Video: Mos Def & Cornel West On Bill Maher Show

September 8th, 2007

This entry was posted on Saturday, September 8th, 2007 at 12:07 pm and is filed under Videos.

33 Responses to “Video: Mos Def & Cornel West On Bill Maher Show”

jeezy Says:
September 8th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
great interview

props to rtny
Getting Gwap Says:
September 8th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
Mos Def is a very talented cat.
If y’all ain’t seen 16 blocks yet,you need to check it out.
Uncle Dave Says:
September 8th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
MOS DEF .. THATZ MY NIGGA … WEARING MY FAVE CLOTHING LINE TOOO … THE HUNDREDS!!!! ITS A MOVEMENT
Im selling oranges papi (private joke) Says:
September 8th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
Nice interview…mos def a talented dude…and he cute.lol
slim Says:
September 8th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
Damn, You given a chance to air it out on National Television and they talk trash. Is dude really a professor because I would have thought Mos Def made sense at some point.
TINT Says:
September 8th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
Great shit!!! Cornell West and Mos Def speaking from the heart and mind. I always got love for Bill Maher cause he speaks his mind (right or wrong).

“These are our heroes” – Nas
Inori Says:
September 8th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
dope interview…mos n cornell west both held it down
blaze Says:
September 8th, 2007 at 1:35 pm
lol. unlike nas who preaches all that political shit just to sound smart but cant make sense in an interview. mos def my nigga. we need mo brains like that in rap
wow! Says:
September 8th, 2007 at 1:52 pm
This was one of my favorite post I have ever read on the site RTNY….. very informative and actually diverted me from watching my alma mater’s football game right now
BlackIce Says:
September 8th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
Great conversation, This was a Real Post for RealTalk ……
Novill Says:
September 8th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
amazing.
T-Cup Says:
September 8th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
Yo…I saw this shit live last night and I was dying. I was so happy to see two intelligent black man from seeminging outside sides of the sphere (Princeton professor and hip hop entertainer) come together I express their viewpoints in an informative yet comedic manner. I love it. And Bill Maher is my nigga. He tells shit like it is no matter who its going to offend or which friends he might lose because of it.
kc Says:
September 8th, 2007 at 2:32 pm
love it. cornell & mos are two of my favs…and i watch bill maher frequently.

major props to realtalkny for being on top of this & lifting it up for others to see/learn from.
ayo Says:
September 8th, 2007 at 2:52 pm
What the fuck your niggas is talking about, mos def sounded stupid as shit talking about he didn’t believe in Alkaida shit, i was embrassed for dat nigga. The only smart shit he said was about the jenna 6 situation.
BobbyBrownCocaineSurplus Says:
September 8th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
Yes the voting process needs to be corrected
Shyne Poe Says:
September 8th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
#12 shut yo ass up.. honestly none of us is gunna know what exactly happened and who was responsible for 9/11 .. it could of been bin laden himself… bush… the whole fuckin govnt.. they coulda been workin together u never know.. the only thing that u going to believe is what the fuck the gov’nt tells u. Thats why i keep a open mind and dont believe shit what i see on the news. “BIN LADEN DIDNT KNOCK DOWN THE TOWERS, IT WAS U NIGGA, TELL THE TRUTH NIGGA! BUSH KNOCKED DOWN THE TOWERS!”
Emissary Says:
September 8th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
CORNEL & MOS!!!! I HAD NO FUCKING IDEA MOST WAS THAT INTELLIGENT!?!?!
Emissary Says:
September 8th, 2007 at 6:54 pm
wait nas tries to sound smart lmao go listen to poison from Stillmatic then get back to me
Storm90057 Says:
September 8th, 2007 at 6:54 pm
I loved this… Now this is the type of post I can appreciate. Thought provoking and entertaining and it made me think.. I love these post that challenge people to think.. Also the new writers you have are good… I hope people respect their post and put some thought behind their response. Good post RTNY
2cents Says:
September 8th, 2007 at 11:15 pm
This was good sh!t!

for the folks surprised at mos’s “intelligence” y’all must not listen to dude’s music at all…

