Mos Def - Boogieman

[cquinnable]

Incredible.

Piano sample, anyone?

[mrjswift]

i like the piano image, suits the song well. you can't see the boogiemAn.....

[esancheezy]

somebody put up a tutorial on how to play this on the piano!!!!!!!

[bibi162081]

your are my most beautiful boogieman, and yes you are my nightmare!!!! i love you. LOL

[athekid123]

this song is deep the vibe is hella dope

[blowwwable]

raphael saadiq helped produced this track...so genius

[cayterr]

favorite...song...ever

[enmintno]

mos def

album: the new danger (2004)

title: the boogie man song

[omgdididothat2u]

so dope

[BigMiniFilmz]

GREATEST RAPPER RIGHT NOW.

[yahwehsQUEEN1]

CREEPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[3000rueda]

what it is...what it is....what it is....

[TheTvrulesthenation]

Love when he shouts BOOGIEMAN in that half friendly half ''boo'' voice. If eminem is considered a Poet then Mos Def is the Emily Dickinson of hip-hop

[MarlaSinger001]

Yah Maaaaaaaan!

[YTthisisda]

my favourite song right now.

[MissNatalonga]

He is the most beautiful...

[mvp84]

2.30 minutes of pure lyrical genius...

[trudon]

5 people are scared of the boogieman

[rudeNORO]

name of beat?

[crasyladder]

i wish there was more to this song =(



[fdmtech]

Pure as pure can get Fans!

[Kwizmatix]

This song is so beautiful. Every time I play it once I have to play again.

I love this metaphore because as a Black man in society we face times where we feel feared by some... But by those who have taken time or been willing to know us we are adored, and sometimes it even feels as though this is what society is truly scared of. So when Mos says let me be your favorite nightmare, he's saying fear me but trust that when u close your eyes & love me 4 me you will see I am beautiful. Sheer genius!

[Caeolian87]

This song was on "The New Danger" Album

The Name of the song is called "The Boogie Man Song"

[Caeolian87]

This song was on "The New Danger" Album

[SkelatorOfSteel]

MF Grimm rhymed over this track on one of his free compilations, check it out if you can track it down. Great song with or without him.

[beanothedon]

Love this song.

Reminds me of this: I am a young Mexican male adult. I have tattoos, that are not religious, gang related, nor explicit. I am 5'7 with a small build. I enjoy cargo shorts and Rock Tshirts. I wear DVS', Converse, and Adidas. I don't wear fat laces nor colored to match my clothes. No hats, if i do, its a bucket hat. I say "cuz, homie, dawg, bro, dude, dope, sweet, sicc, ill...I am respectful. Immorality = fatality

Yet, I am always considered to be "thug" and need to b followed.

[pglove69]

i bought this album when it came out and lost my virginity to this song for the 2nd time, over and over again!

[Mattu190]

This is not even hip hop it is more R&B and Soul and he still kills it better then the masters. This guy is a true artist thank god hip hop still has a mozart.

[DIG73RD]

@Mattu190 This is very much hip hop, more than you think cause I go through this all the time in oakland,ca. People who do well for themselves always watch me cause they truly think i will for sure eat them on a busy intersection in broad daylight..."Hip Hop does not need rap over drum" just ''Life and a Toungue"

[TheRoyalFreshness69]

zomg. this song is orgasmic

[SeeGabeGo]

on repeat till further notice

[dgfhghfg]

i fucks wit mos def

[sotocapo]

"...let me be your favorite nightmare close your eyes and ill be right there!!!" SICK!!!!

[Xsposition]

why does it have to be so short ?!

[rollinit70s]

str8 from the soul. i could fuck w mos def all day

[flyinghotwing]

let me be your favorite nightmare

[trife4lyfe]

creative.now this is music from the soul

[Harlan246]

I wonder if Arctic Monkeys had heard this song when they named the album "Favourite Worst Nightmare"

"Let me be your favorite nightmare"

[cooperj24]

Mos Def is the coolest dude I know! yeah! perfection!

[o0brewcrew0o]

Prolly my fav from mos def. . . sit back, smoke one and chill song for sure

[nafbmx]

he says FUNK me!

