^ Socially aware rap music (alternative hip hop) has experienced something of a renaissance in the late 1990s and now the 2000s, in part due to artists such as Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Common , The Roots and others. <a href="http://getglue.com/recording_artists/mos_def">http://getglue.com/recording_artists/mos_def</a> 16 January 2010 15:37 UTC getglue.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]