FREE MYSTIKAL!!!!
therealdeal Says:
September 9th, 2007 at 2:11 am
i loved that interview only thing i disliked and dislike about it is how bill attacked muslims and the quran the book doesnt say kill kill kill not once does it say that it actually says engage in combat with those who terrorize you “how ironic” and btw it spread so fast in its early days because the muslims then were actually using the book correctly and acting in the ways god wanted them to others saw that and joined….do ur history theres 10 million christians living today in egypt a muslim country and 90 million muslims in that same country if the noble quran said kill i think theyd be dead by now…
fda Says:
September 9th, 2007 at 5:23 am
Ya’ll need to leave Nas alone. Ya’ll always have something to say about him.When he does poliical ya’ll complain. When he does Ochie Wally ya’ll complain. Bottom line, Nas is one of the greatest rappers of all time. Illmatic is the greatest hip hop album of all time and he will always be relevent. His music will last forever. Go suck a dick to all you haters.
ross Says:
September 9th, 2007 at 12:03 pm
yo this is one of my favorite shows. i watch it every week….even when they rerun it.

last nights show was one of the best episodes ive ever seen.
Hustlehard Says:
September 9th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Mad props to you realtalkny
this is your best post EVER!
You Aint Seen Money Till You See Me Says:
September 9th, 2007 at 4:10 pm
Fuck dis nigga Bill Maher he dont know shit about da Quran me as a muslim he really offended me nd Mos Def should have really educated dis man about da Islam if i was there i wud have quoted the Quran for him nd to let him kno dat da Quran in no way says kill people da onli time u can kill sum1 is wen the person tries to kill you nd i guess its called self defense here so y people dissin Islam like its a trend
Dimitri Says:
September 9th, 2007 at 7:08 pm
Seriously, if you didn’t know Mos was intelligent, you’ve been living under a rock. Also, why does a black Princeton professor get on national TV and say “truth lies Prostate” rather than “truth lies PROSTRATE” !!!!!!!!! damnit. he said it twice.
Pounce Says:
September 10th, 2007 at 9:15 am
They need to put Mos Def on OReily next. It appears he actually knows his shit.
Paul Says:
September 10th, 2007 at 10:05 am
I love Bill Maher’s show and I have to admit that I didn’t really know much about Mos Def, but he totally lost me when he said he didn’t believe in Al Qaeda. His heart is in the right place, but he (and anyone who believes that garbage) needs to do a little research. The “Government” didn’t make up Al Qaeda, officials and newspeople from all over the world have been involved with researching them and investigating Al Qaeda. The Iraqi people talk about fighting them, former members talk about being in the organization, etc. etc. Do you think our government runs Al Jazeera too?

He even said he doesn’t think they really went to the moon!!! I’m sorry if it offends people, but when you sound that ignorant, nobody is going to take anything else you say seriously. It’s too bad, because he’s dead on about the Jenna Six. At least Maher brought the incident up.
Anon Says:
September 11th, 2007 at 5:20 am
The gov’t supplied arms to Al Qaeda and Bin Laden, who i think is long dead.
JC Says:
September 11th, 2007 at 6:23 am
If you think those two negroes are smart, then, your all idiots.

Dumbass nigers!
Pounce Says:
September 11th, 2007 at 10:42 am
Mos Def is smart… for a rapper and Niggers has 2 R’s.
mike8163 Says:
September 11th, 2007 at 12:49 pm
How many civilians did George Washington target and kill? Let’s not blur definitions. A revolt against a suppressive political regime in the form of an attack on the troops of the oppressing regime is usually referred to as a civil war or revolution. Flying a commercial airliner full of innocent civilians into skyscrapers is neither. I know modern education is big on relativism, where there are no absolutes, only differences of opinion, but if you think the two are the same you’re cutting with a dull knife. Your reactions remind me of church folk who start dancing around euphorically as an evangelist stokes them with unintelligable rantings. It seems to matter less what’s being said than the way it makes you feel. Well, regardless of the way he made you feel, MOS DEF is mos definitely and mush mouth idiot. Man didn’t walk on the moon…check please!
Killian Says:
September 12th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
Mos Def is an idiot, I’ve lost all respect for him by the crap he was vomiting on Maher’s show. Osama wasn’t behind 9/11? The moon landings were faked? There is nothing promoting violence against infidels in the Koran? George Washington was a terrorist?! Please, the man didn’t go after civilians, he went after the British Army! That’s not terrorism, it’s a civil war or revolution! And worst of all Def could barely articulate his arguements, thank God West was there to to attempt to explain whatever drivel that moron was saying.

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