On this past weekend’s show we had a special segment from our friend, DJ, producer, and tastemaker Karen P from London. She has been putting on an amazing live series called Broad Casting. The Broad Casting event juxtaposes artists and genres in ways you would never think would work. Artists such as Buraka Som Sistema to Tony Allen to Hypnotic Brass Ensemble to Jimi Tenor to Mulatu Astatke have performed.

Mos Def is returning to true form with his forthcoming album The Ecstatic to be release on Downtown Records which is the same label as Santigold, Amanda Blank and Gnarls Barkley. From his epic “Life in Marvelous Times” to his new song Casa Bey, Mos Def is going to have one of the most anticipated albums of 2009.

On this past week’s Rhythm Lab Radio we got a special Techno mix from Minneapolis based dj/producer DJ Retroblast. The mix featured a lot of original music from Retroblast. This is real Detroit Techno not the Euro stuff. Plus we had new music from Amon Tobin’s project Two Fingers, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Grandmaster Flash and more.

Kanye killed with the beat for “Brookln Go Hard”, and now Mos Def did his version of it live from NYC’s Highline Ballroom. Mos Def will be his forth studio album entitled “The Ecstatic” on February 24th.