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Did you know Mos Def released an album last year? That’s quite alright if you didn’t, as the 10-track collaborative effort with producer Ferrari Sheppard titled Dec 99th snuck by with minimal mainstream fanfare in 2016’s final days.

As hype slowly brewed over the course of the artist now known as Yasiin Bey’s seven-year sabbatical, few fans believed his new music would ever see the light of day. The sudden announcement and subsequent release would ignite a brief jolt of excitement from his remaining fanbase, but what followed ultimately disappointed. His long-awaited new creation offered what Pitchfork referred to as “by far the worst thing he’s ever released,” burdening listeners with uninspired moaning and little else over the course of 40 minutes.