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  • Think Mos Def has been playing Katamari Damacy a little too much...

  • If you feeling this... check out an up and coming artist out of Cleveland, search JAMAL ASIM. It's a 3 part snippet... he's making waves. This is the start of something major, not even full songs yet you can hear what's good. Remember the name JAMAL ASIM...

  • IF MOS DEF WERE GETTING BILLIONS OF VIEWS YOU WOULD HATE HIM, YER STUPID BRAIN WORKS LIKE THAT, YOU CANT JUST ENJOY MOS DEF YOU HAVE TO BITCH AND COMPARE HIM, WITH THAT LIL BITCH ASS WAYNE.

    FEELIN' SORRY FOR YA

  • everyone who's underground is true hip hop. you can tell by the skills and lyrics they have and within their voices you can tell there's love for the music.

  • @MakTheMc yes sir! you can tell he put in work to get his shit tight! Most of them brooklyn niggas be cold anyway, maybe thats how they bred up there. Im from the south, but i still recognize a nigga thats nice on da mic. Im a true fan of the real hiphop sound!

  • NOBODY flows better than this!!!!

  • Yo Check out Tyre Carter You Tube him

  • I LOVE THIS MAN!!!!!!!

  • You make Lil Wayne look like the shit when you mention him a thousand times...

  • i think somewhere along the way, this generation just started losing touch of reality and whats real, i'm tired of hearing all this mainstream bull crap feeding a bunch of bullshit about swag, money, and sex, im only 16 but like most of yall, i want real music like this to come back too

  • he never said vevo why is it in the corner and why is it still there

  • One of few true MC's left out of what used to be hip hop

  • Na its true man, Mos Def should never go mainstream or get as many views as people want.. keeps room for real listeners man.

  • mos def needs to drop another album or at least make another album with talib kweli

  • @chdz92

    He and Talib are coming out with an album and/or mix-tape next year.

  • Mos Def , i love you man ! (No homo)

  • you can tell lil wayne some soul and style from him, mos def

  • Another reason Mos is the coolest MF in the land.

  • Black dante!!!

  • @songflow not at all ,all the bitches i no like gucci, flaka you no wat i mean so,lol for dat

  • im a metalhead and i love this

  • @TheFinalDude same here \m/

  • really got the message across it's not about anything else except me and the music just his mouth and the power of words i love this video.and his smile is so veteran at the end u can tell he believes it

  • Wow, when people support, they cn say sm extreme stuff.  This sounds more on the experimental side as far as Hip Hop goes. This isnt BANGIN' as sm ppl hv said. This definitely is nt WACK either. Like I said, more experimental in concept as far as Hip Hop goes. I see what Mos Def is doing. I have to listen a few more times before I "gush" all over it like some of the comments. I'm old school and I do knw what Hip Hop is in case any1 wants to assume I like the trash being pumped 2day

  • everyone who hasn't should watch the BEYOND BEATS & RHYTHMS documentary on youtube

    talks about cultural identity in rappers and the rap industry and really opens your eyes

  • I dreamed that mos came to a riot and i asked him to do this song and the riot stopped. Then he came to a bar with me and my friends and talked about kurt vonnegut.

  • I watched the second episode of Dexter last night where Mos is introduced and later that night I dreamed I met Mos in NY and he introduced me to Talib Kweli and Lupe Fiasco. I will be only listening to those three dudes today :]

  • I don't even like rap and I like this

  • Dis song jus made me feel so much better,i love real hip-hop

  • amazing how his flow fits the song with the instruments changin every couple seconds...

  • He should make a duet with Flora Purim :)

    watch?v=JN9ZsDIasZU

    or at least someone should do a mix...

  • I dont want to listen to trash j cole take that shit off Vevo!! I WANT TO LISTEN TO MOS DEF!!!!

  • at the end of the video, the "rock"s at the screen limit seems like "f*ck"s XD

  • what the fuck is this?, a great video by Mos, and in the background of the page, the dick of dj khaled?, disrespect

  • Mos def is a beast better then lil wayne cuz he don't have to curse. and my mom hate him i wanted to slap her ass .

