I started a slideshow on Flickr from random photos that I could use in a collage for a punk show with a band that uses lots of words to describe their music: Muslim, Pakistani, Bollywood are a couple. The slideshow turned into a project about identity but really, this was a last desperate attempt to be inspired. I did create a new collage for the Madison show on the 2009 Taqwa Tour.
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Tagged: Mos Def
August 1st, 2009
Every soul’s got one of these
June 12th, 2009
The Mos Rupture
Photomontage: "Hands" by Kaitlin Foley (CC)
Mos Def’s new album “The Ecstasy” marks a rupture in hip-hop music and American culture. Frolab has the story behind the album’s name in “Why’s the Album Called “The Ecstasy?’” with video of the documentary that inspired his music. The music itself is also inspired in on this one and Mos Def is spilling with insight. Like he says in one of the songs, “I’m so wide awake that it’s hard to sleep.”