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Yasiin Bey, on the other hand, fails to send chills down your spine, even with a blade in his pocket. It’s impressive for a guy more famous for his tweets than his beats. Sheppard’s production is dark, eery and ever-so-slightly chopped and screwed as if Mobb Deep relocated to Houston.

I’ll be honest, I struggled to find three new songs I loved off this thing, but in the context of the album, “Blade In the Pocket” is still one of the better tracks. If you listened to any of the previously released singles-“N.A.W.,” “Local Time,” “Tall Sleeves” and “Seaside Panic Room”-I’m afraid to say you’ve already heard most of the best moments this album has to offer. Three Standout Songs: Blade In the Pocket In which case, consider this the beginning of the end of Yasiin Bey, Mighty Mos Def, the original Pretty Flacko-one of the greatest, if not enigmatic MCs of all time. 10 songs, one producer, zero features.ĭecember 99th was thought to be Yasiin Bey’s final album but now appears to be the first of three farewell projects-preceding Negus In Natural Person and As Promised, his long-awaited collaboration with Mannie Fresh-before he retires for good next year. Until yesterday (December 21), when December 99th appeared on TIDAL (the only place you can legally stream it) out of the blue.