MOS DEF: search and destroy

Destroy: that crappy old-skool pastiche B Boys Will B Boys? Feel entirely indifferent towards Black On Both Sides.

search: "Know That", destroy "Rock'n'Roll".

Destroy: "Elvis Presley ain's got no soul / Chuck Berry invented rock and roll." He's going to be living that down for awhile.

oh, Search: him and Talib bought Nkiru, a bookstore around the corner from me on Flatbush that specializes in black authors, in order to keep it from going under. They're in the neighborhood a suprising amount. At least Talib is.

destroy - this new single:
http://www.xxlmag.com/online/?p=28068

best black actor

best suggest ban

I also want to work with Super Cat.

wow that is shittay

is there a thread on the ecstatic yet? i'm loving it.

search:

his cameo in talledega nights
him rapping in the passwnger seat with dave driving him around on the chappelle show
be kind rewind

also, i'm listening to the ecstatic as i type this, and yes it's great

I've only listened to it once, but I have a hard time calling it any kind of "great" just yet. An improvement on the last two, sure. But I still feel like there is just way too much filler and tracks that seem really padded out to me. Like 30 seconds of actual rapping and just crap stretched out to hit the 3-4 minute run time. No, I wasn't demanding another Black On Both Sides, but I wanted something a little more consistent. Having said that, there is a lot of great stuff on here... especially the first third and the track with Kweli.

theres no filler on it per se, i just dont get why mos kinda finishes a song then feels the need to sing randomly at the end of each song when it isnt needed.

Can't wait to hear The Ecstatic, will be picking it up shortly.

Search: Any of his appearances on Broadway. Great actor.

Destory: His recent appearance on Real Time with Bill Mahar.

I love that Bill Maher appearance!

slick rick in 2009 is weeeeird dudes. haven't listened to the whole album yet but i am not convinced that it is great yet.

Love Mos Def when he sticks to rapping for the entire duration of the song. Not as enthused when he gets ADD and starts free-associating/mumbling midway through until the song falls apart.

OTM

Just listened to this again and I like it a little more, but too much of that rambling kills some of these songs.

did they ever get round to making that second Black Star album?

Yeah, this is a bit frustrating. I would've liked a total return to form thing, but it's sketches...suits Doom a lot of the time, but Mos Def sounds distracted, his flow isn't what is was, and some of the beats are pretty meh. The first 1/3 is good, but...it turns into a grouping of disparate demos.

Wish it all were as good as that Slick Rick cameo:

http://www.lasvegascitylife.com/articles/2009/06/12/music/cd/iq_29296155.txt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-IRh7xSPrM&feature=related

casa bey is amazing. though its basically something that could end after a minute and a half.

quiet dog too. maybe the best song on the new album. can never remember any of this album after its ended.

i dunno why more ppl arent raving about this.

album was great, no question.

I love it.

top ten.

it's good, not sure if it's great. my mind wanders after a while. a couple more real standout tracks would put it over the top for me. as it there's lots of stuff i like but not enough that makes me hit rewind.

It's good enough, and I'm one who thinks Black on Both Sides isn't a masterpiece. His short attention span finally gets the right outlet.

yeah, it's terrific. thing is, it just seems like more of the same, just better, ya know. i mean, raving about this would be somewhat akin to '70s dudes heaping yet more adulation upon the latest Creedence album back in 1970 (round about Pendulum's release, say)--Xgau's famous "Ho hum, another Creedence album." comes to mind.

consistency/more of the same is underrated.

i think its pretty different from black on..., and certainly from the new danger - less hook-orientated and more subterranean than the first, less willfully anti-pop and obtuse than the second. still not sure if its enough to get his "career" back on the rails again, after new danger's disappointing sales, and whatever the fuck happened with true magic.

hey guys i am listening to mos dub and i think it rules

srsly in my math is a fucking jam

anyone?

this has been my summertime shit

Thank you! Love the Jamaican remixes enough on their own to dl the instrumentals. By the way, I underrated the album (and overrated SY) above: Made my Top 10 easy.

I know right?

history town is the most summery

its just ok for me. its not... i dunno, dubby enough? for the most part the vocals are so upfront and intact. to me its more like a reggae/mos mashup.

that looks really stupid, cuz it is a reggae/mos mashup.

a coworker i recommended it to said he liked it, but it was too hardcore for his tiki bar.

this was awesome

http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/hot_picks_bOVHPkESiT14njZr8w96oL

mighty mos!

http://europe.newsweek.com/yasiin-bey-retire-music-hollywood-effective-immediately-417825?rm=eu

Given his comments re: the world passport ('He insists the world passport in question is, in fact, a real document that "anyone can do the research on"') was tempted to post this in the "sovereign human being" thread