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The New Danger by Mos Def

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Tracklist

    Track     Duration Listeners
1 The Boogie Man Song (Album Version (Explicit)) 2:23 166
2 Freaky Black Greetings (Album Version (Explicit)) 2:20 122
3 Ghetto Rock (Album Version (Explicit)) 3:53 186
4 Zimzallabim (Album Version (Explicit)) 3:43 99
5 The Rape Over (Album Version (Explicit)) 1:34 26
6 Blue Black Jack 5:46 27,078
7 Bedstuy Parade & Funeral March 4:33 12,119
8 Sex, Love & Money (Album Version (Explicit)) 4:10 174
9 Sunshine (Album Version (Explicit)) 4:26 126
10 Close Edge (Album Version (Explicit)) 3:10 113
11 The Panties 4:11 47,586
12 War (Album Version (Explicit)) 3:07 85
13 Grown Man Business (Album Version (Explicit)) 3:24 76
14 Modern Marvel (Album Version (Explicit)) 9:20 67
15 Life Is Real (Album Version (Explicit)) 3:11 78
16 The Easy Spell (Album Version (Explicit)) 5:33 67
17 The Beggar 5:20 30,635
18 Champion Requiem (Album Version (Explicit)) 4:54 69
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About this album

Universal Music Division Def Jam Recordings France (2004) Released: 11 Nov 2004 18 tracks (74:58)
The New Danger is the second studio album by American hip hop artist Mos Def, released October 19, 2004 on Rawkus and Geffen Records in the United States. The album was also released in Canada and continental Europe through Geffen, and it featured distribution in the United Kingdom on Island Records. It is the follow-up to his breakthrough solo effort Black on Both Sides (1999), after which he further involved himself in a film and stage career.

Production for the album was handled by Mos Def, Kanye West, 88 Keys, Minnesota, Warryn Campbell, and Psycho Les. Primarily a hip hop album, it also exhibits musical styles such jazz, blues, and rock music with an experimental, jam session-atmosphere. It also features contributions from Mos Def’s rock musical project Black Jack Johnson, which was named after boxing champion Jack Johnson and consists of guitarist Dr. Know, keyboardist Bernie Worrell, bassist Doug Wimbish, and drummer Will Calhoun. Upon release, The New Danger received generally mixed or average reviews from music critics, based on an aggregate score of 59/100 from Metacritic. Critics of the album were divided in their responses by its uneveness and sprawl.
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  • G0dL0vesUgly

    This album defines Mos Def's badassness

    yesterday morning

  • G0dL0vesUgly

    Ridiculously underrated... [3] For real, this has every one of Mos' styles on it, my fav Mos album and i think his most interesting album

    yesterday morning

  • bitch_slap

    Ridiculously underrated... [2]

    March 2012

  • reeperdotcom

    Ridiculously underrated...

    October 2011

  • hotterthanjuly

    Severely underrated album.

    September 2011

  • k0narti5t

    I like this album from Mos the most. Favourite song from this joint is Sunshine.

    August 2011

  • Music-Ninja

    Excellent Album by the Boogie Men.

    August 2011

  • VerbalImaginary

    This album gets too much hate. It's fucking great. And unique.

    July 2011

  • BSMUSICSMC

    1 OF THE BEST MOS DEF ALBUMS!!! PEACE LOVE SMC BC SW

    May 2011

  • StickyFinga

    Why? Is Google no friend of yours?

    May 2011

  • zeeshannabi

    mos def kickin it.

    April 2011

  • j_morrison

    Modern Marvel is one of the best things that I've ever heard.

    November 2010

  • DEATHINFIREX

    Probably his best.

    November 2010

  • dillastarr

    Incredible

    November 2010

  • SaintBrown

    My favorite album of hip-hop......... forever

    September 2010

  • editwikipedia

    these niggas wanna be pistol pete without the penalty

    September 2010

  • jiggawut

    Ghetto Rock!

    August 2010

  • street_dawg

    One of the best hip-hop albums of the past decade. [2]

    June 2010

  • AceOfSpades24

    Mos Def was obviously making an album for himself here, kind of as a testing ground. He basically experiments with tons of different stuff and makes whatever the hell he wants. A lot different from his other work, but I admire him for trying something new and different and making it great.

    May 2010

  • dgk3188

    wouldn't really call it hip-hop...mos was definitely experimenting with something new on this album. amazing album though

    May 2010
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