Mos Def ‘Quiet Dog Bite Hard’ Live

Last Tuesday night, Mos Def appeared on Later..with Jools Holland as part of Damon Alban’s ragtag revolving door crew of Gorillaz. Having dropped the cartoon facade of the band to reveal Albarn as a fat Phil Daniels-lite puppet master, Gorillaz are relying heavily on the charisma of collaborators like Mos Def to drag them through the mire of their new weak material. Yeah, Mos kicked it on ‘Stylo’ (see it here), but later in the show he’d bust the monkey shackles and perform a stunning version of his ‘Quiet Dog Bite Hard’, whilst standin’ at the drum kit, not missing a beat, not missing a spit.