joshoshomusic:

So this is Mos Def’s (or in fact the newly crowned Yassin Bey’s) first instalment of his Top 40 underdog series.A compilation of Reworkings of Top 40 tracks,but instead of its original concept,he will be injecting, a la Mos Def,a social consciousness into each remix.It warms my heart to know we will have a barrage of Mos Def (Im sorry bro,i cant get used to Yasiin Bey yet) material for the forseeable future,and a well needed respite from a whole load of ‘not saying much besides,money money money,bitches,swag,swag,money,YOLO’ rap.Hopefully a little bit a Mos Def well wake these clowns up.We appreciate music is to be interpreted and created relative to each individual,by no means am i saying everyone become a conscious rapper,but it seems that such wholesome,informative and thought provoking (sounds like Hip-Hop to me?) music has fast become a rarity in the mainstream.

Welcome back Yassin Bey.