Where “True Magic” was the uncomfortable sound of Mos stretched too thin among his myriad pursuits, “The Ecstatic” is a more focused set with more high moments than Mos has hit since his near-perfect (and never remotely approached) 1999 masterpiece “Black on Both Sides.” The killer first half is filled with off-kilter, dissonant soul hooks and Mos’ hypnotic, just south-of-smoked-out verses, all nicely merging his obsessive drive for hip-hop innovation with a distinct purpose. Related: Yasiin Bey Will Perform a Special Tribute to J.NEW YORK (Billboard) - Mos Def’s late-2006 release “True Magic” was so quietly whisked out in the dead week between Christmas and New Year’s (without cover art, no less) that rumors circulated that the “real” album was coming sometime later (it wasn’t). Round 5 ends tonight (May 4), as Mos takes on Rakim. In unrelated news, Mos Def is among the final 11 MCs in the running for Ambrosia For Heads’ “Finding The GOAT” series. head Kanye West.ĭoes this rare interview give insight to why Yasiin Bey may be hard to find, but not so hard to reach? As creatives like Mos, Jay Electronica, and Kanye West are regularly abroad to make music, are these sentiments deeper than Heads may realize? In the final seconds-Mos playfully describes playing some of his recent music for longtime collaborator/G.O.O.D. “Given the current social, political, economic, it is very difficult-unnecessarily difficult to create to the fullness-the robust creativity that I like to have, it’s very difficult to produce that.” Perhaps alluding to his own mental health affected by the current climate, Mos added, “I needed to take some time to put myself in environments when I felt good.” Looking at the conflicts with Yemen, Iraq, and even the last week in Baltimore, Maryland, Yasiin says, “It does something to me.” Closing that he is not anti-American, the Black Star MC said, “My country is called Earth.” “America’s a really challenging place for me,” he said. Spending a lot of his time offshore, Yasiin Bey spoke about his relationship with the United States in 2015. By the time I get to the studio now, the material-the writing, is really in me.” “I find myself these days spending more time on one piece. Mos continued, “I’m more interested in what I can discover, and what the audience can discover as a result of spending time with me.” After writing acclaimed songs like “Umi Says” and “Travellin’ Man,” Yasiin says he is more focused than ever on his song-making. But the themes and the tones have to have some dynamic nature to, because I’m different, the times are different-my skills level is different it’s more enhanced because I’ve had so much time and opportunity to do it and get better at it.” In 1999, Mos Def released the gold-certified solo debut, Black On Both Sides, with the ’09 effort being his lone LP within the Atlantic/Warner Bros. “What people are gonna hear from me now, or in the future, is much different than what they heard in 1999 or what they heard in 2009. Six years removed from a critically-acclaimed work, Yasiin Bey explained the hold-up, and described the sound. I really value that.” The musician/actor, summarized, “That’s the goal.” Even more than the money, the thing that I’m most focused on is that people take their time to listen to what I have to say. “Humans are a lot more complex and dynamic than ‘this guy is this one thing,’ ‘that girl is this one thing.’ My music has always been about showing that dynamic. “It’s not trying to be what people expect of me,” Yasiin Bey explained, perhaps alluding to his name change in recent years.
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