If you’ve missed the lyrical wizardry of Mos Def as much as I have, you’ll appreciate this new video/track/creation from Mos and the Creative Control team. Basically, Dame Dash and Mos were in some form of a musical courtship a year ago, but the project never gained any steam — except the awesome news that Mos was planning to make a movie on 1970s Detroit hardcore band Death and that Dame Dash was co-producing it. Outside of that, there’s really been nothing, until now. Take a look at the video for “Cream of the Planet” below.

Remember when the teaser video for this dropped ages ago?  Well, the full version has finally been leaked.  

Aside from Mos Def, Ski Beatz got the relatively unknown Brooklyn emcee Whosane to spit a verse towards the end of the song.  I feel kinda bad for the dude, but how are you gonna try to go after Mos Def on one of the best beats he’s touched in ages?   Shiiiiiittt…  Homie’s verse ain’t that bad, but this is Mos’ song.  

Stream/download and enjoy the hell out of this song, and don’t forget that Ski Beatz drops the full length 24 Hour Karate School project on March 30th.

This came out a couple of weeks ago, but I still can’t find the mp3 for you guys.  I have resigned to just posting this video, cuz the song is so nice. 

Creative Control is Dame Dash’s recently launched online video network.  This brief clip documents Mos and Ski Beatz working in the DD172 studio.  Ski Beatz is probably best known for producing four tracks on Jay-Z’s Reasonable Doubt album, ”Dead Presidents,” “22 Two’s,” “Politics as Usual,” and “Feelin’ It.”  DD172 is Dame Dash’s new Lower Manhattan art and music complex.  It’s where the Black Keys and several of the MCs worked on the Blakroc album and where Erykah Badu recently held a listening party for her upcoming, much-anticipated album, New Amerykah Pt II:  Return of the Ankh.  Big things are going down at DD172.