this song is a banger

Just Bleezy killed it on this one

riz, whatchu mean by courage?

^i hear some crazy stuff’s been going on there and in most of west africa lately, so big up to him

the video is grimy as hell

[...] 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. [...]

yeah that is a real african big up big up

the last bits of the video looked like it was filmed in Kalakuta republic (the late Fela’s home)…noice.

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.

y’all need to peep this nigieran katz, they got this sick ass video on yutube, on sum 007 african shit for real b!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zo_OAyjKbU

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…