Yesterday, Mos Def stopped by Hot 97 for an interview with Angie Martinez during her radio show. There to promote his new album, “The Ecstatic,” the conversation quickly turned to the video that popped up on Youtube in March (see below) in which Mos challenged Jay-Z and Lil Wayne to a MC battle. Taking it a step further during his conversation with Ang, Mos proposed a “Battle of New Orleans”:

“The battle would take place at the Superdome in New Orleans and would settle all discussion. There would be a variety of battles, including the marching bands from Grambling and Morgan State duking it out, breakers from Korea going against those from France, a battle of the beats between Swizz Beatz and Kanye West, and finally an MC battle between teams of five.

‘My dream team would be myself, Black Thought, MF Doom, Jay Electronica and Nas,’ Mos Def said. ‘I was saying for Jay, or somebody like Jay, or Kanye, or whoever, put you and your four together, and we’ll go at it.’” (MTV News)

I’m almost sure all of this was said in jest since it’s not like Mos to call out other rappers, but I would walk from the Bronx to New Orleans in a clown suit and some pink pumps to see that battle if it ever happened, LMAO!!!

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