[DukeofDenmark1]

Ha ha I dont usually leave comments on youtube unless a song is just awesome. But this is ten out of ten. If you are driving down a dark road by yourself i promise this is the song to play

[shy2authentik]

Man this guy is so inspiring.

[ahswobos]

hypebeast props the man for the qoute mos def.

[cjack1]

bismillah ar rahman ar rahim

[samer1488]

There says at the beginig Bismulah

[ayame1425]

Love his singing voice.. brings me back to watching him live

[yunghopbitch]

Anyone else think this is #BASED??

[superbarista13]

i can listen to this song over and over and not get tired of it

[MissGavins1]

This song is deep!

[MrNoproblems123]

this song is great heard it a few years ago and fell inlove felt the urge to go look for it td STILL MOVING Mos DEF

[issysays]

mos def at his purest

[N4Rv4mpir3h34rt]

oh...my fucking god... i tear just cruised down my cheek... might be my new favorite Mos song?

[classicalmeetstreetz]

this is so hauntingly beautiful

[Santino305]

i luv this song but the shit is so short

[SlimSafMusic]

love it

[queenray1]

Love this poetry, he's turnin me on

[april2001ro]

love...perfect for lonely souls...

[njeri44]

I love this! I AM!

[BrokeandCopa]

always wished this song was longer ...its just enough to get you mentally lifted and want more. great post from the mighty mos.

[Moodysid]

@BrokeandCopa Get out of my head!!! I always thought the same thing.

[localonly808]

Mos Def is my #1 poet / lyracist of my time. You can feel such an emotion listening to him. This song means SO MUCH MORE when you've heard that story Hypebeast had beautifully re-told.

And seeing him play this live can almost bring a tear to your eye.

Bless Up

[aliyousif]

wats hypebeast?

[localonly808]

Hypebeast was the person who left a comment telling the story of "Boogie Man". I can confirm that the story is actually true.

(Hypebest) - Boogieman was inspired by Paul Mooney, from his album called Race where he got on an elevator with a white woman and she clutched her purse so he got off the elevator with her. He chased the woman for 10 blocks, he had no intention of stealing the purse, "but if im gonna be the boogieman then fuck it ill be the boogieman" i Dont want to be the BoogieMan.

[Hypebeast90]

Boogieman was inspired by Paul Mooney, from his album called Race where he got on an elevator with a white woman and she clutched her purse so he got off the elevator with her, made him feel bad that he didnt take it. He chased the woman for 10 blocks, he had no intention of stealing the the purse but if im gonna be the boogieman then fuck it ill be the boogieman but im tired of being the boogieman. Its the idea of confronting fear, but also its the friendly, warm, mischievous character.

[sydney327]

Somebody watched "embedded" ;)

[Hypebeast90]

Yeah, sure did. Thought the best way to explain Boogieman was from the boogieman himself lol.

[EffortlessArt]

lol, yea. it was good too.

inspired me for days.

[JCslapaho]

Yea...that was an amazing episode. I have to visit Japan to experience the astounding culture.

[diepiriye]

@Hypebeast90

The hardest part is explaining to a black boy how people see him, and continually reinforcing the idea that he is NOT a Boogie Man. It is painful each time to have to tell a kid why people act irrationally towards him/her.

[umrahsahab]

@diepiriye

I cant believe the world is still so stupid. May God make it easier for everyone...

[capedclown]

@Hypebeast90 you watched the embedded joint too?? lol

[psycheconveyor]

@Hypebeast90 wow Paul Mooney is on another level

[rahrahbaby]

this is a tune! he shudda put it on an album, i only heard it cah ma fren had a mix tape that it was on, i LOVE this song!

[bigl0892]

It is on a album that he put out. Its called the New Danger. It came out in 04.

[EffortlessArt]

not newer than ecstatic. if ya didn't know,

check it out. i loved it.

[cynicthecynic]

he could just be talking about him bein a boogieman asin hes a bad person inside but has an overall beuty askin hes girl to take him for wat he is. you could interprite it in a few ways. real shit tho like you said, poetry

[foreverblunted718]

im defineitly feelin this shit right here.

is he calling himself a monster? i dont understand the metaphor for boogie man.

fuck i really wanna know the meaning.

goddamn this shit is real. this is fuckin POETRY

"Let me be your favorite nightmare"

[iHipHop]

He said he calls himself the Boogieman because Black men are this scary thing, but also entertaining like a child story. The dicothomy is just cool to me. But thats what I recollect so I could be a bit off - but thats cool either way

[mon3ybagz]

It means what ever any one thinks it is,...

