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Monday, June 8, 2009

Album In Honor of Mos Def's New Album Being Pretty Good

Posted by on Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 12:35 PM

I bring you this two-year-old clip of Mos Def rambling about Al Qaeda and Christopher Hitchens being kind of a dick.

The Ecstatic is a much better record than the scattered, under-produced True Magic.

Here's my favorite track (at the moment) from the album:

The Ecstatic is out tomorrow.

 

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it's awesome! know why? STONES THROW. madlib's on it, oh no's on it, georgia anne mudlrow's on it, and the lib/oh no stuff is hella old! that label is the best thing in america.
Posted by andrewmatson http://www.raindrophustla.com on June 8, 2009 at 12:49 PM
Garrett 2
I remember that episode of Real Time... the guest mismatch of an apparently stoned Mos Def and a drinking Hitchens was cringe worthy throughout.
Posted by Garrett on June 8, 2009 at 2:38 PM
Kathy Fennessy 3
The film still comes from Charles Burnett's Killer of Sheep. Great movie.
Posted by Kathy Fennessy http://kathleencfennessy.blogspot.com/ on June 8, 2009 at 2:54 PM

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