polyphony.

sketch lyrics so visual, they rent my rhyme books in your nearest home video.



that line is from mos def's black on both sides album, the song title- speed law.


mos is one of my favorite mcs for a plethora of reasons. he crafts incredibly intelligent verses, has a very distinct yet smooth delivery, can tell a story in song a and then just drop a dope battle verse in song b... sometimes his socio-political messages are a bit abrasive, but a few listens and you'll know the words, and even want to sing along. he basically does what he wants with a larger scope of the english language than most other mcs, and he's fuckin' good at it.

another reason why i like him alot: holie crap, dude's got style.


style out the Ass.

cause, i mean, that's me an' shit. you know? i got style. i can't always capitalize on my stylistic endeavors, i mean, i got expensive taste- but the way he pulls it off is very inspiring. i dunno, he can dress. what.

more importantly, though, and probably the most attractive thing about him is that he has his hand in a lot of shit, not just simply rapping. yeah, i wrote about this before in the old diary, but i'm saying it again cuz this is pt. 2 of a 3 part series about my favorite mcs.

but yeah.

as far as music is concerned, he has a rock band out, not sure how good they are, but i trust that improvements on whatever their sound is are probably inevitabe. he sings. he plays the keys/bass guitar/drums. then on top of that, he acts. relatively good, too. he was in a play,Topdog/Underdog (which i missed, and was thoro'ly pissed about). i just think that is really dope, and it's inspired me to avoid pigeonholing myself to one aspect of my dreams. even if i'm dope as 2 fucks, who says i can't be dope outside of mcing?

so yeah.

mighty mos is the fuckin' man.