On Topic: Music Video of the Year
J Cole wrote and produced the song, impressive enough. But he also directed the video. Hollywood and major record labels are filled with video directors who are competent at best. A musician directing a music video and actually doing a good job at it is a rare feat. This is pitch perfect Film Noir story telling. A crime, a motive, and characters all revealed in perfect timing. I've watched it six times and it took the second view before I knew the story.
Enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AjD7nKi…
Enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AjD7nKi…
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Esta- I could be wrong, but I don't see where anyone said Cole is the current greatest. Ranukam simply said he's ONE of the best going right now
I like Drake too. Hip hop is similar to country music in it's quality is in the story they tell. If you tell me some hard times and make me feel you, you're doing your job.
Niggas Bleed, Warning, Somebody's Gotta Die, I Got A Story To Tell
Nuff said
As for NY artists, Jay Z has stood the test of time, but so has Nas. Nas doesn't sell as well but for hardcore hip-hop heads, Nas rings more true than Hova. I got love for Biggie but he didn't have enough years to shine. Who knows what Frank White would've done if he wasn't killed so prematurely.
My favorite NY MC will always be Rakim. I'm 37 so if you're younger then I ask you to understand my position. Rakim changed the rhyming game. Period, point-blank.
When y'all wanna talk PAC, let me know. I'll spend a couple of hours on the subject. Greatest rapper, to me.
LOL, nah. Eminem fell off a while ago, he's definitely not one of the best going right now. Just look at the difference between his first 3 albums and last 3 albums to see proof of that. Just like boxers, rappers reach a point when they just don't have it anymore.
Slick- what are your favorite Rakim and 2Pac songs?
When talking about greatness in hip hop, I think you have to include lyrics, flow, album sales and hits. Rakim is definitely lyrically better than Jayz, but Rakim didn't have many hits and his albums didn't sell real well. Any top 5 list of all time has to include Pac, Big, Nas, and Jay-z. What those three have in common is they have lots of hits, massive album sales, great lyrics and good flow.
I mean shit Taleb Kweli is a top 5 lyricist in the game, but he's never put in the conversation of best rapper in the game. The reason why is he doesn't have too many hits, and his albums didn't sell well.
Actually Nas sells pretty well, and people might not think he's got hits, but he's got: If I ruled the world, one mic, I know I can, got yourself a gun etc. So Nas definitely has the hits also.
MC's are just hopeless, they think record sales make them the dopest
--KRS 1
Once Upon a Time in The West was the greatest epic story of all time for me until Breaking Bad came along and told a seamless story for 5 television seasons. It's a masterpiece. Still though I think this music video is beyond anything considered in the VMAs.
SlickSpic - I'll have to check out Rakim's stuff. Listened to 'Paid In Full' I liked it. I'm 33 so I was a PAC fan. But Dre was #1 back then.
And since this has become the rap thread, it would be real bummy not to bring up Dirt McGirt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKw5mBh4…
Passing Me By, Drop, & Runnning Away-Pharcyde
I ain't Mad At Cha-2Pac. This song is about forgiveness. Very few songs about forgiveness in any genre. Great video.
Sabotage-Beastie Boys
Black Steel In Our Hour Of Chaos-Public Enemy
Planet Rock-Africa Bambatta
Deep Cover-Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg
http://vimeo.com/62021884
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Kill At Will
Death Certificate
All classic albums
My favorite Hip-Hop jam about dope is My Summer Vacation-Cube puts it down.
Ha! It's Follies!It could have been shot better, there's never that much light in Follies. But it gets point for using real strippers and not shying away from full nudity.
Seriously? "perfect"? For real?
First off, please tell me you saw the ending before the second viewing. If not, I'm gonna go flag every single one of your reviews as bogus, since you clearly have no perceptive skills whatsoever, and can't be counted on to provide any useful information.
As soon as the dude kissed her on the couch, it was obvious how this was gonna end up. And just in case it was just me, jaded from 30+ years of clubbing, I asked my 20 year old daughter if she'd ever seen or heard of this video. When she said no, I showed it to her and told her "tell me when you think you know the ending."
You know what? She figured it out only slightly after I did, the first time they flashed back to the PLs in the car *after* the dude kissed her. "They're gonna kill her boyfriend."
Second, this is just more typical thug glorifying shit. Even worse, *PL* thug glorifying shit. "Oooh, look at me! I'm such a bad-ass playa that the only way I can get a woman is to kill my rivals. I gotta *kill* some mother fucker to get my hands on a *stripper*!"
Yeah, that's some mad game you got there, "playa". I bet women just be fallin' all over you when you walk in, huh?
I had a good time there yesterday wearing my t-shirt that read "Anybody need to earn money for rent". LOL.
They go back to the club, because infatuation is an addiction, a routine you repeat, regardless of outcome. The last shot is the friend's reaction to the cops. Do they run? No, they sit and wait. He shows no anger or pride. His ego was diminished. And killing the boyfriend was not to have the girl, he's smart enough to know that won't work, it was to end it. He was already in prison in his mind, going behind real bars would be no worse. The whole thing is gloomy and depressing and a good way to fuck up your day. It's the opposite of thug glorying. It's PL shaming.
@GMD LMFAO. dear goodness that was seriously funny. But no that video was total garbody. From the plot to the actual filming techniques. I didn't even know the song was about strippers till I saw the video