Whether you see
Mos Def as one of this generation's most significant underground MCs, an actor or that dude who married a groupie-type after knowing her four days, he has a new album out.
The Ecstatic
doesn't seem, immediately, to have the replay value of other recent hip hop albums but there are few gems on there. 'Roses' features Lifelounge favourite
Georgia Anne Muldrow and 'Quiet Dog' is haunting and Mos' flow is still pretty much seamless.
Mos Def 'Quiet Dog':
Mos Def featuring Georgia Anne Muldrow 'Roses':
And here's Mr Def performing 'Quiet Dog' on Letterman the other day. Goosebumps much?
More at
myspace.com/mosdef.