Mos Def may have changed his name to Yasiin Bey (that shit cray!) but the voice is as both authoritative and fresh as it has ever sounded. He’s created a very different take on Jay-Z and Kanye West’s ubiquitous “Niggas In Paris” track and retitled it as “Niggas In Poorest.”
“What’s $50,000 to a nigga like me / more than my annual salary” is the standout line, along with the song-ending “Allah is in control.” That last part sounds pretty ominous coming from the same dude that was in Be Kind Rewind, don’tcha think? We miss yr MF Doom track, mang.
February 26, 2012 at 11:40 pm, Kelly Silverman said:
awesome
February 27, 2012 at 1:39 am, Jeremiah Vann said:
HIGHLY appropriate.
February 27, 2012 at 8:35 pm, Johnnie Johnson said:
Love it! "Poor So Hard"!
February 27, 2012 at 10:30 pm, Alyssa Young said:
"Poor So Hard".
February 28, 2012 at 6:39 am, Adam Fraser said:
Sick.
February 28, 2012 at 2:58 pm, Paul Banks said:
def. better than the original…
May 21, 2012 at 11:41 am, Listen to Yasiin Bey brighten up the dark on ‘Bey’ | Death and Taxes said:
[...] pick the stand out talent: Ace Hood, Chamillionaire, Lil’ Wyte, Tyga, Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) and Jim Jones.If your first question was, “Wait…Chamillionaire had a career after [...]