Afternoon Video: Mos Def on DOOM

This is without a doubt the best video I've come across in a few days, and nicely supplement's this morning's DOOM post.  It's Mos Def - in studio during a recording session for his upcoming album The Ecstatic - dropping DOOM rhyme after DOOM rhyme in his own style.  He quotes a number of DOOM tracks, mostly from the MF Doom album MM...Food - "Rapp Snitch Knishes", "Beef Rapp", "Deep Fried Frenz", "Kookies", etc.  

What I like most about the video is that Def is clearly impressed by Doom's lyrical skills, and has spent enough time listening to Doom that he can just rattle off lyrics off the top of his head.  Mos Def's flow is really different from Doom's controlled growl, and highlights the internal rhymes of the writing.  Hearing Def drop some of these lyrics brought me to appreciate Doom's lyricism even more - and inspired me to listen to MM...Food like three times yesterday.  

It's awesome to hear a star be awestruck by another artist.  You can hear a pin drop in the studio when Def is rhyming - I've watched this video a number of times and I'm still impressed by it.

A couple of the quoted tracks - compare the flows and see what lines you can spot:

MF Doom - Rapp Snitch Knishes (f. Mr. Fantastik) (YSI) (filesavr)

MF Doom - Kookies (YSI) (filesavr)