No sooner do we get a new banger from Mos Def, then the brand new video for the song drops. The vid is no more than close up shots of Mos as the lyrics' text, and other objects spew from his mouth, but who cares, y'all hear this ish!? The Ecstatic will be in stores June 9th. Video directed by Coodie and Chike.
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inspiring …. mos got me excited again…
wow! elegant.
Looks like Mos isn’t even TRYING to be commercially successful anymore. Thank God not every ‘conscious’ MC is tempted to follow the Common path and sacrifice his art for MTV. Cant wait for the album to drop
Nice!!! I love this song
Mos def sounds is fresh…this is a great video
ehhh not feeling the video. cool idea but this could’ve been part of something bigger. then again, I’m sure mos doesn’t get the biggest video budget
Great song, boring video.
Bravo!!!
PEACE,FROM THE BAY!
CASA BEY=STELLAR SONG.
COME VIBE;
KIN CAMELL(GOOGLE THAT)
PEACE TO YOU & YOURS
“in stores June 9th.” Suuuuuuure it will…
The dopest low budget vid I’ve seen in some time!
Mos creativity and showmanship is a blessing to Hip Hop. Can’t wait for this album… the video is FRESH.
Well done Dante! We have been waiting for your artistic genius. You are the soul that true hip hop is rooted in and your music stimmulates the ear buds. I can’t wait to buy this album.
The track is cool, but the video is so bad…
10 years strong and still making great music and growing as an artist. how many artists can say that? LOVE IT. thank you mos
I would’ve like the video more if Mos was like walking thru Brooklyn on a nice warm sunny day. You know, like Common did in his video, when he was walking thru the streets of Chicago. I think basic videos like that are Dope!!!
nice vid… makes me appreciate the song even more.
more video goodness on his myspace page – has “words” been posted on this site? I don’t think so.
I really dig the vid, just still not feeling this track — not very engaging musically
RE: happytrees
http://www.okayplayer.com/news/Mos-Def-The-Ecstatic-Album-Art-+-Promo-Vid.htmlhttp://www.okayplayer.com/news/Mos-Def-The-Ecstatic-Album-Art-+-Promo-Vid.html
i used to be worried that doing movies would skew Mos’ priorities, but I think it just gave him the freedom not to worry about money. I’m sure Mos makes more money from one movie role than he does from all his album sales combined.
platinum album = 1 million dollars, not counting touring.
27 blocks = 5 million easy.
Magnetic + Kinetic = Mental connection with fans constantly moving BROOKLYN
sick. an artist through and through
simple…but i like