Common - Testify (Official Music Video)
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- Опубликовано: 23 дек 2009
- REMASTERED IN HD!
Official Music Video for Testify performed by Common.
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Who is still here in 2024?😃
🎉🎉
Its crazy
Me🙋🏽♀️
Me af
We outside
Taraji killed this!!! I love her acting so much.
She’s so mediocre at best! That’s why she’s complaining about her pay. She wants to get Angela Bassett pay but she’s a c list actress at best
You mean cookie that was cookie Playing that part
&THAT 💇🏽♀️hustle&flow WiiG!
Video to mirror song nicely
@@BabyMay-bh6ji YVETTE! 😂
Thank you Kanye for the genius beat. Thank you Common for the brilliant storytelling.
Beat very very good
Didn't even know he created the beat, it's one of my favorite things about the song.
@@djoseph5130it is a sample of 1972 song
@@djoseph5130him and jdilla produced this entire project this song is from.
Thanks for this didn't know it's the ol Kanye's beat
20 years later this track still hits hard, Common produced a masterpiece and great cast for this video.
Avon Barksdale taken down by Taraji...
One of the best story telling hip hop songs and videos ever. This is like a 5 minute movie set to music
Stfu not its not.
Personal opinion. You or no one else has to agree because I WASN'T TALKING TO YOU. STFU
this is great! I agree with you!
+Korey Sylver This song is a great example of Common's brilliant story telling abilities... and Kanye West's fire beats.... classic
+Andrew Abela and Anthony Mandler's vision as a director.
They dont make them like this anymore. Timeless classic right here.
True!
Mona Lisa by Lil Wayne has similarities...
True
Story line
Listen to Joyner Lucas. I'm a old head this young kid has it.
The lady's vocals are incredibly mesmerising
The Honey Cone - Innocent til Proven Guilty is the song
Diana Ross
Those vocals are Edna Wright from the Honey Cone not Diana Ross. The song he sampled is called Innocent til Proven Guilty.
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@@ladyt3701 That's Diana Ross' voice?!
This is "DEFINITELY" one of the "ALL TIME CLASSICS" storytelling at it's finest
Common lyrically rapped a entire movie in a 4:52 video. This guy isn't good! He's great!!
True
Big Facts
Underrated AF
@iman Is it a video? I will listen to it.
I'm telling you.
Taraji been Cookie Lyon all along. Best actress of our generation. An Oscar is well deserved .
_Mia_Winters forreal tho she fits the part
Yes she will get it soon
_Mia_Winters SHES from the streets seriously DC
She is the best
Lol
Wicked bars.
Lyrically painting an entire movie. Common is just super talented. I've never stopped playing this song since it was released. It is always on my playlist.
Common is a poetic genius. I love the way his lyrics flow.
he is a bad ass mother fucker. I refer ofcourse to the series silo, never knew him or listened to him🙃
This vid is LOADED with talent; Taraji, Common, Bill Duke, The Harris brothers (extremely rare to see them together in anything), and on and on. Love it!!!
Never knew they were bros..never saw them in shit
I though this was Bill Duke. Man.
Thirteen years later, and Taraji hasn’t aged a single day...if I didn’t know any better, I would think this video was a trailer for an Empire episode.
Great minds think alike 🤙🏿
She look like the grinch
Blk don’t crack
U a lie
She’s a witch
Happy 50th bday to one of the most creative and talented rappers ever-Common!!! (March 13, 2022)
Classic track and video!
How to tell a years old story in less than 5 minutes. Master class in story writing from Common!
Common and Kanye were at the peak of their powers with this song the instrumental was fantastic the story telling off the charts it’s like watching a full movie
the whole G.O.O.D catalogue was fiyah !
Who would watch a full movie version from this?
We did... this is Empire lol 😂
You can it’s called “Usual Suspects”. Great movie, this video is the plot from that film.
@@realone7903 you got a point. but it would be interesting if there was this exact setup also. the queen pin character. it could be a way to revamp the whole story.
to make it even more like usual suspects all the names she provide the not so bright detective should be from the room itself and she shouldn't give her real name. it would be really funny if she wasn't even his baby mama and the stupid detective let one of the quys enemy get access to his children. that could get really dark
@@sonyapeach thanks
ME
Happy 50th birthday Common, this song is still gold
This dose not get old. It's timeless.
