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Poet of the Week: Mos Def
July 24, 2011
Mos Def, freestyling.
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unorginal
hprizon
algorithm
plane
static
twin
lapse
treason
energy
defeatist
transaction
stable
growth
sea
splash
confusion
stance
discipline
marble
hunt
abyss
ass
mirror
undertone
yes
sheep
confident
pump
assistant
tire
flash
pedestal
doctor
debris
hip
design
anywhere
division
mediterrean
bearskin
honey
enemy
monoxide
affection
baseball
sphere
sum
vase
variation
club
radiance
virtue
center
closet
merchant
skate
dinasour
east
language
cardboard
pepper
warm
footprint
cloth
war
value
border
shop
iceberg
advice
implosion
float
gameshow
watchm
starch
vest
baby
anticipation
annoyance
wrong
wholesale
unrest
prophet
cleanliness
toxin
orange
hammock
cosmos
bear
failure
clay
price
beats
shower
order
inanimate
trutth
lunch
pill
wait
sole
sunrise
man
century
paper
dot
alcohol
mayday
robot
link
forest
statue
sand
observation
finger
message
grease
vague
fodder
playground
property
suite
leg
slope
chest
whoosh
job
vibe
respect
noble
success
lip
lot
romantic
spotlight
humility
obstacle
sweater
intercourse
prescription
volcanoe
agenda
tupperware
notebook
children
chair
empty
daylight
street
flat
lane
abnormal
tax
best-seller
needle
marvel
hint
medicinal
Sunday
butterfly
slumber
map
wax
poet
train
dust
invite
baker
seam
fair
sunflare
weapon
dragon
par
wall
letter
creativity
valley
black
reminder
bang
glow
channel
tear
back
pastureland
question
cinnamon
footstep
whisky
stone
gate
bone
canvas
sweet
puppet
wagon
broadway
ear
worry
cityscape
flint
slide
tropicalia
bill
hole
leftist
storm
heavy
pigeon
crowfeet
humble
blog
ending
vinyl
frame
layer
arch
globalization
rubber
basketball
facebook
love
perfection
name
sigh
neon
limit
oxygen
click
reborn
buddhist
survival
tub
united states
milanesa
backstage
jello
crowd
friction
citizenry
clothes
popcorn
west
politician
state
spume
whisper
huddle
vibration
deadline
spontaneousness
period
guilt
memory
newspeak
leisure
air
keyboard
backflip
beam
lock
escaltor
thunder
studio
boundary
debt
digit
mischief
routine
second
doppelganger
reset
spam
dolphin
glamor
scene
stage
rape
sabbath
superstition
cotton
jesus
justice
conscience
sprinkler
exit
board
perception
lady
eel
bowl
window
awareness
sorrow
television
touchscreen
PacMan
radar
steak
magic
wisdom
savannah
bastard
draft
twist
report
monopoly
salad
plaza
heating
spear
manila
choice
pad
cake
everyday
redlight
cedar
intimate
ebb
control
pop
trust
life
badge
reason
guitar
dignity
rumor
crate
lung
alarm
sportsmanship
wine
soil
ambition
payday
roast
schooner
scratch
meat
outcome
real
drain
backalley
dark
silence
counsel
pore
soldier
casuality
rage
lust
romp
football
stress
tent
schedule
ache
aerosol
umbrella
public
fisherman
detail
crumb
atmosphere
clank
cartoon
shore
nook
racket
game
comma
olive
bathroom
fish
cry
burn
concrete
character
visa
cheap
milimeter
oyster
yard
pull
observer
up
tonight
spain
scenerio
fox
physicist
transparency
field
caipirinha
pond
curtain
transmission
escape
monkey
current
detachment
supernova
breathe
lines
mattress
law
stop
talk
apartment
stock
sink
record
carcass
people
son
avenue
girl
flour
understanding
stoplight
snake
priest
apple
convenience
model
unseen
waitress
pocket
billboard
italy
insulin
mosquitoe
carton
sparkle
drunk
mantelpiece
seriousness
rich
seance
dialogue
lullaby
lotion
battle
sweetness
rice
poultry
poem
dagger
monosyllable
cosmo
amplifier
crime
animal
knapkin
menthol
timeshare
earth
hate
volume
whirlwind
greenery
normal
banana
prairie
rest
defense
handhold
merger
holiday
assent
frigobar
copper
answer
pub
daughter
excercise
cellphone
resentment
piece
nameless
fence
hinge
atlas
bar
disconnect
steel
rules
touch
bread
butter
violent
revival
canal
dictator
toothpick
helium
farmville
kid
noise
tide
pedestral
coal
sadist
belt
mass
whole
lingerie
word
blackbird
secretary
stardom
tendency
toil
score
care
edge
flattery
livingroom
process
Gatorade
here
plan
welfare
national
vegetable
franchise
lipstick
accordion
attendant
fluoride
flight
bamboo
pasta
wet
angle
dead
root
head
foreign
pasture
breakdown
faith
wire
kill
crayon
lucid
torso
grid
spinach
profitable
conversation
cuff
rose
topsoil
dock
yawn
stamp
error
wrinkle
mall
tube
chocolate
look
place
eclipse
station
mistrust
liquid
tradition
vacation
perfume
audience
abundance
mutation
obiedience
antenna
summer
revolution
retirement
doubt
cleavage
button
smile
opening
void
walden
blossom
tunnel
folder
administration
powder
eye
bark
bunker
haze
horsepower
birthday
survivor
backpack
secret
sprint
knee
sister
sunshine
headlight
oil
duty
democracy
stiletto
Buddha
regret
complex
president
rebirth
shawarma
samba
myth
fingertip
sweat
highway
decision
moan
scam
license
salt
driveway
tooth
daytime
bike
ink
portrait
hat
guest
merlot
bacon
mountain
track
alien
halloween
horror
formula
blinding
potpourri
meow
bird
ledge
photo
chorus
mineral
gun
trolley
mayo
barefoot
placement
religion
month
river
planet
handshake
sense
opener
reflection
helicopter
bayonet
present
diamond
commerce
leak
mantra
wage
tuesday
untouchable
acrylic
flavor
laptop
tail
mother
grain
bad
sandbox
Eqypt
paperback
enamel
dog
childhood
cellar
metropolis
natural
cart
engine
maze
concern
point
surgeon
reptile
rearview
toast
sin
continuity
permission
operator
fire
staircase
fat
truth
tokyo
intimacy
eternalness
mouth
English
prose
passage
moonless
haiku
aisle
Brazil
foreigner
brunette
neck
hill
viking
hum
zero
fantasy
biblical
hot
bridge
story
cable
vine
periphery
reservation
contact
holocaust
