Lil Wayne & Juelz Santana - My Face Cant Be Felt (.DJ Folk And Young Jeezy - Trappin Aint Dead (Mixta.DJ Klapton & Ransom - Behind The Scenes (Mixtape R.DJ Scream And DJ Smallz Present Young Buck - Back.Saigon and DJ Statik Selektah - All In A Day's Wor.And MLK - A Year And A Day (Mixtape Review) Soulklap and Divine Minds - The Quan (Mixtape Review).About the Review Ratings At Lyrics First.Tanya Morgan - Brooklynati (Album Review).Big Kuntry - King Bread Box and Cocaine Kountry (M.Finale - A Pipe Dream and a Promise (Album Review).Laws – Your Future Favorite Rapper (Mixtape Review).Brotha Lynch Hung – The Gas Station (Mixtape Review).50 Cent - War Angel EP (Mixtape Review).Dolla - Sextapes the Art of Seduction (Mixtape Rev.Cappadonna - Slang Prostitution - Somebody's Got T.Naledge - Chicago Picasso (Album Review).Soul Assassins - Intermission (Album Review).Dolla - Another Day Another Dolla (Mixtape Review).Dope Boy - Killa Cali Vol 1 (Mixtape Review).(Death of Auto-Tune)' (2009), respectively. However, he lost in both categories to Eminem's Relapse (2009) and Jay-Z's 'D.O.A. Cappadonna - Slang Prostitution (Album Review) The Ecstatic also earned Mos Def nominations for the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards (2010) in the categories of Best Rap Album and Best Rap Solo Performance (for 'Casa Bey').Wale - Back To The Feature (Mixtape Review).MassFiveStar And Big Mike - I Am King Of Mass (Mix.Murda Mook - Misunderstood (Mixtape Review).Spectac & 9th Wonder - The Corner of Spec & 9th (M.Maino - If Tommorow Comes (Album Review).Z-Ro and Chill - The Rain (Album Review).If you can get into his style (more than I can) you will be rewarded here, 4/5. Overall, the album was a great release from Mos. The track Auditorium is definitely the most standout track on here, featuring old school innovator: Slick Rick. It is hard to predict the direction that he is going to go in next: from a song about magic and the boogey man to a song entirely in Spanish. This album follows suit to Mos’s desire to be different from the rest of the hip-hop world (this may have been what kept me away from him earlier in his career). Mos can seem corny at times, but I still feel like he is tasking hip-hop in the right direction. The mood on this album is strictly positive/uplifting and he reminds you with “having a good time…every daaay” repeated a few times throughout.

I am sure that Mos fans will be ecstatic with the release of this new album. However, his new release The Ecstatic has won me over (but only slightly). He is just one of those artists whose style I just didn’t blend with.

I am not saying he isn’t great artist, but I never really identified with him. Mos Def has not been one of my favorite emcees in hip-hop.

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