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Source: http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001264031

Mos Def, Talib Kweli Teaming For Tour

By Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.

Longtime hip-hop colleagues Mos Def and Talib Kweli will team for a fall tour under the heading Breed Love Odyssey, marking their first appearances together since a one-off reunion of their group Black Star earlier this year at the Coachella festival. The trek will be sponsored by PlayStation and will kick off Oct. 28 in Sacramento, Calif. Jean Grae and Pharoahe Monch are also on the bill.

PlayStation will offer a variety of giveaways at the shows, including PSP software and free downloads from the Sony Connect store. Fans will also be able to sample PSP games.

Of late, Mos Def has focused on furthering his acting career via such films as "The Italian Job," "The Woodsman" and "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." He is presently in Brazil shooting the movie "Journey to the End of the Night," and will also create original music for the soundtrack.

The artist's next solo album is expected to be released early next year via his Geffen; sources say it is his last album under contract with the label. It will be the follow up to 2004's "The New Danger," which debuted at No. 2 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

As for Kweli, he will unveil his next album, "Right About Now," Nov. 22 via his own Blacksmith Music imprint through Warner Bros., which is also home to Grae.

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Re: Black Star going on tour, new albums from Mos & Talib on the way
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2005, 12:01:22 PM »
That's good to know. Thanks for the article!
Can't wait to hear Kweli's new album.
 

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Re: Black Star going on tour, new albums from Mos & Talib on the way
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2005, 12:21:39 PM »
Very very solid news. I've been playing their album a fair amount lately, so another one will be nice.

Most hip-hop is now keyboard driven, because the majority of hip-hop workstations have loops and patches that enable somebody with marginal skills to put tracks together,...

Unfortunately, most hip-hop artists gravitated towards the path of least resistance by relying on these pre-set patches. As a result, electric guitar and real musicians became devalued, and a lot of hip-hop now sounds the same.

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« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2005, 12:23:41 PM »
That's good to know. Thanks for the article!
 

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Re: Black Star going on tour, new albums from Mos & Talib on the way
« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2005, 01:50:32 PM »
yes yes yes, always great to hear new shit from those 2
 

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« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2005, 02:55:16 AM »
fuck yeah !!

i just say hitchhikers guied to the galaxy aswell... pretty shit flicc, but not a waste of money...
 

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Re: Black Star going on tour, new albums from Mos & Talib on the way
« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2005, 06:23:15 AM »
Dope, can't wait for new Mos and Kweli.
 

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« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2005, 04:18:52 PM »
I just creamed a little, awesome news 8)

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