Comments on: Video: Talib Kweli – Hostile Gospel (Deliver Us)

By: Fivefold

Fivefold — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:20:53 +0000

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…

By: locoBiz

locoBiz — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:36:29 +0000

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

By: flint

flint — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:25:45 +0000

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.

By: esbee

esbee — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:43:12 +0000

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

By: lolu

lolu — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:43:27 +0000

yeah that is a real african big up big up