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Mos Def( Yasiin Bey )【 124 songs in total 】
Yasiin Bey (/jæˈsiːn ˈbeɪ/) (born Dante Terrell Smith; December 11, 1973), best known by his stage name Mos Def (/ˈmoʊs ˈdɛf/), is an American hip hop recording artist, actor and activist from Brooklyn, New York City, New York. Best known for his music, Mos Def embarked on his hip hop career in 1994, alongside his siblings in the short-lived rap group Urban Thermo Dynamics (UTD), after which he appeared on albums by Da Bush Babees and De La Soul. He subsequently formed the duo Black Star, alongside fellow Brooklyn-based rapper Talib Kweli, and they released their eponymous debut album in 1998. He was featured on the roster of Rawkus Records and in 1999 released his solo debut, Black on Both Sides. His debut was followed by The New Danger (2004), True Magic (2006) and The Ecstatic (2009). The editors at About.com listed him as the 14th greatest emcee of all time on their '50 greatest MC's of our time' list.

Prior to his career in music, Mos Def first entered public life as a child actor, having played roles in television movies, sitcoms, and theater. Since the early 2000s, Mos Def has been well known for his roles in films such as Something the Lord Made, Next Day Air, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, 16 Blocks, Be Kind Rewind, The Italian Job, Bamboozled and Brown Sugar, as well as for his portrayal of Brother Sam in the Showtime drama series Dexter. He is also known as the host of Def Poetry Jam, which aired on HBO between 2002 and 2007.

Mos Def has been vocal on several social and political causes, including police brutality, the idea of American exceptionalism, and the state of African Americans.
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　 Song Lyricist Composer Date
1 All Praise Due Dante Smith 　 　
2 Astronomy(8Th Light) 　 　 1998
3 Astronomy 　 　 　
4 Auditorium (feat. Slick Rick the Ruler) 　 　 　
5 Auditorium Dante Smith 　 2009
6 B Boys Will B Boys 　 　 1998
7 Beauty In The Dark (Groove With You) Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, O'kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley, Christopher H Jasper, Denard Smith 　 　
8 Bedstuy Parade & Funeral March Paul Oscher, Dante Smith 　 　
9 Bedstuy Parade Paul Oscher, Dante Smith 　 　
10 Beef 　 　 　
11 Black & Blue 　 　 　
12 Black Jack Shuggie Otis, Mark Richardson, Dante Smith 　 　
13 Blue Black Jack Shuggie Otis, Mark Richardson, Dante Smith 　 　
14 Body Rock (Featuring Q-Tip & Tash) Kamaal Ibn John Fareed, Shawn Jones, Dante Smith, Rico Smith 　 　
15 Body Rock 　 　 　
16 Breakdown Dante Smith, Kanye West 　 　
17 Brooklyn 　 　 1999
18 Brown Skin Lady 　 　 1998
19 Brown Sugar 　 　 　
20 Can U C The Pride In the Panther? (Male Version) 　 　 　
21 Can U C the Pride In the Panther? 　 　 　
22 Casa Bey Dante Smith 　 2009
23 Champion Requiem - Album Version (Edited) 　 　 　
24 Champion Requiem Charles M Njapa, Dante T Smith 　 　
25 Children's Story 　 　 1998
26 Climb - Featuring Vinia Mojica T Dunn, W Erving, Dante Smith 　 　
27 Climb 　 　 1999
28 Close Edge - Album Version (Edited) 　 　 　
29 Close Edge Clifton Chase, Edward G Fletcher, Melvin Glover, Mark Richardson, Sylvia Robinson, Dante Smith 　 　
30 Come On Chuck Berry 　 　
31 Crime & Medicine 　 　 　
32 Definition 　 　 1998
33 Do It Now 　 　 1999
34 Dollar Day 　 　 　
35 Excellence 　 　 　
36 Fear Not Of Man 　 　 1999
37 Fear Not Of Men Dante Beze 　 　
38 Foundation 　 　 　
39 Freak Daddy 　 　 　
40 Freestyle Talib Kweli Greene, Dante Terrell Smith, Unknown 　 　
41 Ghetto Rock Osten Harvey, Black Jack Johnson, Mark Richardson, Dante Smith 　 　
42 Got 　 　 1999
43 Grown Man Business [Fresh Vintage Bottles] (Featuring Minnesota) 　 　 　
44 Grown Man Business Mark Richardson, Dante Smith, Dante T Smith, Barry Eugene White 　 　
45 Grown Men Business 　 　 　
46 Habitat 　 　 1999
47 Hater Players 　 　 1998
