Dude's done so many projects that he refuses to drop, it's crazy.
Hi-Tek said he had mad music with Mos from like '97, when he was working with Mike Zoot, that never saw the light of day. He said he thinks if Mos put out his unreleased sh*t it would be classic like BOBS. Shawn J has a lot of music with Mos that never came out too. I don’t understand that dude.
he really has.
i believe that, 100%
remember back when he was working with Dame and doing the BlackRoc project? which actually did get released, lol
i remember yasiin saying he got unreleased music with DOOM, Madlib and of course, the Mannie Fresh produced album, "As Promised"
back when he was promoting his album, Negus, look at what he said in this interview with VIBE magazine when asked about the Mannie Fresh produced album:
"I have these really special projects. I still have them—Black Star, Mannie Fresh, stuff with me and DOOM on the low. I have stuff with me and Madlib, I work with Glasper and Trill. But it’s all for me, and solely for me, it’s about a matter of placement. Where things go. For me, these works are living organisms. Putting them in the proper environment is just as key as making useful work. So for me, where it goes is just as important as what it is, particularly at this point. To some degree or another, it’s always been that way for me. Who are our partners in this? What are our shared objectives and goals? How are we looking at this? Are we making the same movie, film, album, concert? What are the principles of importance to us as a group? Individually, but as we come together to do this thing because all of it is a collaborative and community effort. None of this happens in a vacuum; it requires the effort of a lot of people, and many people attached to those people. It’s this ecosystem, and that’s why I’ve been very careful, particularly with the works over the last six to seven years, since 2011-2012. Where are we putting what we do? Let’s really explore the options available to us, be patient, and pick the most suitable situation that achieves good aims that we can all participate in, feel good about, and leave feeling good about. We want to have success, we want it to be viable business, we want clear proof of concept. We want to be proud of what we do. But at the same time, it’s no rush. As it’s been said to me, things of quality have no fear of time. It feels like it’s all coming together."
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Yasiin Bey speaks to VIBE about his listening installation 'Negus,' why he's been sitting on unreleased music, and how he's not in a war against streaming.
www.vibe.com