My favorite song on Ear Drum finally gets a video. Nice. Kweli had the sensibility and courage to shoot the video in Nigeria, so extra kudos to him for that. Is it just me or did he look nervous on that bike though?
Oh yeah, Just Blaze needs to see a doctor for this one.
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yoyo Says: February 19th, 2008 at 8:58 am this song is a banger |
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Ali G Says: February 19th, 2008 at 9:01 am Just Bleezy killed it on this one |
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ay! Says: February 19th, 2008 at 9:07 am riz, whatchu mean by courage? |
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Rizoh Says: February 19th, 2008 at 9:13 am ^i hear some crazy stuff’s been going on there and in most of west africa lately, so big up to him |
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wayne wonder Says: February 19th, 2008 at 10:00 am the video is grimy as hell |
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Video: Talib Kweli - Hostile Gospel (Deliver Us) Says: February 19th, 2008 at 11:34 am [...] Chris Ziegler wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptMy favorite song on Ear Drum finally gets a video. Nice. Kweli had the sensibility and courage to shoot the video in Nigeria, so extra kudos to him for that. Oh yeah, Just Blaze needs to see a doctor for this one. [...] |
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lolu Says: February 19th, 2008 at 2:43 pm yeah that is a real african big up big up |
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esbee Says: February 19th, 2008 at 5:43 pm the last bits of the video looked like it was filmed in Kalakuta republic (the late Fela’s home)…noice. |
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flint Says: February 19th, 2008 at 6:25 pm You know it’s not exactly Beirut in Nigeria (actually, I wonder if Beirut is Beirut as we think of it these days even). There’s isolated pockets of violence in the country but for the most part, it’s a thriving and vibrant country with the third largest film industry in the world. I respect Talib trying something different but as a picture of Nigeria (or Lagos, which is where I suspect this was shot), this vid kind of misses the point. There’s nothing surprising or new in any of these images. The song however, remains a banger. |
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locoBiz Says: February 20th, 2008 at 11:36 am y’all need to peep this nigieran katz, they got this sick ass video on yutube, on sum 007 african shit for real b! |
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Fivefold Says: February 25th, 2008 at 7:20 am This is shot in Lagos! I like the results. Obviously he didn’t shoot it in the glitzier spots of the city… It’s funny to see the bikes — they call them okadas — cruisin’ around. Cameos by Femi Kuti most notably… |
