Dec 13, 2006 0
true magic
“it’s good, but it’s no {black on both sides|reflection eternal|illmatic|things fall apart|ressurection|etc…}”
it’s a little irritating when a qualitative analysis of an artist’s work is almost entirely a function of past output; setting up an idealized “golden era,” a reproduction of which is impossible. that being said, when mos def puts out a new album, i think i might suffer from a different kind of interpretive ailment: my loyalty to his art leaves it unquestioned. i take each album as a masterpiece unto itself.
still though, i never stop looking for the next “umi says,” a song which will go down as one of my all time faves (i’d put it on a backtomine or latenighttales compilation if i ever get commissioned to make one). on his latest album, i think i found something that makes me feel the same way ‘umi says’ does, here it is:
