mos def- quasi homosexual?

"dblcheeksneek"??

I dont think mos def is a homophobe. have you seen the way he dresses? pink pants people, pink pants!*&

the better question may be how is cocaine "running this rap shit"?

also,

"Gays are normally not seen in a positve light in hip-hop and I was curious as to what Mos Def was getting at. It's pretty obvious to me that camp guys are not running hip-hop, so it looks like its a comment that homosexuals (ie not gays but those who are not real men, suckers, bitches...fill in any derogatory statements used by ignorants) are running hip-hop.

If you truly believe Mos Def has stumbled upon the gay illuminati...then i give up."

good point- if you think that all homosexuals are campy men

http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0005/trebay.php

ultimately, somebody needs to ask mos def what he meant in order to get to the bottom of your question- if i see him before you do, i'll try to get an answer

Maybe it's a Cam'ron dis! "Oh Boy" was getting some pretty serious play in gay clubs. And over a Roc-A-Fella instrumental no less! Maybe he's admonishing Just Blaze for keeping an eye on the gay club market when he chooses his samples! Maybe Puffy was doing the same thing circa 97 ("Mo Money Mo Problems," "Been Around the World")! Maybe Mos Def is really a fucking asshold after all!

Asshold = asshole!

this is the only thread just for mos def?

anyway. "side b freestyle," "re:definition," and "next universe" randomly came up near each other this morning. has there ever been an mc who tracked such a steep, early upward curve and then seemingly walked away? sure, there's still guest shots and he keeps threatening blackstar 2 and a follow-up to black on both sides, but will any of that ever really surface? mos seems to have moved comfortably into movie star/hip hop statesman role very early. not a problem with that, honestly, hello ford prefect but!

i kind of overlooked "next universe" at first but mos is in fire. he can barely restrain himself, hitting the end of each line so hard he's almost shouting, switching up and doing funny things like the choke ("like 'oh!'") and just running straight into a perfect semi-old school chorus. his verse on "re:definition" is fantastic too, though pertinent to this thread he throws in that "cats who claimin they hard be mad fags" line that, while not totally objectionable, just doesn't sound great coming out of a guy who's so quick. then he drops blue gelatin, duke ellington and barrington levy in succession and why doesn't this guy make records anymore?

was mos supposed to be the proto-kanye link between (self-determined) underground and (self-determined) overground? who didn't want him on their record in '99?

3 years later...

anybody see this documentary: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/hiphop/

there is a portion of this film that deals with some musings kicked about in this post

strangely, mos def was in one of the scenes

maybe mos had beef w/sam coomes

What exactly is a "straight-acting" homosexual? Is it like a "white-acting" black?

It looks like I might be pinned between being campy effeminate or "straight-acting". I'm considerably lacking in camp, but I'm quite sure I'm not "straight-acting", because that presupposes I sleep with women (or act like I sleep with women?), but I clearly sleep with men!

This is blowin' my mind.