motion
argument
view
gravity
collection
wind
lounge
play
telephone
unease
requisite
stroke
aliveness
burden
cloud
backcountry
exhalation
movement
lightness
honest
situation
porch
free
result
capillary
thief
net
buffet
gutter
dusty
generation
sugar
sensitivity
pen
pulley
lick
surface
rope
chip
south
hurricane
clothing
orchid
incense
bleach
speakerbox
source
sauna
resonance
blasphemy
canyon
soup
reality
beverage
ring
mantle
exhaust
fog
cat
quadrilateral
agitation
toes
tribe
nail
glimpse
homeless
camera
phantom
decibel
darling
step
chance
woodfloor
folklore
scent perfume
pony
constellation
waves
skin
tomorrow
lost
hybrid
men
surgery
bass
beginninng
skinniness
poker
wholesomeness
bag
runway
wally
hurt
code
wife
dream
solider
kelp
heat
consonant
comedy
champagne
kickstand
innocence
interest
downtown
cornerstore
crystal
empire
metal
cholestrol
horseman
mannequin
buck
throat
boot
sheet
company
zone
focus
pillage
translation
confine
jury
pillow
textbook
lifestyle
starlight
glass
spring
spiral
robe
wattage
zen
glee
fake
speaker
balcony
gulp
stairway
arm
cigarette
cop
couch
horse
spoon
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note
treasure
notion
hardness
brass
corduroy
standard
now
sleepless
walk
photography
poetry
intonation
sail
sound
harp
bloom
metaphor
morning
wish
invisible
ad
jet
pastry
version
entertainment
meal
quiet
convoy
jean
mourning
toilet
music
inside
room
land
labyrinth
wave
beginning
sinkhole
woman
onion
ginger
rainbow
port
dreamland
Ecuador
seismic
guy
ordinary
corruption
garage
headline
span
syrah
math
drug
odd
voicebox
bug
world
sunlight
criminal
anthology
breath
car
quote
railroad
year
smashup
bottom
banker
box
immensity
apocalypse
lake
laughter
season
progress
army
color
shade
snow
purse
blood
electrolyte
snazz
work
milk
tatoo
mammoth
crepe
bitch
unit
phosphorescence
idol
minimalist
sagittarius
tsunami
jeans
key
time
film
destination
road
sanctity
string
attraction
form
era
booth
call
thirst
debut
traction
calm
advertising
cereal
dedication
brake
craft
mile
tissue
Pharoh
humanity
response
genius
loop
scenery
prayer
craving
effect
castaway
TV
pacific
true
ticket
chemical
alley
den
murder
honesty
office
red
cheek
origin
noodle
lifetime
glue
bedroom
expanse
dinner
astronaut
california
seed
ant
leaf
acoustic
adobe
speak
weight
loneliness
vitamin
balance
nape
child
smalltalk
feet
soon
collision
survive
gramm
task
sport
towel
vision
jungle
monument
submission
direction
swing
narrative
cold
expression
nectarine
sock
basement
bonfire
dance
mosque
china
punctuation
poodle
moment
pin
acceptable
term
hair
brimstone
brochure
bay
dancefloor
star
afternoon
roof
excuse
wheel
boy
absurdity
profile
path
turn
conveyor
matter
satin
face
smudge
fare
desk
shepard
proud
rabbit
nothingness
meeting
silk
sketch
timelessness
somebody
emoticon
death
indoors
menu
push
magazine
practice
store
verse
display
country
shift
contour
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crack
expose
perspective
humidity
billion
saturday
campaign
city
sky
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circle
date
fabric
blink
ignition
lion
prostitute
puppy
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heel
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stoic
coach
middle
rare
swell
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teeth
curb
romance
deck
winter
witness
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puck
mutt
sleep
harvest
ocean
universe
appearance
shit
thread
defensive
route
shelter
archive
alamo
day
level
equator
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tool
appliance
fuck
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woofer
sexy
girlfriend
deposit
waste
honk
supermarket
pain
education
broker
nation
geometry
hibernation
advance
skeleton
outside
tomato
blow
power
sun
brakelight
dengue
switchboard
park
stack
nature
spaniard
wood
house
context
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breeze
exotic
magnet
horizontal
purpose
space
croissants
lesson
beach
restaurant
porcelain
satellites
florescence
instructor
speck
dusk
elephant
iron
person
spacing
frequency
gound
cap
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palindrome
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newsweek
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bench
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bulb
distraction
pear
stripe
light
father
libya
knob
handlebar
trick
veggie
crusade
soundtrack
wheat
profit
credit
outline
mission
dick
porn
cell
arrival
cheese
monster
load
plastic
testosterone
norwegian
professor
master
chaulk
fight
beer
forever
ice
fountain
problem
gold
moon
authority
floor
stumble
symphony
internet
faceless
stain
shadow
temperature
glucose
peg
chick
checklist
skyscraper
branch
phone
phenoma
youth
shoe
wallet
godsend
hundred
ugly
neutral
rhyme
ozone
boat
future
night
pan
soap
location
transistor
machine
pumpkin
fuel
experience
rock
travel
oasis
heaven
glance
hibernate
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bus
syllable
fact
medicine
lover
modulation
cradle
tour
irritant
tone
particle
hourglass
luck
rank
taxi
combination
probability
cactus
soul
candy
calamity
civil
arrow
mess
human
ceremony
cocaine
stomach
flow
page
ghost
door
whale
book
airport
tricycle
uptempo
island
Finnish
stranger
refrigerator
oatmeal
manual
hallway
knife
fortune
happines
stair
fingernail
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radio
envelope
change
spell
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base
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asphalt
christ
decade
