![]() Unsurprisingly, the hottest moments tend to come when Mos sticks to what he does best. The grooves and riffs are basic (of the dull variety), and the vocals rarely surpass echo-heavy shouts of "Let's go!" "Come with it!" and "F*ck you, pay me!" As poor as those songs are, the lowest point of the album is "The Rape Over," a rewrite of Jay-Z's "The Takeover" that jacks Kanye West's beat from same that, for all its sharp rage, is ruined by the line "Quasi-homosexuals is running this rap sh*t" (it's not a boast). While that's a deadly cast of support, those guests seem to have gone into this inspired more by the negligible rap-meets-rock Judgment Night soundtrack than their own past work. Know (Bad Brains), and keyboardist Bernie Worrell (Parliament/Funkadelic). A handful of songs from this 75-minute affair feature Black Jack Johnson, the rock band Mos set up with some very respected musicians: bassist Doug Wimbish (Sugar Hill house band, Living Colour), drummer Will Calhoun (Living Colour), guitarist Dr. Mos Def's second solo album is not disastrous, but it's a sprawling, overambitious mess. When it takes you five years to follow up a debut of near-landmark stature, you're setting yourself up for failure. Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs. ![]()
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