The fourth solo album from Mos Def, "The Ecstatic," gives listeners exactly what they expect out of such a title: Elaborate production and the slick rhymes of Def laid over some heavy beats. The ...

"There has to be a change," Mos Def opens his 2009 return to form The Ecstatic (Downtown), "and the only way it's going to be built is with extreme methods." Strong words — except they aren't Mos ...

Multi-talented emcee Mos Def will return from a 3 year hiatus with his 4th studio album, The Ecstatic. Mos debuted two new tracks courtesy of his Myspace page (www ...

As long as some of the artists named below continue bundling songs together, I'll refuse to believe that the album has followed Elvis into the afterlife. A few were too long, a few were under the ...

Mos Def's visionary take on hip-hop was put on full display with last year's Grammy-nominated 'The Ecstatic.' The album's first track, 'Supermagic,' brought dusty psychedelic vibes over from the ...

Mos Def's new album, The Ecstatic, will be available on a t-shirt. But how do you get it in the CD player? Richard Trenholm Former Movie and TV Senior Editor Richard Trenholm was CNET's film and TV ...

Always as prolific as he is charismatic, Mos Def played the Highline Ballroom Sunday, January 17 to promote The Ecstatic, his fourth solo album. What’s so unique about Mos Def is that he not only ...

When the world first heard Mos Def's 2006 album, "True Magic," an offering executed with such apathy that copies were sold without liner notes or cover art, there was plenty of reason to worry that ...

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Mos Def's late-2006 release "True Magic" was so quietly whisked out in the dead week between Christmas and New Year's (without cover art, no less) that rumors circulated that ...

Wilco's latest effort, Wilco (the album), has been strong seller at Twist & Shout since it was released June 30, and once again it tops the charts for the week ending August 2. Dead Weather's ...