48 Hip Hop 　 　 1999
49 History Talib Kweli, Smokey Robinson, Dante Smith, James Dewitt Yancey 　 2009
50 Intro(Provided) 　 　 1998
51 Jam On It M B Cenac 　 　
52 K.o.s.(Determination) 　 　 1998
53 Know That 　 　 1999
54 Life In Marvelous Times Dante Beze Smith, Unknown Writers 　 2009
55 Life Is Real Roy Ayers, Dante Beze, Stanley Wayne Mckenny, Mark Richardson, Dante Terrell Smith, Bill Withers 　 　
56 Lifetime Alain Bergeron, Dante Smith, G Todd 　 　
57 Love 　 　 1999
58 Make It All Better 　 　 　
59 Mathematics (12' mix) 　 　 　
60 Mathematics (Oddisee remix) 　 　 　
61 Mathematics 　 　 1999
62 May-December(Provided) 　 　 1999
63 Miss Fat Booty Dante Beze, Lamont Dorrell, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder 　 　
64 Modern Marvel Renaldo Benson, Alfred Cleveland, Anna Gaye, Marvin P Gaye, Elgie Rousseau Stover 　 　
65 Mr.Nigga 　 　 1999
66 Ms. Fat Booty (Best of Decade I Version) 　 　 　
67 Ms. Fat Booty (clean) 　 　 　
68 Ms. Fat Booty - Album Version (Edited) 　 　 　
69 Ms.Fat Booty 　 　 1999
70 Much Respect To Michael Jordan (Nike Commercial) 　 　 　
71 Nadine Chuck Berry 　 　
72 New World Water 　 　 1999
73 Next Universe T Cottrell, D Smith 　 　
74 No Hay Nada Mas Dante Smith 　 2009
75 No Particular Place To Go Chuck Berry 　 　
76 Oh No (Featuring Nate Dogg) 　 　 　
77 Oh No - (best of decade I version) 　 　 　
78 Oh No - Album Version (Edited) 　 　 　
79 Oh No Nathaniel Hale, Troy Jamerson, Dante Smith, Dana Stinson 　 　
80 Pistola Dante Smith 　 2009
81 Pretty Dancer 　 　 2009
82 Priority Dante Smith 　 2009
83 Promised Land Chuck Berry 　 　
84 Quiet Dog Bite Hard (Preservation remix) 　 　 　
85 Quiet Dog Bite Hard 　 　 2009
86 Quiet Dog Dante Smith, Denard Smith, Writers Unknown 　 　
87 Re:definition 　 　 1998
88 Respiration (Dr. Luke Remix) 　 　 　
89 Respiration 　 　 1998
90 Revelations Otis Jackson Jr., Dante Smith 　 2009
91 Rock N Roll 　 　 1999
92 Roses Georgia Ann Muldrow, Dante Smith 　 2009
93 Sex, Love & Money (radio) 　 　 　
94 Sex, Love & Money - Album Version (Edited) 　 　 　
95 Sex, Love & Money Warryn Campbell, Dante Smith 　 　
96 Six Days (DJ Shadow remix) 　 　 　
97 Speed Law 　 　 1999
98 Sunshine - Album Version (Edited) 　 　 　
99 Sunshine Marcus Eion, Galt Mac Dermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni, Michael Sandison, Dante Smith, Kanye West 　 　
100 Supermagic Michael Jackson, Dante Smith 　 2009
101 The Beggar William L Calhoun, Gary Miller, Dante Smith, Douglas Arthur Wimbish, Bernard Worrell 　 　
102 The Boogie Man Song Dante Beze, Raphael Saadiq 　 　
103 The Embassy Dante Smith 　 2009
104 The Glow 　 　 　
105 The Jump Off Mark Adams, Steven R Arrington, Cordozar C Broadus, Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch, Gary Miller, Mark Richardson, Dante Smith, Raymond Guy Turner, Steve Washington, Daniel Webster, Douglas Arthur Wimbish, Andre Romell Young 　 　
106 The Panties Tom J Brocker, Robert Nelson Relf, Dante Terrell Smith 　 　
107 The Rape Over E. Burdon, Shawn C Carter, B. Chandler, John Paul Densmore, Robert A Krieger, Rodney Lemay, A. Lomax, R. Manzarek, Raymond D Manzarek, Jim Morrison, Lawrence Krsone Parker, Dante Smith, Kanye Omari West 　 　
108 Theives In The Night 　 　 1998
109 Thieves In The Night 　 　 　
110 Tinseltown to the Boogiedown (All Shaheed Remix) 　 　 　
111 Twice Inna Lifetime 　 　 1998
112 Twilite Speedball Dante Smith 　 2009
113 U R The One 　 　 　
114 UMI Says (Explicit) 　 　 　
115 Umi Says (Live) 　 　 　
116 Umi Says (remix) 　 　 　
117 Umi Says - Live Album Version (Edited) 　 　 　
118 Umi Says 　 　 1999
119 Universal Magnetic Shawn Mallory Jones, Dante Smith 　 　
120 Wahid Dante Smith 　 2009
121 War Dante Beze, William Calhoun, Lester Fernandez, Gary Miller, Harvey Osten, Dante Smith, Douglas Arthur Wimbish, Bernard Worrell 　 　
122 Water(Provided) 　 　 1999
123 Workers Comp Gilles Bousquet, Marvin Gaye, Dante Smith 　 2009
124 Yo Yeah Jason Daniels, Talib Greene, J Rawls 　 1998