Kanye West is a genius on producing this.
Of course Kanye produced this jewel
No ID taught him
@@christinagraham2915 l ppl
"Her daddy was a hustler so she loved them!" 💜🔥 Common!!💜🔥
So, I’m literally trying to get back to my music roots. Because when I was a kid back in 05 I didn’t know what this song was about. Now that that I’m well past grown it reinforces my notion that women will support a thug that’s obviously a bad for them while laughing in the face of decent dudes.
that line
@@TexasTeaHTX is that what you really took from it 🤦🏾♀️
Realest line ever
@@TexasTeaHTX truth
Who’s listening to this in 2024 it’s still 🔥🔥🔥🔥
💚
Common is a poet.. he is amazing and he has been part of my life's sound track.. 2023 Let's Go! New Year is here and I am so🤗 grateful
to be alive.
I remember the first time I watched this video, over 10 years ago. I just realized that the makers of the TV show "Empire" might have gotten inspiration from this. There's that part where the husband( who plays Damon Cross on Empire) says "We're lions baby and this is the jungle". I love this!!! And Common looks like he hasn't aged a day!!😊😊
Taraji is such a good actress
hazwun $$ q nwnsje 3
💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾📞📞📞📞📞📞📞🖲🖲🖲🖲🖲⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕📛📛📛📛📛🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰
Николай Брут ,%0
hazwun $$ taraji n alot of music videos
That WASN'T her...it was ERYKAH BADU!
Tamika Davis no it's not and it's her
This beat still go dumb hard 🔥🔥
One of the top 5 dopest hip hop song of all time. 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Common is the most underrated rapper.l write poetry,his lyrics just flow and resonate just like those of Nas.He is one of the greatest
I agree this man is seriously talented , saw him with his new group on , "WAIT FOR IT" PBS BEON FANTASTIC
He was and has never been underrated. Every song he made was a hit with real hip hop heads. He’s the ultimate story teller. Strictly streets always.
Not really. The man has Oscars and Grammys. Lol
Common is a hip hop poet
Because he from Chicago.
she wasn't lying about him...but she didn't tell the truth about herself either...most awesome video!
Still jamming this in 2022 !! 😎
Hit differently every single time I watch it. Looks like an entire movie compressed into a 5 mins space without losing the plot. Taraji P is evil!
My boyfriend said “damn I miss the days where videos were like mini movies”
Yeah, Dorothy, he knew exactly what he's saying
Have him check out Bugzy Malone then
THAT PART!!!
Still listening in 2021
I miss that too, Michael Jackson will Always be My Favorite Genius To Watch And Listen to, All his videos has me glued to the TV Screen, I fell so In love with Watching My favorite Artist creating Mini Movies, As I'm writing This I'm Thinking About The "Renae Song By Mr Cheeks.🙌🏽 😍🙌🏽 That song was And still Is 1 of my faves to watch, And That Aaron Hall Song "I Miss You"🙌🏽
Did y'all catch the end when he said we are the lyons out here!! This was the original cookie before Empire!
I caught that mad funny she's a Lyon now.
lol
Hustle & Flow
Still a classic hip-hop song told in a theatrical manner along with video and legendary actors.#2023
She didn’t lie when she said he didn’t do it
yes but at the end, she smoked a cigarette, something that caught the prosecutor's attention. Prior to that, she stated that she don't smoke when she was offered a cigarette, but sadly he realized this too late, and she was gone by the time he went outside to look for her.
Common simply has SWAG! Clothing, flow, image in general. Very influential person!
Channel XII true story
word
Common went the hell off on that last line! By far one of his best cuts.
Yes 😂
Taraj and Common,love from your African brothers here in southern Africa,Zimbabwe
Common is the most underrated rapper of all time
4:26 " Lions out here, this is the jungle" .... Fast forward to 2015 and she is a Lyon.
+Ayesha Hassan Ikr Ironic! lol
Illuminati confirmed😂😂😂
wow good observation
+Ayesha Hassan wait what do you mean by that
uhhDescent because she acts as Cookie Lyon in Empire :)
Common is one of the most under rated rappers still living .. A damn shame
tkoharris He's not underrated at all.
@@puk3fairy highly underrated*.