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strategy
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subway
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elastic
thought
cash
waterfall
text
purgatory
luxury
wrist
fraction
movie
tollbooth
carriage
block
family
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position
section
simplicity
fakery
scheme
mayhem
restlessness
pizza
grandma
motor
need
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reference
dumbluck
bedtime
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skull
label
hour
taco
honor
brunt
lie
gatekeeper
tattoo
building
scent
menace
wanting
goodbye
nude
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vault
machinery
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renovation
spot
market
stuff
fairytale
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fireplace
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cow
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bliss
leftover
arithmetic
new york
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sandal
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strain
action
cannon
adult
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flesh
permanence
coincidence
airplane
meaning
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warmth
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thumbmaster
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abstract
satellite
countryside
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bottle
heart
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trophy
autumn
receipt
fuzz
brand
degree
lowland
charcoal
desire
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card
penny
stillness
spark
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use
sunset
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violence
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hotel
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plug
palm
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disease
attendance
temporary
gratitude
calendar
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handbag
affliction
equation
option
slave
pinky
pedestrian
angel
cause
meridian
grammar
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loss
curve
hero
whiteness
vessel
brain
lightbulb
sofa
wrapper
alignment
subtitle
digital
international
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inventory
christmas
address
mistake
desert
torch
eagle
sponge
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pouch
resort
twilight
smell
muzzle
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responsibility
request
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body
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indecision
breakfast
murmur
cord
spare
chapter
consequence
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sunless
monday
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archipelago
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sandwich
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impermanence
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part
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fruit
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sensation
money
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metaphysics
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pattern
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Coke
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landscape
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imagination
globe
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bicycle
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pavement
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latitude
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complexity
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force
italian
Andes
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shot
friend
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set
bomb
pleasure
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tuscany
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stump
brawl
coin
rupture
category
million
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heresy
danger
perennial
pebble
hawaii
aftermath
vowel
return
check
absence
headboard
bruise
dew
past
cathedral
paste
straw
illumination
drink
noon
wristwatch
owner
velocity
projection
happiness
neighbor
laugh
business
timme
flame
dirt
lunar
mind
sunscreen
sick
rival
register
staple
cement
midnight
signal
candle
backroad
relationship
interstate
gloom
principle
session
blond
song
rule
definition
gaze
wing
brother
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table
tray
muscle
womanness
muffler
blemish
orchestra
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waterproof
novel
crane
comfort
history
gin
hello
dude
echo
belief
break
town
tongue
miracle
number
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symbol
framework
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entrance
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seaweed
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stare
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fear
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jacket
gallery
south america
dress
thigh
waterstain
half
horsetrack
brightness
gift
punch
grape
original
whim
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conflict
instant
weather
single
data
white
smoke
boom
week
spray
ampersand
theory
flood
stand
tank
ritual
obey