Mos Def - The New Danger

Poet, actor and hip-hopper Mos Def takes time out of his acting and TV gigs to lay down a scrumptious new album. He even sings, as on the late track "The Beggar." Most hip-hop connoisseurs will say that combining several genres onto a hip-hop CD is tantamount to suicide. I vociferously disagree. Mos Def pulls it off with flair.

He channels the Doors on one track, adds BB King style guitars to two others tracks, pays homage to Marvin Gaye and pulls several other tricks out of bag. Throughout the whole, there are few lags. He keeps the beat going with instrumentals, vocal tracks and straight-up rap.

Very much worth purchasing.

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