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Macy Gray/Mos Def: Roseland Ballroom, New York City

Miles Marshall Lewis, Spin, May 2000

IF THERE WAS ever any doubt, the huge plaque onstage honoring the gold status of Mos Def's Black on Both Sides made it clear: The slow burn for these two is over.

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