RR’s ’09 Best Albums: #10 Mos Def “The Ecstatic”

Truth be told: I’ve never been one to listen to a Mos Def album from front to back. Still somethin’ kept bringing me back to The Ecstatic throughout the past year. And no it’s not because Diddy said it was hot. No, I think it’s because its such a unique collection of dense tunes containing true eclectic sounds. My faves: the intoxicating “Priority,” the as close to a Black Star reunion as you’re ever gonna get headnodder “History”, and the regal collabo with Slick Rick The Ruler (“Auditorium”). But it’s throughout the whole disc that Dante, as lyrically sharp as he’s been since his Black On Both Sides debut, finds his comfort zone on the strange ride you’d be a fool to miss out on.

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  1. roustabout says:

    can’t agree or disagree yet with ranking because haven’t seen other nine. but this a good choice.

  2. mmkayy says:

    good shit.. i swear if B3 is top5 im not comn baq to this site lol

  3. I LUV SHERM says:

    of course bp3 is in the top 5… he wouldn’t be a proper dick rider if it wasn’t.

  4. hl says:

    If BP3 is on the list at all that’s some striaght up stannery. I’ll probably be #1. This list is gonna be trash.

  5. ANT619HONY says:

    mos def should be top 5 with this album… this site gonna put EM as a number one cause they a bunch of lil stans with ems fingers in they ass

  6. Chipped Tooth Condition says:

    yall know BP3 is gonna number 1. shit if its possible to put BP3 above number 1 im sure he’ll put it up there

  7. ReppinHard says:

    LMAO this is so funny but I agree they’ll have BP3 as number one…

  8. sidekick101 says:

    @ANT619HONY @ I LUV SHERM lol yall keep it real homoerotic in here. WTF? get a room.

  9. I LUV SHERM says:

    @sidekick101… shut up bdot.

  10. khal says:

    this shit is like the lil album that could. One of my favs from 09 as well.

  11. B. Digital says:

    I think this is the only hip hop blog that actually doesn’t have this album in their top 5 of ’09.

  12. QUEENZ says:

    Yo YN, I gotta be honest like you, before this Ecstatic album I never listened to a Mos Def album but I always thought he was dope MC since the first time I heard “Ms.Fat Booty” years ago, yet something kept me from listening closer. I’m not sure what it was this time around but I copped the Ecstatic album (maybe it was the lack of good music) and I swear I felt so fucking guilty that I hadn’t paid enough attention to Mos through the years. The album is truly amazing and thought provocing. Its music on there that 98% of rappers would be afraid to make because theyre afraid of stepping outside the box but Mos took it there and for that I’ll always respect this brother for it. Since then, I went back and copped “Black on Both Sides”, “True Magic”, “The New Danger” and I found jewels on all of those albums. For those who missed out on this joint, do yourself a favor and buy this album and zone out to it. Its a real work of art and i cant wait for is next offering. Nice choice YN but I’m sure I would’ve put this higher in my list although I haven’t seen the rest of your selections.

  13. Ac@pella! says:

    It’s true. This album bangs differently. I was so impressed by the “History” video I saw last nite, that I instantly went on iTunes and bought it. I listened to to it front to back teice last nite and I’m happy that I bought it, but I agree, this shoulda been top 5 of “09”.

  14. Damn, I have to see the rest of the rankings, but SHIT. This was album of the year in my book. I did notice Rick rated higher on my way to get here, so booooooo on that one guys, haha.

  15. Nyc says:

    Yo…. Yn you messed up once again WHAT # 10 you fool!!!!! Here’s my list
    1 OBCL2
    2 the ecstatic
    3 Boy meets world
    4 Street Hop
    5 slaughterhouse
    6 Attention deficit ( even though the back 2 the feature mixtape was better)
    7 blueprint 3
    8 relapse:refill
    9 Born like this (mf doom)
    10 the salvation (skyzoo)
    11 brooklynati ( Tanya Morgan)
    12 Chemical Warfare (alchemist)

    This is how it should be done without the bullshit Polatricks…. I’m sorry yn but what are you thinking… Rick Ross,fab,jadakiss( sorry kiss album sucked),clispe(3 good songs the rest garbage),Camron(way 2 many songs on your albums… Cut it 2 10 & you might have a classic)
    2009 was a bad year for the mainstream rappers.
    It was really the mixtapes that killed it this year they sounded better than all these rapper albums….. Don’t hate suckers!!!

  16. Kid C-A-L says:

    absurd. Mos’s album should be higher up on the list. And BP3 is going to be the number one album, of course. Elliott Wilson use to work at Roc-a-Fella.

  17. Benja says:

    yall should check out our list of the top 10 albums:
    http://da-what.com/2009/12/31/end-of-year-top-10-albums-of-2009/
    we got a couple overlaps with rap radars but lotta different good stuff too. make sure you comment adn tell us what you think!

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  19. CheWithBlingOn says:

    Should’ve been ranked a lot higher. at least you had the good sense to include it though. i’ll give you partial props for that

  20. Random nigga says:

    i wonder did niggas forget bout the last kiss?

  21. Tim Lee VA Stand Up says:

    @ RANDOM NIGGA…….thank you

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