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The Mighty Mos Def · (#12 (**permalink**))

Apedemak wrote:

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I haven't downloaded the new album so I can't comment on that, but his last album wasstraight trash.

What!?... The New Danger!?

Album is bwad! Some parts of it I didn't get but its a good bluesy rock rif album man... why download though? confused3

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Iwant my favoritehip hop artists tostay true to their art form somewhat, RL.A couple of different tracks are okay, but when you basically abandon the genre that birthed your fanbase to make mediocre rock music; it's a slap in the face to your fanbase, andwe're going to have problems. Mos is a MC first and foremost, not a rocker. If the albumhad beenhigh quality rock music; it would have softened the blow, but it was an average rock album at best, with some good but not "Black on both sides" or "Black Star" good hip hop sprinkled in to tease the listener.

If you remember, the time "New Danger" dropped was after the Roots dropped "Phrenology"( which I felt, especially the latter half of the album)and Common dropped "Electric Circus"(whichwas an uneven piece of work, but definitely had its moments and was at least coherent). They all did the same thing: rocked out, to varying degrees, but that's not where their bread is buttered. I was burned outfrom the rap-to-rock thing. My feelings towards MC's rockin out issimilar to Gmahogany's stance on Michael Jackson's "Thriller"being lesserto "Off the wall." Some artist change up the formula for successto appeal to'another market' and forget what truly'made' them successful in the first place. Imagine Luther Vandross, if he were still with us in the physical, doing a heavy metal track. You can't, because he knew his strengths as an artist and deviated from them but so much(he modernized his music, butnever stopped being "Luther"). Andre 3000 made 'different' hip hop as well on "The Love Below," but it was so high quality, that it didn't matter.

The new album drops in stores in the States at the end ofJanuary, but it's already available on the net from my understanding. So, to hear it early, I would have to download it. If it's hot; I will support it financially, because that's how good music continues to get produced by the record companies.

Edit: RL, the release date was pushed up a month here andwas released yesterday. This is odd, because normally albums drop on Tuesdays here in the States. I suppose the downloading forced his label to drop his album early? So, you had a point about the downloading.