The Ecstatic

~ Release by Mos Def (see all versions of this release, 5 available)

Tracklist

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#	Title	Artist	Length
1	Supermagic recording engineer and mixer: Jan “OdubD” Fairchild executive producer: Yasiin Dante Terrell Smith Bey producer: Oh No remixer: Preservation phonographic copyright (℗) by: Downtown Music, LLC recorded at: The Record Plant in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States mixed at: The Groove Machine in Los Angeles, California, United States samples: Heartbeat (12" Party version) by Taana Gardner, Heavy by Oh No, İnce İnce by Selda and Selah by Poor Righteous Teachers recording of: Supermagic writer: Michael Jackson	Mos Def	2:32
2	Twilite Speedball recording engineer: Danny Betancourt and Jan “OdubD” Fairchild executive producer: Yasiin Dante Terrell Smith Bey producer: Chad Hugo mixer: Jan “OdubD” Fairchild remixer: Preservation phonographic copyright (℗) by: Downtown Music, LLC recorded at: Hovercraft Recording Studios in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States and The Record Plant in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States mixed at: The Groove Machine in Los Angeles, California, United States samples: GhettoMusick by OutKast recording of: Twilite Speedball writer: Chad Hugo	Mos Def	3:02
3	Auditorium recording engineer and mixer: Jan “OdubD” Fairchild additional engineer: Sayyd Droullard assistant engineer: Myron Kingsbury executive producer: Yasiin Dante Terrell Smith Bey producer: Madlib remixer: Preservation guest performer: Slick Rick the Ruler phonographic copyright (℗) by: Downtown Music, LLC recorded at: The Record Plant in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States mixed at: The Groove Machine in Los Angeles, California, United States samples: Get It Right by Madlib, La Di Da Di by Slick Rick feat. Doug E. Fresh and Movie Finale by Madlib recording of: Auditorium writer: Otis Jackson Jr. and Ricky Walters	Mos Def feat. Slick Rick	4:34
4	Wahid recording engineer and mixer: Jan “OdubD” Fairchild executive producer: Yasiin Dante Terrell Smith Bey producer: Madlib remixer: Preservation phonographic copyright (℗) by: Downtown Music, LLC recorded at: The Record Plant in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States mixed at: The Groove Machine in Los Angeles, California, United States samples: Pass the Dutchie by Musical Youth and The Rip Off (Scene 3) by Madlib recording of: Wahid writer: Otis Jackson Jr.	Mos Def	1:39
5	Priority additional recording engineer: Josh Blair recording engineer and mixer: Jan “OdubD” Fairchild executive producer: Yasiin Dante Terrell Smith Bey producer: Preservation additional vocals: Josh Blair remixer: Preservation phonographic copyright (℗) by: Downtown Music, LLC additionally recorded at: Sphere Studios in London, England, United Kingdom recorded at: The Record Plant in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States mixed at: The Groove Machine in Los Angeles, California, United States samples: Flower by Bobby Hebb recording of: Priority writer: Sandy Baron, Jean Daval and Bobby Hebb	Mos Def	1:22
6	Quiet Dog (Bite Hard) recording engineer and mixer: Jan “OdubD” Fairchild executive producer: Yasiin Dante Terrell Smith Bey producer: Preservation remixer: Preservation phonographic copyright (℗) by: Downtown Music, LLC recorded at: The Record Plant in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States mixed at: The Groove Machine in Los Angeles, California, United States samples: Rapper's Delight by The Sugarhill Gang and Saturday Night Style by Mikey Dread recording of: Quiet Dog (Bite Hard) writer: Jean Daval	Mos Def	2:57
7	Life in Marvelous Times recording engineer and mixer: Jan “OdubD” Fairchild additional engineer: Josh Grant and Zack Hancock executive producer: Yasiin Dante Terrell Smith Bey producer: Mr. Flash remixer: Preservation phonographic copyright (℗) by: Downtown Music, LLC recorded at: The Record Plant in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States mixed at: The Groove Machine in Los Angeles, California, United States additionally engineered at: Downtown Music Studios in SoHo, New York, New York, United States samples: Champions (feat. TTC) by Mr. Flash recording of: Life in Marvelous Times writer: Gilles Bousquet	Mos Def	3:41
8	The Embassy recording engineer and mixer: Jan “OdubD” Fairchild executive producer: Yasiin Dante Terrell Smith Bey producer: Mr. Flash remixer: Preservation phonographic copyright (℗) by: Downtown Music, LLC recorded at: The Record Plant in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States mixed at: The Groove Machine in Los Angeles, California, United States samples: The Joy of Lina (Farha) by Ihsan Al Munzer recording of: The Embassy writer: Gilles Bousquet and Ihsan Al Munzer	Mos Def	2:45
9	No hay nada mas recording engineer: Fernando Aponte, Sayyd Droullard and Jan “OdubD” Fairchild executive producer: Yasiin Dante Terrell Smith Bey producer: Preservation mixer: Jan “OdubD” Fairchild remixer: Preservation phonographic copyright (℗) by: Downtown Music, LLC recorded at: Downtown Music Studios in SoHo, New York, New York, United States and The Record Plant in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States mixed at: The Groove Machine in Los Angeles, California, United States recording of: No hay nada mas writer: Jean Daval	Mos Def	1:42
