There are still 16 tracks on the album, but barely half of them exceed three minutes in length, keeping Ecstatic running a little over 45 minutes. Mos keeps things brief, often kicking one verse or two short ones before moving on.
However, the album still appealed to fans of Mos’ music and is one of the best hip-hop albums released in 2009. With The Ecstatic, he channels DOOM in terms of execution and creates an album more bugged and left-of-center than anything that he recorded previously. Mos had always been a left-of-center, bugged out emcee, and that holds true on even his most “traditional” efforts. During this period, Mos seemed to focus more on his film career than his musical output, and the lack of interest showed.įortunately, The Ecstatic was a return to form for Mos Def, in terms of quality if not style. While New Danger was at least sincere, Tru3 Magic was completely phoned in, the work of an artist trying to get out of his record deal. And then he followed New Danger up with Tru3 Magic (2006), an album that lacked both ambition and direction. He followed up BOBS with the extremely ambitious but ultimately bloated and directionless The New Danger (2004). Unfortunately, Mos’ musical journey got a little bumpy through most of the ’00s. People, including myself, believed it was the beginnings of what was to be a storied career. Between Black Star (1998), his team-up with Talib Kweli, and Black On Both Sides, Mos Def was shaping up to be something truly special: a dynamic and charismatic personality who could rap, sing, and even act. The Ecstatic came a decade after Mos’ Black On Both Sides (1999), his successful and acclaimed debut solo album. Released 10 years ago, its Mos Def’s version of Madvillainy. And it makes sense that he was singing the praises of the Metal Faced Terrorist in this setting, because The Ecstatic is very much influenced by DOOM. While these moments were being taped, Mos was in the studio to record The Ecstatic, his fourth solo project. And I stared at it and I just kept going, ‘…I understand you.’” I bought it on vinyl just to stare at the album. “I swear to God, when I saw that Madvillain record, I bought it on vinyl I ain’t have a record player. “Actually, it would be fun, because he rhymes as weird as I feel,” he responds. When someone off-screen then suggests it might be a challenge for Mos to write with DOOM, Mos smirks a little. He stands in the studio, effortlessly spitting DOOM verses, mostly from songs from MM… Food (2014). Happy 10th Anniversary to Mos Def’s fourth studio album The Ecstatic, originally released June 9, 2009.Ībout 10 years ago, a video popped up on YouTube of Dante “ Yasiin Bey” Smith formerly known as The Mighty Mos Def showing his love for MF DOOM.
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