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The EcstaticCover above is a still image of Charles Burnett's Killer of Sheep, edited with a red tint.ReleasedJune 9, 2009Recorded2006-2009StudioRecord Plant, LA. Downtown Music Studios, NY. Hovercraft Studios, VA.GenreHip Hop, Rap, Conscious Rap, Alt. Hip HopLength45:34Record labelDowntown RecordsProducerMadlib, J Dilla, Georgia Anne Muldrow, The NeptunesArtist chronologyPreviousTrue MagicNextNegus
The Ecstatic is the fourth studio album by rapper and record producer Mos Def, which is considered by many to be his "returning point" and his magnum opus corresponding with the critical acclaim of the album. The Ecstatic released on June 9, 2009 through record label Downtown Records. The album has very little features, being singer Georgia Anne Muldrow, rapper Slick Rick, and long-time collaborator Talib Kweli. Famous producers such as Madlib and J Dilla had worked on the album, reusing beats that were previously produced on Stone Throw Records, however others such as Georgia Anne Muldrow, Oh No, Mr. Flash, The Neptunes, Preservation, and Mos Def himself had produced for The Ecstatic. While The Ecstatic is mostly Hip Hop, the samples are taken from a variety of genres including; Middle Eastern Music, jazz, reggae, Latin Music, afrobeat, soul, and Eurodance.
On 2006, Mos Def's True Magic was released to fulfill contractual obligations with Geffen Records, and was immediately panned with extremely mixed reviews, only getting a 45/100 on Metacritic [1][2]. To many fans it was seen as lazy and stale, with Sean Fennessy of Pitchfork making mention of the bare packing that lacked a cover, credits, and a booklet, saying "Latest from the should-have-been hip-hop star is rumored to be a deal-closer with Geffen, and from its bare packaging to its idle rhymes, it feels like one." [3]. Due to his growing career in acting, many felt as if Mos Def was growing closer to acting and straying from rapping. After fulfilling his contractual obligations with Geffen Records, Mos Def had went to sign with Downtown Records, where he then started working on The Ecstatic as his label debut.
Production had began in 2006, where Casa Bey was made in Rio De Janeiro by Mos Def and Preservation sampled Banda Black Rio's Casa Forte and combined it with funk, jazz, soul, and Brazilian rhythm samples in order to make the beat [4]. Georgia Anne Muldrow had originally made the piano on the song Roses, where she sang over it and intended it for her own album, Umsindo, however Mos Def had quickly used the song to rap over and put on the album. Madlib, Oh No, Gianna, and J Dilla had, "Collectively produced half of the album" according to Nathan Rabin of A.V Club [5]. Stones Throw Records had large influences besides the producers affiliated with the label, as MF DOOM had large influences over the album with Mos Def covering many DOOM verses from 2004's MM FOOD [6]. Many of the samples and lyrics featured were purposely meant to shine light on racial issues, with Supermagic, the opener having a sample Malcom X's 1964 speech at Oxford Union.
The name of the record is based off of The Ecstatic by Victor Lavalle, a book about a morbidly obese college dropout that may have schizophrenia released in 2009. When asked why, he said that it shown his musical vision.
The Ecstatic was released to critical acclaim, with it getting an 8.0 and the "Best New Music" award from Pitchfork and an average of 84 out of 100 from Metacritic [7][8]. In it's first week, The Ecstatic sold 39,000 copies and debuted at Number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100. In order to boost sales, Mos Def released T-Shirts that had the album cover on the front, the tracklisting on the back, and than a tag you can scan to access an MP3 download of the album [9]. Due to the large amount of sales from the shirts, Billboard had deemed each sale as an album sale. Despite the album getting little-to-none airplay, it still managed to be successful and eventually warrant an international tour featuring Jay Electronica as an opener, with some shows having coheadliners such as Talib Kweli and Erykah Badu, with the former previously collaborating with Mos Def to make Black Star. While on tour, Mos Def's DJ, Preservation, who helped produce the album had made a remix album titled The REecstatic over the span of a year. The Ecstatic eventually was nominated for Best Rap Album and Best Rap Solo Performance for Casa Bey at the 52nd Annual Grammy's, where he lost to Eminem's Relapse and Jay Z's D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune).
Due to the amount of uncleared samples and legal issues with the album, The Ecstatic has been taken off streaming services fully, with there only being reuploads on YouTube, archive.org, and past physical releases.
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