10	Pistola recording engineer and mixer: Jan “OdubD” Fairchild executive producer: Yasiin Dante Terrell Smith Bey producer: Oh No remixer: Preservation phonographic copyright (℗) by: Downtown Music, LLC recorded at and mixed at: The Record Plant in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States samples: Cowboys to Girls by The Intruders and In the Rain by The Wooden Glass feat. Billy Wooten recording of: Pistola writer: Anthony Hester and Michael Jackson	Mos Def	3:03
11	Pretty Dancer recording engineer and mixer: Jan “OdubD” Fairchild executive producer: Yasiin Dante Terrell Smith Bey producer: Madlib remixer: Preservation phonographic copyright (℗) by: Downtown Music, LLC recorded at: The Record Plant in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States mixed at: The Groove Machine in Los Angeles, California, United States samples: Don't Smoke Dope, Fry Your Hair! by Franklyn Ajaye and Super Erótica by The Magnetic Sounds recording of: Pretty Dancer writer: Otis Jackson Jr.	Mos Def	3:31
12	Workers Comp recording engineer and mixer: Jan “OdubD” Fairchild additional engineer: Josh Grant executive producer: Yasiin Dante Terrell Smith Bey producer: Mr. Flash remixer: Preservation phonographic copyright (℗) by: Downtown Music, LLC recorded at: The Record Plant in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States mixed at: The Groove Machine in Los Angeles, California, United States samples: If This World Were Mine by Love Unlimited recording of: Workers Comp writer: Gilles Bousquet and Marvin Gaye	Mos Def	2:02
13	Revelations recording engineer and mixer: Jan “OdubD” Fairchild executive producer: Yasiin Dante Terrell Smith Bey producer: Madlib remixer: Preservation phonographic copyright (℗) by: Downtown Music, LLC recorded at: The Record Plant in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States mixed at: The Groove Machine in Los Angeles, California, United States samples: 9mm Goes Bang by Boogie Down Productions, Long Red by Mountain and Savage Beast (instrumental) by Madvillain recording of: Revelations writer: Michael Drake and Otis Jackson Jr.	Mos Def	2:03
14	Roses recording engineer: Sayyd Droullard, Jan “OdubD” Fairchild and Georgia Anne Muldrow additional engineer: Myron Kingsbury executive producer: Yasiin Dante Terrell Smith Bey producer: Georgia Anne Muldrow mixer: Jan “OdubD” Fairchild remixer: Preservation guest performer: Georgia Anne Muldrow phonographic copyright (℗) by: Downtown Music, LLC recorded at: Downtown Music Studios in SoHo, New York, New York, United States and The Record Plant in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States mixed at: The Groove Machine in Los Angeles, California, United States samples: Roses, Part 2 by Georgia Anne Muldrow recording of: Roses writer: Georgia Anne Muldrow	Mos Def feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow	3:41
15	History recording engineer and mixer: Jan “OdubD” Fairchild executive producer: Yasiin Dante Terrell Smith Bey producer: J Dilla remixer: Preservation guest performer: Talib Kweli phonographic copyright (℗) by: Downtown Music, LLC recorded at: The Record Plant in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States mixed at: The Groove Machine in Los Angeles, California, United States samples: Beautiful Struggle by Talib Kweli, Juicy by The Notorious B.I.G. and Two Lovers by Mary Wells recording of: History writer: James Yancey, Mary Wells Womack, Talib K. Greene and Zekkariyas	Mos Def feat. Talib Kweli	2:21
16	Casa Bey additional recording engineer: Ben Yonas recording engineer and mixer: Jan “OdubD” Fairchild executive producer: Yasiin Dante Terrell Smith Bey producer: Mos Def remixer: Preservation arranger: Dante Smith and Preservation phonographic copyright (℗) by: Downtown Music, LLC video copyrighted (©) by: Downtown Music, LLC additionally recorded at: Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California, United States recorded at: The Record Plant in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States mixed at: The Groove Machine in Los Angeles, California, United States samples: Casa forte by Banda Black Rio and Introduction by James Brown recording of: Casa Bey writer: Dante Smith and Eduardo Lobo	Mos Def	4:32

Credits

Release

mastering:	Bernie Grundman

mastered at:	Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/1805923 [info]
ASIN:	US: B001GSV3F6 [info]

Release group

remixes:	The REcstatic by Yasiin Bey

part of:	Grammy Award: Best Rap Album nominees (number: 2010) (order: 74)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/150399 [info]
reviews:	https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/h454 [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/mos_def/the_ecstatic/ [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/291319/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000801426 [info]
Wikidata:	Q7731535 [info]