Thats what REAL Hip Hop is,... BEAUTY!!

[MrNoproblems123]

i wudnt say hip hop

more along the lines of REAL poetry and ya i kno hip hop is poetry but it sound like it should be a published poem

[ToneJermain]

somehow i'm going to incorperate this song inot my halloween costume...I will be the most beautiful boogieman.

[hamza0088]

love this shit...

mos def forever!!!!!!!

[ToyhouseHi]

my ex BF sent me this and still to this day it makes me cry when i hear it i love this song <3

[bahemmadia]

loove this song, i play it over and over and over, can't get enough! beautiful song.

[19NBA91]

love this song

[moos14]

its actually the boogieman song

just love i could listen to it all day

[ketket1]

I like this

[1realman205]

Great Song and Album!!! Real music...good weed, a great woman, and a little bread in ur pocket on an adult but urban mind frame...I love real hip hop!!!

[grashstain]

wordddddd

[nosoproductions]

I loved this entire album... probably one of the most soulful, real, pure albums of the last ten years

[headtheballington]

this intro blows the album its off out of the water

[daddy962]

jazzy,smooth,cool !

[skaterdie23]

"just amazing"

[daddy962]

this is hot ! try being versatile and openminded !

[LiftoffMedia]

If psychedelic rap was a genre, this song would define it.

[DWAFNESS]

i totally fucking agree, psychdelic trance and psychedelic rap thatd be insane

[youngcnillzof9th]

blacks muslims in america or himself can be a bad person but in the same token passionte loving

[roletagg88]

the instruments in this got a gogo sound...I like this

[Back0Pack]

I got a Mos Boogie Man shirt. Hella dope

[Maipaigurl77]

This is written with a global sociological perspective. Who don't feel his request, who don't know the world. Old School is the past. This is just School either you got it or you failed~ not a brain but passing this class~

[GhettoKarma19]

feed me, fuck me, love me, touch me. he may not be the best singer but this song definatly has soul

[bruhmayne]

definitely no autotune shit either

[yungadizzle]

youtube shud've made a auto repeat option invented solely based off of hearing this song...

[yoitsgiook]

@yungadizzle you speak the truth. i thought the same about this.

[jfresh123456789]

@yungadizzle just add repeat in the link after youtube

So link = youtube-com/xxx -> youtuberepeat-com/xxx

[SamuelDoucette]

@yungadizzle google loopy for youtube, it's a repeat feature for youtube on firefox and IE

[mikebarros6]

@yungadizzle lol i thought you said autotune at first, i was like...that's not nice

[vickyvictorvic]

this song has something most music in our days lack

[jaipsavio]

lol ur right cuz b soul? laid back feel?

this song is amazing mann u get hooked to it after listing to it more than once

[AudioCRACKSLD]

The MIGHTY MOS..

My muthafuckin' guy..

Lovin' this joint

[kippenkopjes]

cool bass

[hakke79]

Best son for me from Mos Def beste Das läst mich leben und den scherz vergessen

[LovelyLady718]

i think this song is about a man who cant be faithful

[LovelyLady718]

does any one agree ...im wondering if it is thats all that goes threw my mind when i listen to this

[ihatemyusername2008]

i think its about human nature and how humans are capable of the greatest and worst things. maybe

[SimplicityLoves]

I'd have to disagree. It's not so plain. It's about humans.

[yungyacht]

THE MIGHTY MOS DEF

[remiemay]

mehn this song takes me place...... this song is a perfect love song.....

[420Sabbath]

But it lasts for 2 and a half mins ;) haha

[Noir2129]

not if you got a repeat setting on your Zune. HAHAH!!

[kngjames83]

Love this song man! The most beautiful boogieman describes this song perfectly lol...It's a beautiful song but ruff around the edges at the same time! Mos is a genuis! Can't wait for the Ecstatic!

