Mos Def: The Ecstatic (Red Colored Vinyl) Vinyl 2LP – PRE-ORDER

Original Lab review:

The way I feel sometimes its too hard to sit still / things are so passionate, times are so real – cant think of a more important time to repress this record than right now. Mos Def continues to set himself apart from the rest of the Rawkus graduating class by constantly tearing up the rulebook, tapping into blues rock on 2004s The New Danger and using Juveniles Nolia Clap as a vehicle for a spine-tingling indictment of the Bush Administration on 2006s True Magic. For his fourth (and at time of writing, most recent) solo full-length, Mos reaches into the underground and scoops up cult Stones Throw beatsmiths Madlib, Oh No and Georgia Anne Muldrow. In 2017, this sort of cross-pollination is commonplace, but in 2009, Mos was a movie star, and him tapping Madlib for beats was a huge deal (seven whole years before Lib had a credit on a Kanye record). The Neptunes contribution (Twilite Speedball, rumored to be a rare Chad Hugo solo production) sounds right at home next to Madlibs beats for Auditorium (feat. Slick Rick) and Wahid, two of the albums toughest records. Other highlights include Pretty Dancer, Casa Bey and the Dilla-produced History featuring Black Star co-conspiritor Talib Kweli. Mos leaps from raw spit to neo-soul croon (Roses) and bodega serenade (No Hay Nada Mas) as effortlessly as the man on the sleeve leaps between two buildings (a still from Charles Burnetts 1978 film Killer of Sheep). With original copies going for up to $400 (yes, really), this double vinyl repress is paramount (and it’s very necessary, get it clearly). Recommended.

• red colored double vinyl pressing
• limited edition
• original release year: 2009
• music label: Rhymesayers 2026

reviewed by hannibal chew 10/2017

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