Did love Travellin Man tho. I guess i wasnt really old enough to grasp his lyricism. But now that im older i understand how great he is not only as a lyricist but as a PERFORMER. People dont understand that rappers are "performers" also. Its not only about what you say, but HOW you say it also. Somebody said that in a Pac thread and it stuck with me. Pac & Mos are both trained actors so i think that helped them behind the mic
true. I consider his greatest verse to be the 2nd verse on mathematics. but his next best gotta be thieves in the nightCrazy u say that cuz i was not a Mos Def fan AT ALL coming up. I hated his voice too.
Mos, Common and Talib all dropped classics within that same year. I think Mos dropped in October of 99 and the other two in 2000.
. Copped all these on vinyl this year 
don't forget things fall apartMos, Common and Talib all dropped classics within that same year. I think Mos dropped in October of 99 and the other two in 2000.
Not to mention D'angelo dropping Voodoo in the same time span. That Soulquarians era was truly something special
true. I consider his greatest verse to be the 2nd verse on mathematics. but his next best gotta be thieves in the night
Yo, I'm sure that everybody out listening agree
That everything you see ain't really how it be
A lot of jokers out running in place, chasing the style
Be a lot going on beneath the empty smile
Most cats in my area be loving the hysteria
Synthesized surface conceals the interior
America, land of opportunity, mirages and camouflages
More than usually, speaking loudly
Saying nothing, you confusing me, you losing me
Your game is twisted, want me enlisted in your usury
Foolishly, most men join the ranks cluelessly
Buffoonishly accept the deception, believe the perception
Reflection rarely seen across the surface of the looking glass
Walking the street, wondering who they be looking past
Looking gassed with them imported designer shades on
Stars shine bright, but the light rarely stays on
Same song, just remixed, different arrangement
Put you on a yacht but they won't call it a slave ship
Strangeness, you don't control this, you barely hold this
Screaming "brand new", when they just sanitized the old shyt
Suppose it's, just another clever Jedi mind trick
That they been running across stars through all the time with
I find it's distressing, there's never no in-between
We either nikkas or Kings, we either bytches or Queens
The deadly ritual seems immersed in the perverse
Full of short attention spans, short tempers, and short skirts
Long barrel automatics released in short bursts
The length of black life is treated with short worth
Get yours first, them other nikkas secondary
That type of illing that be filling up the cemetery
This life is temporary but the soul is eternal
Separate the real from the lie, let me learn you
Not strong, only aggressive cause the power ain't directed
That's why we are subjected to the will of the oppressive
Not free, we only licensed,not live, we just exciting
Cause the captors own the masters to what we writing
Not compassionate, only polite, we well trained
Our sincerity's rehearsed in stage, it's just a game
Not good, but well behaved cause the camera survey
Most of the things that we think, do or say
We chasing after death just to call ourselves brave
But everyday, next man meet with the grave/Great
I give a damn if any fan recall my legacy
I'm trying to live life in the sight of God's memory like that y'all
What bout his verse on Respiration? For the longest i had Talib as the best verse but recently i switched over to Mos
yea that's another one. that's why I said prime for prime he might be the GOAT. he went head to head with prime common and talib and got em both.A true poet.
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/lyri...o-toe-with-any-song-in-hiphop-history.371331/
Skycrapers is colossus, the cost of livin is poposterous/
stay alive, you play or die----no options/
No Batman & Robin/
Cant tell between the cops and the robbers/
they both heartless, they ALL heartless, wit NO conscious/
backstreets stay darkened/
while unbelievin hearts stay hardened
Numbers is hard and real and they neva have feelins/
but you push too hard, even numbers got limits/
Why did 1 straw break the camels back? Here's the secret/
There's 1 million other straws underneath it
Its all mathematics
when i first heard it
Numbers is hard and real and they neva have feelins/
but you push too hard, even numbers got limits/
Why did 1 straw break the camels back? Here's the secret/
There's 1 million other straws underneath it
Its all mathematics
Numbers is hard and real and they neva have feelins/
but you push too hard, even numbers got limits/
Why did 1 straw break the camels back? Here's the secret/
There's 1 million other straws underneath it
Its all mathematics
the nikka is Mos Def everybody know him as Mos Def
his mama named him that