[logonutZ]

Man I really like this pic, and i think it goes well with the whole vibe of the song, where did you get this pic? if u dont mind me askin'

[ktmworldwide]

if yall liked this search "Kalifornia" by mos def on youtube

[MATTNPALMBAY]

my mos fav mos def tune!!!

[biyutch90]

Brilliant

[dawordsmif]

"Let me be your favorite nightmare, close your eyes and i'll be right there !" Classic line ya know

[d730]

what does it mean when he says WHAT WE ARE IS LOW AND LOVELY?

[seanbrock]

Maybe he meant to say that people are both good and bad...Something along those lines I'm sure.

[firstsunoriginal]

hes talking to his ex wife.

[whosthatafghan]

maybe it means that we are low in gods presence but are beautiful together as god intended...

[STackKsBundLes]

in my opinion its a love and hate sort of thing

low- we can be hurtful, barbaric

but lovely- well its self explanatory, its like after being low we can still be loved or have another side thts open to things and can be understandable and be ther for a person that we love

[firstsunoriginal]

hes refering to his marriage...trust.

[Glamorouspwincess07]

What your saying is so true!...

[agencyzero2]

Produced by?

[elimineli]

hmmm

[givesahfuckboutu]

"This whole world is cold & ugly, what we r is low & lovely" Prefect edgey strip song

[knickie1982]

does he say feed me funk me or feed me fuck me?.... either way the song is beautiful... but I'm the most beautiful boogie man

[ajlulover]

He says "feed me f*ck me."

[knickie1982]

even better... I could go for that, but i'm gonna have to opt for the bible and a cold shower

[project2501a]

i hope you're being ironic.

[knickie1982]

i was joking... but not ironic... just cuz i have the urge to be fed and f*cked doesn't mean i'll do that latter... i could have better sex by myself... and i hate wasting time w/ ppl who don't know what they're doing...lol

[project2501a]

that is very tru

[jungma1]

@ajlulover -it's actually ,"FEED ME,FUNK ME"...if u pay close attention u can hear that.ONE

[deimuddakackt]

from my point of view mos def is the best rapmusic artist ever!

[quiverbacca]

Nicely put. It's so stupid when people then say "No it isn't"

[deimuddakackt]

thats why i said, from my point of view^^ i think that he is the best, if something else thinks he isn'T than thats not my biz

[quiverbacca]

I know and I was just praising how you put it.

[deimuddakackt]

sry my english is bad than i am stoned xD

[seoulboi]

agreed

[ajlulover]

"I am the most beautiful boogeyman..."

"Let me be your favorite nightmare..."

This song sends CHILLS up and down my SPINE!!

[wikkedchik90]

he says it very well

[sing4ever17]

this song is so damn tight

[tarek307]

BISM ALLAH EL RAHMAN EL RAHIM! <-----I didn't know MOS was a Muslim!

[mar14ever]

alah o akbar

[Ensaf91]

luv when he says Bismillah rrahmani rrahim

[ballinlove]

what does that mean --Bismillah rrahmani rrahim--

[Ensaf91]

in the name of god(allah), the mercyful, the benificent

[sorakh777]

love this. HEY CAN ANYONE TELL ME ALL THE SONGS WITH MOS DEF WHEN HES SIGNING LIKE THIS i already know "the panties" and "lifetime"

if you could tell me a lot more it would be greatly appreciated

[osarsour]

"umi says" (his best), "climb," "get ta steppin'," "kalifornia," "beauty in the dark," "bedstuy parade and funeral march," "modern marvel," "creole," "sun, moon, stars," "all praise due," and "a brighter day."

these songs are smooth just like this one...as only mos def can bring it. hope you enjoy these songs as much as i have.

[sorakh777]

wow thank you so much!

[amandre9000]

dam thx yo

[BOYKWAKU]

Foundation DJ Honda feat MOS DEF is tight like that too

[versitalica]

Beauty in the Dark (Groove with You) -

[ProphetVictory]

Kalifornia

[Fe11a11]

there is also the beggar which is also my personal favorite on the entire cd

[SweeeeeeeetBabyJesus]

You might like rockin roll

[wikkedchik90]

elvis presley aint got no souuuul

[xxBabyCurlzz]

LOVEE DIZ TUNE!! ITS A JAM

[avidism]

such a chill song

[puffsnorkblablabla]

one of the best songs ever...so soft