Last night, Mos Def hit the stage at New York City, New York’s SOBs where he performed new cuts produced by J. Dilla and Oh No.
Mos hit the stage – also graced by Iggy Azalea, Skeme, Hustle Simmons and more – by introducing himself as Yasiin Bey. He began by rapping over a J. Dilla-produced song, followed by a verse over “The Pain” from Oh No’s Dr. No’s Ethiopium.
Before leaving the stage, Mos advised the crowd to be on the lookout for new projects including No Glasses and Applied Science. Watch the performance below (via HipHopBeef).

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Mos Def, GOAT Top of any list you can name, numbers don’t matter, Mos Def is a true poet, a master at his craft, a magician with the mic. Peace.
Agreed!
Top 5 ALL-TIME, all day.
its pronounces yasiin, nigga!
That was beyond gay.
WHAT THE FUCK HIPHOPDX. THATS A MADLIB BEAT. ON MADLIB’S TRIBUTE DOUBLE DISC TRIBUTE TO DILLA. COME ON YO. WHAT THE FUCK?!?! HOW YOU GONNA MAKE A HEADLINE ON DILLA’S NAME AND NOT GET IT RIGHT? HEADLINE SHOULD READ “Mos Def Performs New Songs Produced By BROTHERS MADLIB & Oh No In New York City, New York
what’s the beat called?
yup, you’re completely right. the beat is ‘beat provider (through the years)’ from dil cosby suite. hiphopdx: come on son!
thank you thank you thank you thank you
ayo you right!!!! haha the moment that beat dropped i was like ‘THE FUCK?’ THAT’S MADLIB!!
and i cant get that beat wrong because that Dil Cosby-Dil Withers Suite double beat tape he dropped for Dilla is RAW and SERIOUS. I smoke to that beat everyday. i think its called the ‘getover’ man dx needs to stop hiring late niggas.
man it just feels good to know that these niggas are missing the game and ready to come back and bring the heat! it’s cool mos and 3000, man we welcome yall back with open arms!
HIS NAME AINT MOS DEF ANY MORE!!! ITS YASIIN BEY!!!!!
have some respect HHDX
DOPE. Be on the lookout for DILLA’s new cd, RebirthofDetroit.
its so sad to see lil wayne outsell cats like mos def who are actually talented
Stop that bullshit. Wayne is also talented.
yep. im not a wayne fan at all. but to completely trash someone as untalented just off the fact that ur not a fan is also a reason why hip hop sucks. the shit isnt just dying cause the commercial artists and their fan base are quick to hop on bandwagons and trends, it’s also cause the underground artists and their fan base choose to not move the fuck on. so what happens? you have guys with less knowledge doing more stuff.. hence damages upon the shit.. like i said a million times over.. the world is full of doubtful intellects and confident idiots.. you have to somehow fall in between that to lead.
thats why yasiin is so ill.
cause hes a CONFIDENT INTELLECT.
yea man what r u talking about? lil wayne is talented as hell AT SUCKING DICK BITCH!
Hip Hoppers keep fuckin up words, like mixtape, mastering, and producer.
We need to seperate “beats by” and “produced by” once and for all.
People can still get Beats from Dilla, but Dilla can’t still produce songs, unfortunately.
SEMANTICS, are important
Fair play. But, we were not complaining when raekwon used some of the beats for OB4CL2. It may have something to do with this being a sub-par dilla beat selection on Mos’s behalf. Probably one of those post 2000 ones that all the non-hip hoppers/casual dilla fans like.
Also, the beat is actually made by Madlib. I just checked the double CD again and It was a tribute beat. Hence why It sounds completely distant from his style.