Mos Def is back with some new material. "Casa Bey" is off of his coming album Ecstatic (June 9). I really dig the simplicity of the video along with the idea that the video's concept puts forth. When discussing hip hop, the literal meaning of lyrics plays second to tempo, rhythme, and the style of language that creates the sonic environment. (words emerge from shapes) Some people criticize Mos Def's flow for being lyrically indecipherable. Now that you know what he is saying...does it matter?
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When I first heard Destructo mix in Kid Cudi's Day 'N' Nite at the Avalon this past January, I took huge notice of Cudi and immediately got his mixtape A Kid Named Cudi. The stoner anthem is unique in its ability to span multiple genres, house, electro, hip hop and I am sure some indie kids will add it to their Echoplex set sooner or later. That element of his music is one of many that Cudi talks about in Pitchfork's short but to the point interview. Cudi claims that his debut will be highly experimental in an effort to master creating his own sound because "people are taking [his] sound." In the interview Cudi dishes on who he has collaborated with and who he hopes to before the album is finished. One of his hopefuls is Band Of Horses, in which Cudi sampled Ben Bidwell's vocals for "The Prayer" on A Kid Named Cudi. Check the entire interview here.
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