  • Oh god, they made a Mos Def VEVO.

    Fuck off vevo, nuff said.

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  • Lil wayne gets several million views .. How sad this sgould have billions

  • @seriousbang because good music is not appreciated.

  • say it don't spray it Mos...

  • Magnetic the flows are athletic dimensions are perfected whether static or kenetic it's power past pressure and mass beyond measure you can place him wherever he bed stuy forever

  • Guess we won't be needing lyrics!!! =D

  • Real!!

    

  • Masterpiece! 

  • one of my favorite mos def songs out there.. and the vid is just wonderous

  • hip hop is so underrated. Now a days, all kids want to listen to is uneducated rappers talking about money, drugs, disrespecting women etc. I don't understand this generation. I wish music was still like this right now where you can feel the groove and the rhythm from the lyrics and the beat

  • 1 Woman who luvs & support real conscious hip hop4lyfe...Mos Definitely!!!!!!

  • AMAZING MAGNIFICENT

  • Mos Def - Beauty in the Dark (Music video by SOSA REAL)

  • This needs to showing at the IMAX.

  • That piano at the end is nice!

  • Fuck you vevo

  • im a female and im toooootally into REAL hipHOP WHOOOOOOOOOOOO

    C'MON PPL

  • this is amazing but the clincher is smiling WITH you at the end - amazing

  • GREATNESSS

  • anyone got bass tabs for this

  • @bigblackmansam1979 most of the song is a sample of banda black rio - casa forte. If you search for that you may have more luck :)

  • This song takes me out of this world. It is perfection.

  • Sweet song. Almost as sweet as korean bbq.

  • Sweet song. Almost as sweet as korean bbq.

  • 230,194 views pisses me off. Really?! Cmon Son...

  • The only bad thing about this song is the fact that it ends at 4:24. My heart breaks at about 2:51. It's just so beautiful. You really don't want the song to stop.

  • 229k views?! are you kidding me?!!? omfg!!

    Love this track btw :]

  • if only madlib and mos def did a album T_______T

  • Mos Def and Banda Black Rio... can't get better than this!

  • This SHOULD be the mainstream hip hop. I'm just sayin it would make more sense if the stuff that was actually good was the stuff that most people listened to.

    Show em how its done BOOGIEMAN

  • 11 people just think VEVO sucks

  • MOS DEF = HIP HOP KING

  • the bass keeps the beat staying funky and you can't help but smile at the end

  • DOPISH MOS DEF

  • very unique clip as well

  • This song is truth at its best. Definitely creates Justice for hip hop!

  • NICe

  • The piano section is perfection...

  • @masterwilkes UR NOT WRONG!!

  • OHHH!

    I just noticed that was the Dots and Dashs where In Morse Code!

  • I wish More FEMALES were into this Hip-Hop!..& not just concerned about what they can shake their ass too. FEMALES that actually listen to lyrics. Most females are just groupies now and only listen to a artist cause they "good looking" or whatever reason. & what's even worse the artist they like are disrespecting them in most of the songs. when have you ever head Mos disrespect women in his music?..I can't recall. it's usually trying to uplift them. But yet this gets no shine.

  • @6angelo9 how old are you? Cuz I felt the same way till I went to college. Idk if it's the same at all schools, but at my school most of the smart girls who are good looking are into good hip-hop and good music in general.

  • @6angelo9 dog i get what ur sayin it was that way at my school before it let out an there was this chick i liked an went with i thought she had a good taste in music just cause she played the piano but she played me an she was just like the rest

  • @6angelo9 because gold is rare

  • @6angelo9 Well im a chick and i LOVVVVVEEE this shit!!!

    

  • @6angelo9 Damn right family! We dissected Umi Says now THAT is a track everyone should listen to. So damn positive.

  • @6angelo9 I like good lyrics I can shake my ass to.....

  • @6angelo9  I love Mos, but damn he is FINE. Those dimples ;o)

  • @6angelo9 hes so smart with music so lyrical and real and i appreciate it absolutely .)

