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Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star Fall Tour Dates 2011

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If you were like me and missed Rock the Bells this year then this next announcement will make you really happy.

Guerilla Union and House of Blues have partnered to send Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are Black Star on a Rock the Bells tour where they rock their 1998 ground-breaking self-titled debut album.

If you live in Ohio then be stoked on the Cleveland and Cinci dates.

BLACK STAR Tour Dates
09.21 Detroit, MI – St Andrews
09.22 Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
09.23 Chicago, IL – House of Blues
09.27 Miami Beach, FL – Fillmore
09.28 Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
10.05 New York, NY – Irving Plaza
10.06 Los Angeles, CA – House of Blues
10.29 Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues
11.03 Anaheim, CA – House of Blues
11.04 Charlotte, NC – Fillmore
11.05 Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s
11.11 Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room

Video: Sean Price “Untitled”

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Sean P drops a little video because he felt like it. If you are going to the Boston Rock the Bells September 10th, Sean Price will be performing with Random Axe from 2:05 to 2:35 pm on the 36 Chamber Stage. To double your Duck Down fix, you  can watch Black Moon on the same stage from 4 to 5:15pm.

Directed/Edited/Filmed by Myster DL

Video: Rock The Bells Has Nas Reflecting on Working With DJ Premier, Q-Tip on “Illmatic”

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Nas is performing “Illmatic” with Primo, AZ and Pete Rock at the Rock the Bells Festival.

Reebok Classics has Nasir taking a trip down memory lane in the above video where he discusses working with Primo and  Q-Tip on what many consider to be the perfect Hip Hop album.

Ms. Lauren Hill, Cypress Hill, Common and Erykah Badu and a few others will also be doing classic albums at the Rock the Bells Festival.

ROCK THE BELLS 2011 FESTIVAL SERIES Tour Dates

08.20   Los Angeles, CA – San Manuel Amphitheater
08.27   San Francisco, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre
09.03   New York, NY – Governor’s Island
09.10   Boston, MA – Comcast Center

full line-up after the jump

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