The Ecstatic
by Mos Def

The Ecstatic by Mos Def
Year: 2009
Release date: 2009-06-09
Overall rank: 2,840th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 142 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2009 (39th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (471st)
Award Best albums of all time (2,840th)

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Mos Def bestography

The Ecstatic is ranked 2nd best out of 4 albums by Mos Def on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Mos Def is Black On Both Sides which is ranked number 885 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,960.

Mos Def album bestography « Higher ranked (885th)
Black On Both Sides
This album (2,840th)
The Ecstatic
Lower ranked (2,840th) »
The Ecstatic

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The Ecstatic track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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The Ecstatic rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,840th | 2000s rank: 471st | 2009 rank: 39th
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YearSourceChartRankRank Score
2026sweetnessTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s63/1008
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of 20098/1005
2026VanillaBeanTop 31 Music Albums of 200916/313
2026 HaydenTop 60 Music Albums of 20093/605
2026 imimesisTop 25 Music Albums of 200914/252
2026Johnnyo2009 by DDD10/60 -
2026 LebowskiRamsTop 22 Music Albums of 20093/225
2026 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 200930/1004
2026Foxforce5Top 18 Music Albums of 20098/183
2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 200961/1002
2026cicadelicMowno Bilan 2009 - Les 35 albums de l’année2/35 -
2026cicadelicBBC Music Best Albums 2009 HIP HOP, RnB & DANCEHALL1/10 -
2026 HaydenTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s64/1007
2026 meezusTop 95 Greatest Music Albums71/9525
2026cicadelicTop 94 Music Albums of 200948/943
2026cicadelicTélérama Les meilleurs albums de 20098/38 -
2026cicadelicHype Machine Music Blog Zeitgeist Top 50 Albums of 200928/50 -
2026HyggevinylTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s5/10019
2025cicadelicRobert Christgau: Dean's List 200912/83 -
2025juanr1096Top 100 Music Albums of 200911/1005
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 152
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 548
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The Ecstatic ratings

Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 142 votes)
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85/100
 
06/11/2026 07:23 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  13,09473/100
 
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03/22/2026 14:24 LebowskiRams  Ratings distribution  1,43177/100
 
65/100
 
03/09/2026 11:23 Leginlists  Ratings distribution  3,61883/100
 
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01/10/2026 11:51 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  12,34070/100
 
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12/29/2025 17:34 mutant  Ratings distribution  1,67156/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.0/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.

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From 10/21/2020 05:44 | #259505
Still need to think about this a little longer but yeah, I feel like this might be a 10. It's literally perfect from beginning to end. The production was spotless, not a single song was too long, and Mos's rhymes were just on another level. Music is supposed to move you right? Well this shit sent me to another planet.

Oh, and the Slick Rick feature was great too.

Best song(s): the entire album
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