Nov 16, 2011

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Talib Kweli & Mos Def in Toronto

It’s not very often, I miss such an event in the city. However I was there in spirit.  Mos Def  & Talib Kweli aka Black Star performed at the Koolhaus this past Saturday.  I’m not going to indicate how extremely upset I was, that I wasn’t able to attend but shout out to blog contributor Kwame for the pics and making it.  According to the city it was one of the best hip hop concerts, Toronto has seen in a while.

Here’s what the national post said about the concert…

Def and Kweli walked out in their dapper vest and tie combos to relatively weak applause given their legendary status, but by the time the beat to Black Star highlight Definition dropped, the crowd was frantically jumping around, singing loudly to the chorus and throwing continuous props at the rappers, whose energy and silver-tongued vocal dexterity were oddly juxtaposed against a cheesy light-board background that featured the words Black Star rotating in a way reminiscent of Windows ’98 screen-savers. The duo, however, oozed more than enough cool to compensate: Mos Def paused confidently, mid-Definition, to take a long drink from his water bottle, and on RE:DEFinition, he coyly added the words “Watch the throne” to the song’s final lyrics, which assert that the duo are “ruling hip-hop.”

Full Story.

Pics…

 

Crowd Tweets…

RT @toronto_rt: RT @DelMiller  – Mos Def & Talib Kwali holding it down in #Toronto

RT @Spexxx: Doooooooooooooope SHOW!!!! Mos Def & Talib Kweli are KILLING it right now!!!!

RT @The_Guvernment: This is fantabulous!!!! Talib Kweli & Mos Def absolutely destroying the place tonight. All the classics being dropped.

RT @thisisbeebs: AmaZing night!!!!#blackstar was dope…wicked @ianandreespinet

RT @UrGirlZoi: @ianandreespinet crazy night!!! Thank you! One of my greatest hip hop memories EVER was the show tonight. Amazing performances.

RT @thisisbeebs: Dopeness at it’s best..thank you @ianandreespinet @DJFASE @wristpect @TalibKweli @MosDefOfficial …Love love Love love…

 

 

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