Mos Def "Umi Says" - 2001, Watts, CA

Mos Def and Talib Kweli - Black Star - at Hip Hop for Consciousness (excerpt)
May 12, 2001
Los Angeles, CA
Watts Labor Community Action Center
#mosdef #talibkweli #yasiinbey #blackstar #hiphop #watts

[@unpopops]

Look at all those beautiful people of color of all colors vibing out to something real. Cinnamon soul ✊🏾

[@user-iz2op9mn3u]

Q say è3

[@shogunsage]

I was there. That's me at @6:47 with the brown hat. It was an insane show and to this day remains one of the best performances I have in my heart and mind. Thank you so much for posting this!!!

[@SevenMileAgenda]

Awesome man! Must've been cool.

[@Adiossean]

That’s so dope bro

[@victornewman3268]

⅓Lou​@@SevenMileAgenda

[@TylerRoseTV]

Nice to see the crowd not on their phones

[@Olyphantman]

FACTSS

[@juggi301]

Well..... It was 2001

[@spekyuleta2044]

to be free to be free to be free to be free to be free

[@beautyandsoul5580]

Some of those listeners needed to hear this.

[@quogir1]

considering this live this is an incredible sound-

[@wagnersouzadutra6980]

Beautiful crowd! Powerful song!!!

[@ChrisKing-qc1bl]

Real music

[@nundobdy]

Mos is magnetic

[@ChitlinsLaundry]

I watch this video almost every day! 🙏❤️

[@xylophonefilms]

Happy to hear this!

[@Olyphantman]

Salute !!!! Might Mos Def!!

[@judahandtheasantetribe4life]

AMAZING FOOTAGE

[@Bebo1ite]

Bruh this shit is so peaceful ✨🎶

[@Serg87ish]

Legend

[@philpheburbs]

great crowd

[@UBZUKki]

most definitely

[@ChitlinsLaundry]

Genuinely happy!

[@ChitlinsLaundry]

And no f. Phones

[@toniman11]

Beautiful crowd 🙌

[@uniqueorganicshaircare9880]

Beautiful wish I was there I lived in Compton

[@hankdatank09]

I live in Compton as well, lived in Watts for 10 years. Unfortunately this concert happened 8 years before I lived there.

[@haskeladamson3738]

I've fallen in love with this song tonight. Heard it before but i've fallen for it tonight and having to play every version i can find. Love seeing what a cosmopolitan crowd this local watts event had. Whats watts like 15 years on from that video? Very different i imagine

[@rhdkq4663]

This happened to me today. Different era Same energy

[@Icreatethatlife]

wow

[@facksvillain2296]

Hip Hop legend

[@HumbleMaize]

Wauw, Amazin
Greetings from 🇩🇰

[@nesc8916]

Mighty MOs

[@evalvaneda]

real music

[@ireebeasko7443]

❤❤❤❤

[@poplock1963]

Look. Listen and Live...

[@thebears8948]

I see all the old skoo hip hop heads there!
RIP YESKA 626...
LA 2 IE....

[@hereisayana8207]

Watch the video for this

[@derbubbler]

70 views only, makes me sad, people need more knowledge about music.

[@bartholomewbakelaar6266]

8 years later , 20 thousand views. Hope yr no longer sad and see its up to you to "shine yr light on the world"

[@hankdatank09]

I lived in watts at the wrong time.

[@brendab.5111]

11 years ago. Who was the man whose life was in the balance? Was he freed? Mos Def did his best.

[@TheUmmahFightCamp]

A former Communist, Nation of Islam F.O.I and now a Sunni Muslim and a black man 58 years old. Some have called me a "militant" (another word for black and proud). What I want are people like this of all ethnic groups with Brother Jamil AlAmins picture in the back.

[@SOUTHEASTLA562]

ELM STREET WATTS