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8.0
4320
8.0 |
Pitchfork
This is Mos Def's small-globe statement, an album that comfortably jumps stylistically across continents on a hip-hop goodwill-ambassador tour, prefaced by a statement from Malcolm X during his 1964 appearance at Oxford
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8.0
4321
8.0 |
Clash
An innovative, eclectic return to form that just might displace Q-Tip’s ‘The Renaissance’ as hip-hop album of the year, ‘The Ecstatic’ is a spectacular return to form for Mos Def, and a belated worthy successor to his phenomenal ‘Black On Both Sides’ debut of a decade ago
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8.0
4322
8.0 |
Observer Music Monthly
Offers a thrillingly accessible demonstration of hip-hop's limitless creative possibilities to those whose experience of the medium stretches no farther than the occasional random episode of Run's House
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8.0
4323
8.0 |
The Irish Times
We probably haven’t heard Mos this fired up since 1999’s Black on Both Sides – the rapper is obviously engaged with his material
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8.0
4324
8.0 |
Uncut
Print edition only
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8.0
4325
8.0 |
Mojo
Print edition only
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8.0
4326
8.0 |
Q
Print edition only
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8.0
4327
8.0 |
The Guardian
The feeling that Mos has not really moved on since his heyday is palpable. Such is the prevailing quality of the production, however … that it doesn't really seem to matter.
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8.0
4314
8.0 |
Independent on Sunday
Conscious rap that's not condescending. Is that a new genre in itself?
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8.0
4315
8.0 |
The Sunday Times
A sensational return to form.
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8.0
4316
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
A refined selection of strong tracks, which skilfully tread the balance between tight beats and forthright exclamations
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8.0
4318
8.0 |
Evening Standard
A musical comeback of any quality is unexpected, let alone one of such varied thrills.
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7.0
4319
7.0 |
The Quietus
The Ecstatic will not trouble the mainstream; indeed, it seems certain to keep Mos Def locked in glorious aloofness. Well, he is lucky. His alternative career should keep his star afloat. I just hope he goes on; I hope he remains hip hop's great existentialist
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7.0
4317
7.0 |
NME
Simply good, honest hardcore hip-hop given a twist by MD’s slurred, inebriated delivery and use of odd imagery.
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6.0
4328
6.0 |
The List
Lyrically, he has his fiery moments, but throws out as many empty, uneven brickbats as he does lyrical livewires.
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