Common & Mos Def To Get TV Show

Mos Def and Common will be two of several artists being filmed for a new music documentary series for cable channel Current TV titled “Embedded.”
The debut episode, airing October 14, spends seven days with Mos Def as he performed at venues in Tokyo and Osaka. Cameras capture him in a hotel room, wearing a bathrobe and smoking a cigarette, and discussing the differences between Japanese and American culture – revealing how impressed he is by the intensity of the local hip-hop fans who have been filling clubs for a week to see him perform.
The independent channel will later debut a few “best of” compilations from all of the episodes.
“No one is committing to this type of music programming in the television space,” said Davis Powers, VP of Music Programming at the network. “We wanted to commit to doing real music journalism and documentaries — and that comes with working with the artists on the ground floor.”
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Monkey4011
James, James Bond. LOL I see that SWAG! You could be the next one. Rappers with many other talents.
Monkey4011
This picture took my breath away.:-)
misslyricist
About time somebody did a show with REAL rappers who can discuss more than which liquor they drink, what car they drive, and how much money they throw away. I mean come on, Hammer and Coolio, Irv?…sighs…We definitely need something different.
BP_SportsFreaks
Real Hip-Hop. Nuff said
Sub-Negro
This looks like it will be an interesting show probably a ratings flop though and I have never heard of Current TV. I guess BET can’t do a show of this caliber.