Now I know that his cd doesn’t actually drop until August, but the leak came out this week. I suggest you buy it when it comes out to support one of the best artists around. He is a lyrical genius and it really comes out in The Ecstatic. You can see parts of Mos Def’s influences throughout the album from Malcolm X, the Arabian culture, and even including a song where he is rapping in Spanish.
Below you can find a link to listen to “The Auditorium” which happens to be one of my favorite tracks on the new album. Slick Rick jumps on the beat as well and for a second, you forget that you are in 2009 where the likes of Soulja Boy and Gucci Mane are clouding hip hop minds.
