Track of the Day - Mos Def “Say You Will” (live cover)
Work today was filled with too much work and the itunes on shuffle. No time to download anything new, but in the process I remembered a few favorites. For todays track I’ve taken a Mos Def live recording from The Blue Note in New York from January 2009, and one I added to a Play Count list earlier this year.
The live performance brings something special to the song, feeding in more emotion than the polished studio/auto-tune version from Kanye. Mos adds in verses from a track “U R The one” and with an extended instrumental mix, this track lasts for a melodic 12 minutes.
After listening to this it reminded me of some other Mos Def live track I had and after sifting through my itunes I decided to take 7 rare and/or live Mos tracks and share them here. In todays maxi-track of the day:
01. “Say You Will” (live cover)
.02. “Jay Electronica” (live tribute)
Recorded from a live show at Carnegie Hall in June of 2008. I had a chance to see Jay open for the Mighty Mos at Nokia Theatre back in March of ‘08, and since then, I’ve heard very little from Jay. I can’t believe that show was over a year ago.
.03 “Auditorium” (live)
Easily my favorite track off the new Ecstatic album. This is a live Slick Rick-less version recorded at Kennedy Center in Washinton D.C. back in September of 08.
.04 Kanye West - “Good Night” (Plain Pat Remix)
.05 J Dilla - “Saturday Night” (remix ft. Brand New Heavies & Mos Def)
Off of the Jay Dee - The Delicious Vinyl Years
.06 Omer Saar - Travelin’ man (ft. Mos Def & Money Green)
.07. Mos Def freestyle
From an old rip posted up by Cipha Sounds on his blog back in 08.
