{"id":1124,"date":"2009-11-02T14:16:17","date_gmt":"2009-11-02T13:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=1124"},"modified":"2009-11-02T14:16:17","modified_gmt":"2009-11-02T13:16:17","slug":"mos-def-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/mos-def-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Mos Def in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object id=\"ce_91182884\" width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" data=\"http:\/\/current.com\/e\/91182884\/en_US\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/current.com\/e\/91182884\/en_US\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>On this special hour-long Embedded, Mos Def takes us on an all access seven-day tour of Japan while he performs his new album <em>The Ecstatic<\/em> to packed venues in Tokyo and Osaka. 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