Ten years, a rock band, several acting roles, and one uninspired release later—the boogie man Mos Def is back with a bonafide follow-up to his 1999 classic Black On Both Sides. On the gumbo-like Ecstatic, mighty Mos rhymes, scats, and sings his way atop a globetrotting collection of beats, his agile flow leapfrogging from style to style with swagger and ease, whether it's Madlib-laced Bollywood, Trap-hop, Afro-beat, or more conventional jazz and soul-samples.
BOBS was and continues to be a hip hop landmark; but 1999 was a long time ago. This latest record should appease Mos fans from the Rawkus glory days, as well as secure him a score of new ones looking for hip hop's direction one decade later. Lend "History" and "Casa Bey" your eardrums.
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