ BB King's * Mos Def @ Highline Ballroom * Currituck County @ The Stone * Blip Festival alumni show @ Pianos * Soft Black, Wide Eyed Beauty @ Death By... more info

Kanye's Blog — Prod. Ski Beatz. Click HERE to listen to the MP3... Click HERE to download the MP3... more info

411 Mania — Take a look at the best music of the year in this week's edition of Ten Deep! From Pearl Jam's Backspacer to Mos Def's The Ecstatic to Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion, see what made the list and came in at number one! more info

Pasta Primavera — Mos Def’s The Ecstatic is perhaps one of my favorite hip hop albums out this year.  “Supermagic” is the first video from it and it’s just Mos doing his thang with multitude of trails…check it: mp3: Mos Def – Supermagic In related news... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 01-27 Toronto, Ontario - Koolhaus *01-27 Chicago, IL - Congress Theatre *01-30 New York, NY - Nokia Theatre ** with DOOM more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 01-27 Toronto, Ontario - Koolhaus *01-29 Chicago, IL - Congress Theatre *01-30 New York, NY - Nokia Theatre * * with Mos Def more info

Culture Bully — Footage of the Black Keys & Mos Def's Blakroc project performing with Jim Jones on the Dec. 8 edition of the Late Show. more info

MTV.com News — 'Sight brings his 'suburban perspective,' while Ameer speaks the 'truth,' in Mixtape Daily. Ameer Firestarter: Outasight It's so obvious and you hate to say it, but Outasight looks nothing like the Yonkers music royalty we know that com... more info