@@lyrics2challenged he's not underrated. He is normal rated. His music just isn't as commercial. Every hip-hop fan knows sales ain't talent.
Common made a whole movie here. One of the best Hip Hop songs ever.
Common's story telling accented by the vocals is a masterpiece. Well done indeed ✊🏾 👏🏾 👍🏾
was this Taraji's audition tape for Empire? lol
Good question. lol
Dont forget about wood Harris he audition for the wire lol
Hustle n Flow. enuf said
Lol!
Ccc l.p.
When I say Common's voice is made for storytelling 😍😍😍
Yasssssss
Indeed!
Common and kayne killed it!
The nostalgia! Amazing mid 2000’s song right here
Taraji P. Henson was EXCELLENT in this...wow....heck of an actress....played the emotions str8.
Who agrees there shouldve been a part 2 or something lol this shit was too good. lol this use to be the song. what would happen in the chapter 2 though if there was one, would the husband break out and kill his wife for framing him?
well in real life sometimes there is no revenge. Also in the court of law it's not what you know it's what you can prove
girl yes. there should have been a part 2..
You ain't never lie
You know the history with sequels. Nevr as good as the original
Yes
This came out when i was in college. My roommate was from the Chi, an put me on him an other Chitown greats.
The Harris Brothers and Taraji DID THAT in this video
All these years later.... this still goes hard! Absolute perfection!!! 2 hour movie in a 5 minute song!!!! Hey now....!!!
Sometimes I like a song with a story to tell, & this being one of them. #goodmusic
I like a song with a story to tell too.
+Rob InfraRed this is one of the best man- i was suprised when i first heard it, way diffrent then what i expected from Common- but he is a legend
So true. It's like watching a short movie. :-)
2024! I’m still bumpin this hit! The sampled song is from the group The Honey Cone, 1972 (Innocent’Til Proven Guilty)
common is easily one of the best artists going. the "be" album was a masterpiece.
Still listening to it in 2020
Relevant asf
Factzzzz 💯👑🎤
Factssss
Haven't listened to it in like 2 years and its randomly stuck in my head for the last 3 days. One of my favorite hooks ever simple and sweet.
2021 in the house
I LOVE the way Taraji played her part in this video! Common is one of the greatest musicians/storytellers!
If you like this song (her setting him up), then you should listen to Twisted Black - Coldest Summer Ever.
Love this.
The one good thing that came from the chaos of the Meg & Tory Trial is it bringing us back here…the pure genius of this rap is underrated
Periodt. I wanted to make sure I wasn’t the only genius that thought about this song. 😂😂😂😂
I forgot all about this joint. Damn this joint go hard ASF!!!
Common, Wood & Steve Harris= Chicago's Own
Lady-t Michelle love this trio
Lady-t Michelle Common used to date Taraji in real life!
It is refreshing to see an artist who is not so wrapped up in impressing people with how many words of verse he can spit he is willing to allow the story he is telling to come first. Because of this...a smart and creative story was created. Artistic expression at it's finest.
Preach
Chuuuuuurch!!! lol
Amen
Coming from someone who dont know common or hip hop. Nobodys fault but your own if you cant keep up. Just listen faster
@germxv what a pathetic little man you are...bet you're 30 plus still sagging your pants lol
A soulful chopped Ye beat with Common's flow equates eternal classic... ❤️🔥🔥
The gram just brought me here. Fuking classic. Story telling at it best
This is what the game has been missing, the art of storytelling.
Ashiko Smith Yes!!!
mmm Kendrick Lamar, J Cole just to name a few...
murru19 oh hell yeah they both got the art of storytelling down pack.
Look up immortal technique dance with the devil. Don't let the beat throw you off the way it ends Will have your jaw on the floor
Oh, I know about that one. Some real cray barz in that one.
Good acting, great video, great song! This was an instant classic when it first came out!
ma husband ain't killin' nobody ... he didn't do this. Taraji is forever Cookey Lyons.
Yess
Fun Fact...Wood Harris who plays the hustler and Steve Harris who plays the detective are brothers. This whole video is a classic.
This is one of those songs I heard when I was so young that when I thought about it I wondered if even existed. Finally years later I've found it 🙌
This video is cold af.
The song colder 😩
This is a actually movie that's why
@@marcuseversley3334 what movie?
