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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.
Track of the Day - Mos Def “Quiet Dog”
Monday night I rolled through the Fader Magazine party and grabbed a copy of the issue on the way out the door. Flipping through it that night I notice an add for the a free download of Mos’s new single from the album The Ecstatic available at mosdef.rcrdlbl.com. I figured I would check it in the morning, and by then it was all over every hip-hop blog.
I’ve been a huge Mos fan for years, and back in my DJ days over played the hell out of The New Danger, Black on Both Sides, and Black Star. One of the most disappointing things about Mos Def though (not his acting) is his live performance. The dude just loves to sing. And although I loved the dark tone of The New Danger, I’m fan for his lyrics and delivery– if he focused on rapping, he would be more than every white college girls favorite rappers friend (Talib Kweli). Thankfully, Mos Def is rapping again on this track, and presents a hope for more of his upcoming material.
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Cons TV catches Mos/Kanye talk new Black Star album
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Adele ft. Johnny Polygon “Melt My Hear” (Green Lantern Remix)
