![]() ![]() If he’s serious about atoning for the last decade, he’s got his work cut out for him, but The Ecstatic is a start. Sign upSign in News Discover Sample Packs Submit 6D Artists Tracks Movies TV Shows The Ecstatic(2009) Album by Mos Def Auditoriumby Mos Deffeat. He passed on his chance to be rap’s great white hope, and he may not get another, but at least he’s beginning to fight his reputation as a career-squandering, fan-backstabbing slacker. Discover all of this albums music connections, watch videos, listen to music, discuss and download. He’s rusty, though, and his rhymes lack clarity and the forceful, charismatic delivery of his stunning late-’90s work. And for the first time in nearly a decade, Mos appears genuinely eager to please, singing and rapping like he didn’t just roll out of bed. The songs are brief and direct, the best of them hit hard and make a real impression, and the worst breeze by innocuously, instead of lingering like Mos’ painful past failures. It’s a real collection of real songs, real raps and-crucially-real beats, courtesy of producers like Madlib and Madlib’s likeminded little brother, Oh No, who lend the album the same blunted, jazzy oddness of so many Stones Throw Records releases. Mos Def - The Ecstatic Sticker By dunkculture From 1.38 Minimalist Yeezus, Kanye West Pin By FunkyDatura 2.92 3.65 (20 off) Mos Def E Essential T-Shirt By splettfobeh 18.67 23.34 (20 off) Mos Def and Talib Kweli Essential T-Shirt By CuddlyTeddy 20.23 25.29 (20 off) The New Danger - Mos Def Classic T-Shirt By JoannePC 19. Surprisingly, it isn’t just Mos Def sitting in his bathrobe, mumbling half-finished poetry into a tape recorder. ![]() Fans learned to treat future Mos Def releases like videotaped messages from Osama Bin Laden, unwelcome recordings that arrive sporadically but are best ignored.īut by the shameful standards Mos Def set for himself, any album with some semblance of effort was bound to be heralded as a return to form, and The Ecstatic puts forth that modicum of effort. After the vile one-two punch of 2004’s messy, misguided New Danger and 2006’s inexcusable True Magic -a formless, contract-completing fuck you to Mos Def’s label and, by extension, to the fans who were loyal enough to buy a demo-like record that was ominously released with no publicity or even any cover art or inserts-there simply were no expectations for a new Mos Def album. To say expectations were low for Mos Def’s fourth album is being far too generous. ![]()
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