Shout out to Wood and Steve Harris (Brothers), the husband and DA are brothers and two of my favorite actors, along with my girl Taraji! ♥️💕 the judge is also a great actor and thanks Common for your gift ☺️
Bill Duke is the judge. Great set of actors though. You’re right
a whole bomb cast for this video!
All this tima and I never knew the two of them were related! Now that I see them next to each other they do look a lot alike
What can't this man do??? Talented actor, rapper, and a great storyteller.....
"The greatest trick the Devil ever played and got away with was... fooling people into believing he didn't exist in the first place"
this track is a Classic
Donn Jones. I thought your profile pic was dave Chappell as Prince
Donn Jones facts 👌🏾
Facts 💯
"Before you lock my love away, please let me testify!"
Classic….the beat, the story telling and the video sealed the deal. 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Damn , time flies. I remember watching the Making the video show back then on MTV
Taraji was a Lyon wayyy before Cookie was thought of.
& the song still slaps in 2018
Her blowing that smoke in the courtroom... priceless
Britt B a pun for blowing smoke up their asses while escaping
Lol and the look she gave was off the chain as well!!
As soon as she brought her head up, smirking, with that look if deception in her eyes........
#QueenPin
#,QueenTaraji
Man I never knew how good this song was when I was young but now that I'm older it hit a lot different. Brilliant masterpiece
This dude has always told stories with his tracks. But this track in particular bro........ Kanye and common STRAIGHT ATE THIS TRACK BRO. Taraji she did absolutely awesome on her part of the video
THIS FUCKING BEAT
yung neckrolls from kanye
ROKIA KOUADIO YEP Yeezy beats are the best
yung neckrolls props to kanye
still... just wow ... i remember listening to this on tv probably not 106 and park but also once on 106 and park lol... or mtv jams? idk
Taraji looked badass walking out of the courtroom lol
Common Is one of the best 💯💯
Just came here from the Meg, Kelsey, and Tory headlines. They said this was Kelsey 😂😂😂 the internet is always undefeated.
It's funny because the cop and suspect are brothers in real life
Alexis Holman today my teacher was playing this and she went to church with them two before they became actors
Alexis Holman Right!!! 🤯
Wait what 🤯
Cassandra jorge bill duke is not related to harris's stop lying
I know
Man this song still goes hard. I miss this kind of hip hop...storytelling! Now everyone raps about the same thing.
The beat to this tune is off the chain how they make clap clap twice
I'd love to see the plot of this be turned into a full fledged movie directed by Christopher Nolan.
That would be so dope. Could you imagine if it were directed by Martin Scorsese though?!?!?!?!
QueenWJ Nolan's movies are notorious for the plot twists and shock, plus the visuals would be amazing.
ThatTuneGuy True. But Scorsese does amazing crime dramas. He wouldn't be able to touch Nolan's visuals though. I wanna go see Interstellar so bad.
the usual suspects is what the video is based off of its a great movie
Thnx! Will add that to my watchlist!
When that beat drops buckle up. What a ride. Wood Harris is crazy underrated as an actor.
I agree.
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Both brothers!
@@sunni9044 That crazy.
4:16 was my fave part out the whole video!!! This and Angela Bassett’s walk off with a cigarette are incomparable!
These songs were the bomb! I loved this one so much. The story telling was excellent.
Cookie Lyon and Damon really go way back before Empire! 😱😂
I guess cookie really had an affair with Damon 😂
I never realized that was him until just now.
5/3/21: 👍👍👍👍.
Righttt 😂😂😂
thatssss what I just saiddd😂🤣🤣🤣
Taraji is awesome. I love everything she does. She is cookie no one else can do that role justice. She is one of my favourite actresses.
baby girl 82 shes aaamazing!!
This is one bad jam Lord have mercy
They need more music that tells stories! This was brilliant
They could use this song in Empire!
ikr
its a shame they didn't, rite?
Jp Reddy totally
that would be awsome
one of the best plot twist i've witnessed
This song been stuck in my head all week
2022 I’m still listening to the best song,bars,genius,smart,intelligent song.🔥🔥
Who listenin' in to this song in 2020?
At exactly 2:27am, 7th May 2020.
Here
Here 👏🏾
Here I am 😎😎😎
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