Release and Promotion
In live shows, Mos Def performed new songs from the album before its release. Crowds had heard tracks produced by Madlib and Oh No (Madlib’s younger brother). The album's first single, "Life in Marvelous Times", was released November 4, 2008. Its second single, "Quiet Dog", was produced by Preservation and released January 13, 2009. Released May 2009, the third single "Casa Bey" was promoted through a music video that was released via Mos Def's Myspace page. On June 18, 2009, Mos Def stated that he will start selling the album by T-shirts sometime in July 2009 with a code on the tag, which will be used to download off the Internet for free. So far, Mos Def has released music videos for the songs "Casa Bey," "Supermagic" and "History" with Talib Kweli.
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