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big numbers: Im just ecstatic with the performance of RED this past year.

If you aren’t already a fan of Mos Def, it is unlikely that his gravitational pull on The Ecstatic will yank you into his universe, but if the casual listener does venture out, they will likely stay on this flight into the stars. EPIC SOUNDTRACK CUT 75 26 31 22 9 OH NO MOS DEF & PHAROAHE MONCH. Mos Def’s raps about global politics, love, spirituality, and social conditions were informed by the zeitgeist of the late 2000s, Black internationalism, and Pan-Islamic ideas, as he incorporated a number of Islamic references throughout the album. 'I feel like I was the only person who was capable of making this type of music in this type of way', he claimed. The Ecstatic was described by music journalists as a conscious and alternative Hip Hop record with an eccentric, internationalist quality. The phrase resonated with him, as he believed no one else in hip hop had ever recorded an album like The Ecstatic. There are some instances where you want more from Mos – more energy, more engagement – as it’s the case with “Pretty Danger.” More than anything, absorbed listeners will appreciate risks like “Roses” with Georgia Anne Muldrow, which clearly indicate that Mos Def is operating on a plane reserved for passengers like Andre 3000, Lauryn Hill and others. According to Mos Def, the phrase 'the ecstatic' was 'used in the 17th and 18th centuries to describe people who were either mad or divinely inspired and consequently dismissed as kooks'. He knocks it out of the park with “History” with Blackstar partner Talib Kewli. ∺uditiorium” with Slick Rick is impressive enough to justify a new album from The Ruler. The Ecstatic clocks in at 16 tracks strong and it gets bigger and better as it goes along. On the latter song, Mos says, “Peace before everything thing/ God before anything/ Love before anything/ Real before everything/ Home before any place/ Truth before anything/ Style and stay radiate/ Love, power slay the hate.” At only a 1:23 song, you want more. His inimitable style is demonstrated on other songs like the boom bap of “Twilite Speedball,” the minimalist “Quiet Dog Bite Hard,” and the thought provoking, “Priority.” So, even for the fan, Mos will probably make you retrain your Hip-Hop ear, because he’s one of one. Mos spits, “The old timers say we living in the final days/ Gunsmoke, young folk living any kinda way/ Gangster holiday, gritty states’ a hideaway/ Meanwhile soldiers take it straight through their armor plates.” One such song is “Wahid,” which is laced with Muslim musical sentiments. The rest of the album overwhelmingly demonstrates Mos Def’s natural ability to weave tales and project his ideals. From this moment on, there is no doubt that Mos Def is back. He’s got that BK bluster, but offers a unique conscious and educational perspective that seems natural, nearly formless. The Ecstatic is highly representative of the balance so needed in Hip-Hop, but its redeeming value is so much more.įrom the first song, “Supermagic,” the authority of Mos Def’s distinctive, nasal voice is evident over a feverish guitar riff. The return comes in the form of The Ecstatic, his fourth solo album.Īt this point, Mos is an acquired flavor of Hip-Hop that one hopes will pierce the trappings of traditional media and commercially tinged outlets.

It has been two and a half years since the release of Mos Def’s True Magic, but the rapper, born Dante Smith, returns to Hip-Hop after his lengthy sabbatical.