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.