![]() While touring with him as his DJ, Preservation began to develop remixes of the album’s songs, which he later released on the remix album The REcstatic in 2013. He embarked on an international tour to support the record, performing concerts in North America, Japan, Australia, and the United Kingdom between September and April 2010. ECSTATIC Mos Def Format: Audio CD 189 ratings 14900 See all 9 formats and editions Streaming Unlimited MP3 Listen with our Free App Audio CD 149.00 3 Used from 149.00 1 New from 149.00 Vinyl 77.00 5 New from 77.00 Frequently bought together Total price: This item: ECSTATIC by Mos Def Audio CD 149. A widespread critical success, The Ecstatic was viewed as a return to form for Mos Def and one of the year’s best albums. Its sales benefited from its presence on Internet blogs and the release of a T-shirt illustrating the record’s packaging alongside a label printed with a code redeemable for a free download of the album. Released on June 9, 2009, The Ecstatic charted at number nine on the Billboard 200 and eventually sold 168,000 copies. Mos Def titled The Ecstatic after one of his favorite novels-the 2002 Victor LaValle book of the same name-believing its titular phrase evoked his singular creative vision for the album. Its loosely structured, lightly reverbed songs used unconventional time signatures and samples taken from a variety of international musical styles, including Afrobeat, soul, Eurodance, jazz, reggae, Latin, and Middle Eastern music. Mos Def’s raps about global politics, love, spirituality, and social conditions were informed by the zeitgeist of the late 2000s, Black internationalism, and Pan-Islamic ideas, as he incorporated a number of Islamic references throughout the album. The Ecstatic was described by music journalists as a conscious and alternative Hip Hop record with an eccentric, internationalist quality. For its front cover, a still from Charles Burnett’s 1978 film Killer of Sheep was reproduced in red tint. Singer Georgia Anne Muldrow, formerly of the record label, was one of the album’s few guest vocalists, along with rappers Slick Rick and Talib Kweli. Flash, Oh No, and Madlib, the latter two of whom re-used instrumentals they had produced on Stones Throw Records. He worked with producers such as Preservation, Mr. After venturing further away from Hip Hop with an acting career and two poorly received albums, Mos Def signed with Downtown Records and recorded The Ecstatic primarily at the Record Plant in Los Angeles. ![]() The Ecstatic is the fourth studio album by Mos Def. Recommended.Mos Def’s fourth studio album. With original copies going for up to $400 (yes, really), this double vinyl repress is paramount (“and it's very necessary, get it clearly”). Mos leaps from raw spit to neo-soul croon (“Roses”) and bodega serenade (“No Hay Nada Mas”) as effortlessly as the man on the sleeve leaps between two buildings (a still from Charles Burnett’s 1978 film Killer of Sheep). Other highlights include “Pretty Dancer,” “Casa Bey” and the Dilla-produced “History” featuring Black Star homie Talib Kweli. Mos Defs The Ecstatic, Cloudy Clear Vinyl, 2017 Includes: 2 LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue Cloudy Clear Vinyl Genres: Hip Hop Labels: Downtown. Slick Rick) and “Wahid,” two of the album’s toughest records. The Neptunes’ contribution (“Twilite Speedball,” rumored to be a rare Chad Hugo solo production) sounds right at home next to Madlib’s beats for “Auditorium” (feat. In 2017, this sort of cross-pollination is commonplace, but in 2009, Mos was a movie star, and him tapping Madlib for beats was a huge deal (seven whole years before ‘Lib had a credit on a Kanye record). For his fourth (and at time of writing, most recent) solo full-length, Mos reaches into the underground and scoops up cult Stones Throw beatsmiths Madlib, Oh No and Georgia Anne Muldrow. Mos Def sets himself apart from the rest of the post- Rawkus set by constantly tearing up the rulebook and thinking outside of the box, tapping into blues rock on 2004’s The New Danger and using Juvenile’s “Nolia Clap” as a vehicle for a spine-tingling indictment of the Bush Administration on 2006’s True Magic. Mos Def The Ecstatic (2017, Vinyl) - Discogs Mos Def The Ecstatic More images Tracklist Hide Credits Companies, etc. ![]() “The way I feel sometimes its too hard to sit still / things are so passionate, times are so real” - can’t think of a more important time to repress this record than 2017. Cartridge Headshells / Alignment / Cleaners
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