  • @6angelo9 im a female, 16 and i fuckin love hiphop. not all this lil wayne shite on the radio, REAL hiphop with REAL lyrics. mos def, immortal technique, biggie smalls. and UK hiphop of course cos thats where im from.

  • @6angelo9

    i know like one other chick that loves mos def as much as i do the others are trying to "dougie" or some crap

    your word arre so true

  • @6angelo9 That's a rash, general statement to make based on the few hundreds of females you see (or worse, that you haven't actually seen, but just hear about) following "rappers" and acting like groupies - as they're usually one in the same. That's like saying that most women that love sports only love it because they want to marry a sports professional. Statements like that only showcase ignorance and prejudice.

  • @6angelo9 @Animefreak242

    It is a shame that Mos Def and those like him don't get more press, but it's for a reason (not to mention, the press they do get is solid). They aren't, nor do they want to be mainstream musicians funded my corporations. THAT's why they aren't pushed into the bright lights of fame too often - b/c their music isn't about notoriety and glamor. It's about the message. Those open to it, understand it. Those that aren't... Well, they bemoan that which they think artists lack.

  • @6angelo9 Cause He fucking awesome. lol

  • @6angelo9 Females are into this kind of hip-hop, we're just not loud about it like hipsters are loud and proud, jeez. Lots of females are into real beats, real lyrics, we're actually the quiet backbone of this movement.

  • Genius song. Genius video. Incredible.

  • Dear Vevo, Let me start by sayin get your corporate asses off youtube! Ever since these big companies started paying off youtube so they could post their friggin videos we can't post ours. We are flagged for infringement evry time we include a song we like in our videos.

    This is YOUtube, the place where we can post OUR videos. If we wanted to listen to music from you wed go to your damn website.

    To people who want greedy corporates gone thumbs up and copy and paste to all vevo

  • Banda Black Rio's magical, sparkling rhythms. Mos Def's otherworldly flow and verbiage. A director's exquisite vision of words made tangible. Spectacular. Simply spectacular.

  • Geniussss. All time favorite rap artist.

  • @aftabshawn YEEEEEE!

  • i was JAAAMMMIN to this earlier while playing pokemon pearl IM A GEEK!!!

  • THIS FEELS WONDEROUS !!!!!!!

  • Nikki, says she is the real Miss Fat Booty..Check out Toms Toms (to) KING. Undisputed?

  • mos def one of the best good shit not wanna be gangster like 50 lil weezy ti and all them fucks who think they hard..

  • I love pianos at the end of songs -- especially when combined with hip hop! I just didn't want it to stop. Anyone know where I can hear more hip hop/piano stuff or just cool paino stuff in general that's not classical music (which is great, but not what I'm going after at the moment)? Thanks. Go Mos!

  • 11 people don't know good music.

  • Mos one of the sickest cats doing it.

    I can see why a lotta cats don't like him, shit's on like a higher plain you dig? He's so different 'cause while a lotta cats were listening to the same shit, Def was knockin' John Coltrane and Miles. Def one of my favorites.

    Search Eddie Pesos "Nothing Like Me" and "Hayley", Puerto Rock kid from PA droppin' ill joints on the mic.

  • This was Directed by Chike and Coodie from Creative Control

  • I love these guys and others like him like Talib kweli Lupe Fiasco Common

    and even Kanye West, he is very misunderstood but Kanye has endless creativity so don't get mad at him for his ego he understands he has an issue

    still all these rappers (except Kanye) aren't popular enough we need to help spread these rappers and cure the ignorance

  • @waki1996

    You're right... Kanye gets alot of crap, but he is extremely creative. His first 2 albums are classic in my opinion

  • I love def ... the day that Def in mainstream hip hop with no change in the lyrical value is the day the black community has unity

  • Too Dope Forreal And This A "Yung 90's Baby" Letting All Yall Know ! STR8 BROOKLYN NIGGA

  • Mos Def + Black Banda Rio = AWESOME!

