Album We're Excited About

As many of you know, we don't get excited about much here at littleboxes. However, we just heard some great news over at rollingstone.com. Mos Def, actor/musician, is releasing (finally) a new album on September 28th, 2004. The album is called The New Danger. Mr. Def is also filming The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for a 2005 release.
Other cool stuff about Mos Def:

• He and Talib Kweli form the music group Black Star
• He just starred in an HBO film called Something The Lord Made. The movie is about the first open heart surgery performed in the world. As many do not know, the first heart surgery was planned and (pretty much) executed by a black man named Vivien Thomas. Mos Def just received an Emmy nomination for Best Lead Actor for his work in the film.
• He is the host of Russell Simmon's Def Poetry Jam on HBO, which starts its new season on Sunday, July 18th.
  
• Mos also appeared in the Halle Berry film Monster's Ball.