Mos Def - Auditorium (featuring Slick Rick) [Audio]

[jessekalz]

Lost this song for 10 years N now found it today. Such a good tune.

[crimmycrimmy]

Shame it's not on spotify, nevertheless probably one of the best rap songs I've ever listened to.

[connormurphy]

For anybody who's curious that first audio clip at 3:27 is from the 1966 film "The Battle of Algiers". He's speaking the Algerian dialect of Arabic and saying "this one doesn't win, this one doesn't win, this one doesn't win, this one wins, ok, this one doesn't win, this one doesn't win". It's from a scene in the opening where a guy is running a game of cards on the street then gets put away by the cops.

Then, the kid says "men have two faces. One is smiling, one is crying." The man responds "they sent you?" "Yes, they sent me. Here, take this".

[bmt]

Mos Def first verse is possibly the greatest rap performance I've ever heard. The lyrics, flow, cadances, delivery, just the pure poetry of it. Just absolutely breath taking. That beat is just mesmerising. One of the best songs I've ever heard. Pure masterpiece

[pathogenss]

this song is the definition of rap and beatmaking itself. no one tops MadLib for his beats, no one tops Mos Def and Slick Rick for their writing and rapping.

[steventaylor]

One of the best rap beats ever crafted

[Llekamania]

This instrumental always gives me mad goosebumps. We are gonna keep bumping this classic til infinity and beyond ❤

[jillionjangles]

Mos def was probably the most underrated rapper of the 90s and 2000s

[shloop]

Been having this song on repeat for a week and it still hits da same

[pkdnduw]

To Me Being a Gangster Was Better Than Being Footboller.

~ Quincy Promes

[Heisenberk.]

This song is beyond rap, this is art itself in the purest form. Such a special piece of music.

[princehector]

All of drake’s work put together can’t touch this classic song and beautiful substance, flow, beat, story telling!

[therealitzatrap]

Wow. How have I never heard this before. MASTERPIECE!

[mariesantiesteban]

This doesn’t get old for me ever. Always a fan of slick. He killed it

[domgill]

Glad this son got some more spotlight, remember finding it about 6 year ago straight banger

[tim]

One of the most recognizable and at the same time most hard slapping rap beats I have ever come across.
The bass coming in at the beginning is just an excellent addition to the beat, let alone whatever comes after it.

[Patachannel]

Can listen to this 75 million times and will always give me goosebumps. Legend

[ahmed.k]

I don’t know how I have missed this gorgeous as artpiece, the way they just flow with so much ease and relaxed, it doesn’t even matter what they are rapping about but it still sounds so gooood with their wordplay. Wow

[everestvladi]

Peace, peace, peace, peace, peace, peace
Power
Uh
Madlib-erator
Def operator
Rock the data
Amazin' flavor

Yo, the way I feel — sometimes it's too hard to sit still
Things are so passionate, times are so real
Sometimes I try and chill, mellow down, blowin' smoke
Smile on my face, but it's really no joke
You feel it in the street, the people breathe without hope
They goin' through the motion, they dimmin' down the focus
The focus get cleared then the light turn sharp
And the eyes go teary, the mind grow weary
I speak it so clearly, sometimes y'all don't hear me
I push it past the bass, know nations gotta feel me
I feel it in my bones, black, I'm so wide awake
That I'm hardly ever 'sleep, my flow forever deep
And it's volumes of scriptures when I breathe on a beat
My presence speak volumes before I say a word
I'm everywhere — penthouse, pavement and curb
Cradle to the grave, tall cathedral or a cell
Universal ghetto life — holla, black, you know it well
Quiet storm, vital form, pen pushed it right across
Mind is a vital force, high level right across
Soul is the lion's roar, voice is the siren
I swing 'round, ring out, and bring down the tyrant
Chop a small axe and knock a giant lopsided
The world is so dangerous, there's no need for fightin'
Suckas tryin' to hide like the struggle won't find 'em
Then the sun bust through the clouds to clearly remind 'em
It's everywhere — penthouse, pavement and curb
Cradle to the grave, tall cathedral or a cell
Universal ghetto life — holla, black, you know it well

What it is, you know, they know
What it is, we know, y'all know
What it is, ecstatic, there it is
What it is, you know, we know
What it is, they know, y'all know
What it is, you don't know? Here it is!
What it is, you know, we know
What it is, they know, y'all know
What it is, you don't know? Here it is!

Ecstatic! (En punto)
Peace, power
Fantastic
So original
And always on time and rockin' ya mind (Ruler!)

[Slick Rick:]
Sit and come relax, riddle of the mack
It's the patch, I'm a soldier in the middle of Iraq
Well, say, about noon-ish, comin' out the whip
And lookin at me curious, a young Iraqi kid
Carryin' laundry, "What's wrong, G? Hungry?"
"No, gimme my oil or get fuck out my country"
And in Arabian barkin' other stuff ("Jihad!")
'Til his moms come grab him and they walk off in a rush
Distrust, feelin' like I've pissed upon wound
I'm like, "Surely hope that we can fix our differences soon!" (Bye!)
Buyin' apples, I'm breakin' on, "You take everythin'
Why not just take the damn food, black bastard?"
I don't understand it, on another planet?
15-months of this stuff, how I'm gonna manage?
And increasin' the sentiment
Gentlemen gettin' down on their Middle Eastern instruments
Realized trapped in this crap
Walk over, kicked one of my fabulous raps ("La-Di-Da-Di")
Arab jaw drop, they well wish, they glad rap
Now the kid considered like an Elvis of Baghdad

[smokenmirrors]

This beat still go crazy....both of these legends went off 🔥🔥🔥