  • He's a musician, an everchanging artist. To label him a rapper is a monstrous disrepect.

  • I love Mos Def, his music is real and makes you wanna nod ya head

  • Dont get why ppl compare Common to Def...Def is way doper

  • Mos has always been a sentimental favorite emcee of mine. I say sentimental just because many wouldnt put him their personal list of top emcees. Hes def on my list. Mos has been one of the most versatile since rise to fame in the mid to late 90s.

  • i fuckin better see the star in april

  • Absolutely amazing.

  • mos is so damn talented.  THIS is hip-hop. it gets no better.

  • 11 people need to start eating turkey bacon

  • Though I am a fan of Jay-Z, I feel like at any given moment I can drop at least 5 reasons why Mos Def is better than Hov.

  • Im an artist that strives to be like mos def with his realness and lyrics...check me out and let me know what you think.

  • All around opinion -- WIN. The track is hot from the lyrics to the beat to the atmosphere of the video. Lol i damn near screamed out at work when he started spitting Morse code.

  • I'm totally digging the editing. Don't get me wrong, the rap is pretty awesome, but I'm a film kind of guy.

  • one word.....REAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • The piano at the end makes me want to cry.

  • If you don't recognize the art when you see it...clean your glasses. He's spitting out dots and dashes to words and phrases ...Morse Code y'all! Don't be embarrased; Google it.  Educate yourselves...isn't that what hip hop is all about?

  • I WISH THIS GUY WAS PART OF MY FAMILY DEN I CUD SAY YEA I AM OF GREATNESS

  • Mos Def is the GOAT and Ecstatic will be remembered as the greatest album of all time. It is the most revolutionary and innovative hip hop album ever made.

    There's a lot of rappers that make dope tracks.

    There are a few rappers who make gems.

    Mos Def is one of a handful that makes beautiful music.

  • I need help trying to understand how good he is, I dont see it. Everytime hes in a song with other people I like, I feel like his verse is plain and basic. I wanna learn the greats of him. Help lol

  • @BludStatic123 just google the lyrics to this song the hook of this song spells out why he is so epic.

  • amazing all that needs to be said. MOS DEF hip hop legend

  • Is it me..... or is birdmans head look like a fucking alien?

  • I feel like Mos Def and Q-Tip should do a song together

  • @mikebarros6 they did, on BOBS. It's called Mr. Nigga.

  • Y isnt this played over the radio rather than the young money team, trey songz, and the other 5 artist the play over and over again

  • Mos Def = the greatest

  • Real shit.

  • beast

  • i swear if i see another advertisement im going to punch someone!

    *sees an advertisement*

    UUURRRGH, OH FK SORRY BABE!

  • @endtodre Download ad block plus and you will never see another ad on youtube again.

  • i would love to see a mainstream rapper to freestyle to this beat

  • @allkoolaid SERIOUSLY!!!

  • beautiful song

  • @VINCEJisSONiCtheMC Dude you're nothing like Mos Def, your song sucks, I feel like I've heard your beat already cuz its the same shit on the radio

  • @doomroot13 What the hell are you talking about?

  • @doomroot13 Some people like me, others wont. We all have out haters kid

  • @VINCEJisSONiCtheMC I'm not a hater, just don't say you're similar to Mos Def, Talib, etc, cuz you aren't

  • @doomroot13 Just dont say i suck when its pretty clear i dont. 

  • @VINCEJisSONiCtheMC Well I wouldn't say you're very good

  • @doomroot13 Yet others do, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion so thats fine.

  • 10 people must be fans of the monkey lil wayne

  • Talib and Mos have definetly rubbed off on each other. If you watch Talib's: Hot Thing video, you might see the resemblense in the way the music videos are done. I'll try and see if you guys can catch it yourselves. ;)

  • Fire...

  • BEDSTUY FOREVER U OTHER RAP WEENIES OR SLAVES TO THE SYSTEM JEWELRY HOES AND CARS AND EVEN MONEY GET SOME ENLIGHTMENT