Workers Comp is recently one of my favorite songs off this album. It kind of reminds me of Ms Fat Booty in some manner. Mos’ best verses sound like he should be spitting out in the cold in a cypher over a fire in a barrel, this song definitely contains one of those types of verses. Pretty Dancer is just pure funk, I guarantee that your head will move from beginning to end. “ I rememberrr, ooohhhh baby when we used to play, cowboys and girls“….soulful! The story in this song is about pain and love. I can always sing along with the chorus and bob my head to the pace of the drums. Pistola was my favorite song when I first got the album mainly because of the hook used in the song and the melody. I have no idea what he is saying but is sounds good lol. I think that Mos Def did well on this song and I especially love the harmonizing. No Hay Nada Mas is a beautiful hispanic song. If you doubted that I was wrong when I said this album has an international feel then you might change your mind whenever the beat drops for this song. The excerpt at the beginning of The Embassy is funny in some manner with the pilots with the guns. The singing doesn’t sound right on this song. “ this is Bedstuy ’82, 9-4-3, tiny rooms, one view“. Life In Marvelous Times, is a song that I feel Mos could have left off the album but the relevance of his lyrics in this song are so gully. the sensual woman’s voice and the police sirens. There’s so many pieces of this song that form one wonderful puzzle, i.e. The song makes you want to move your body for sure and Mos’ words reflect that. “ homegrown from the greatest grain“….it’s crazy how Mos pieces together his words and delivers a continuous flow.įor some reason I know where the excerpt came from at the beginning of Quiet Dog but I can’t recall it to save my life right now. The drums are hard on this track and the piano loop is soulful. Priority is a song that contains the same feel as the song that was playing in Godfather 2 when the godfather’s dad’s casket was getting carried to the grave. I like how that violin whines in the background of the track. I didn’t really like the little breakdown near the end of the song but it was at the beginning of the song and I didn’t really notice until after a few listens.
Mos Def confronts the changes of the times and the fakeness of some people. Wahid has that international sound to it as well. It’s amazing how he could imagine up something so vivid and convert it to audio beauty. Slick Rick’s verse contains another great story and somehow he managed to capture the reactions and thoughts of a traveler in the Middle East and his/her encounters with the locals. The song is so free and doesn’t stick to the customary format, especially when the beat basically fades away in between verses. I would have liked to seen what state of mind Mos Def was in when he recorded this song. “ and it’s volumes and scriptures when I breath on a beat“…so deep. The song sounds like it should have been on Aladdin. What you notice immediately when the album starts is that the album flows well and the transition from song to song is flawless.Īuditorium is one of my favorite tracks, mainly because my man Ricky D is featured on it. The tones during the chorus give the track that caribbean feel. Mos’ lyrics are so personal and serious at times. This particular song definitely has that Neptune sound to it. The powerful horns used in Twilight Speedball just make the song sound so epic. This sample just gives Supermagic that hippy feel.
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