Robert Glasper & Mos Def: Dilla Tribute

Robert Glaser is one of jazz's modern greats. Aside from making a name for himself in the jazz community, he has collaborated with Common, Talib Kweli, Q-Tip, Slum Village, Badu, and Jay-Z.

Glasper's most recent album featured a lengthy jazz interpretation of J Dilla's work, which inspired Mos Def to approach him for a hip-hop meets jazz Dilla tribute at the University of Michigan about a year ago. The result is simply stunning. It is perhaps the best live hip-hop performance I have ever heard, moreover had the patience to listen to front to back.

Standout tracks include The $, and the original version of E=MC2 that we dropped a few weeks ago on you.

MOS DEF & ROBERT GLASPER - LIVE DILLA TRIBUTE

E=MC Flaco

Summer in the city, and the hip-hop is so goddamn live it's energizing. 2008 is definitely the Invincible Summer.

The sad part is that I am missing all of the classic performances, apparently making deliberate misjudgements of what shows are worthwhile and which are not. I thought Mos was a dead duck in the industry, but he is proving me wrong. Live performances of Jay Electronica tracks, J Dilla tributes...

If you have been living on a different planet and don't have it, here is the original:

J DILLA - E=MC2 FT COMMON