A year and a half ago, as word quickly circulated via radio and the Internet that Dave Chappelle was putting together a concert in Brooklyn, and that it would feature alternative-neo-indie Negro artists like the Roots, Erykah Badu, Dead Prez, Jill Scott, Common, Mos Def, Kanye West — and maybe Lauryn Hill — fan excitement grew to slightly hysterical proportions. Though many of these artists had worked together in the past, never before had so many icons of... More >>>