Black Star - So Be It (Official Music Video)

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  • @BLXCKMOZXRT
    @BLXCKMOZXRT Год назад +19

    To hear this in 2023 gives me great hope for music!!!!

  • @TheBLACKSTARmovement
    @TheBLACKSTARmovement Год назад +48

    Through their music, Black Star taught me as a teenager that it was ok to be myself, when I didn't fit into the norm. Years later, that was one of the greatest lessons that I have ever learned and its made me who I am today. And for that, I am forever grateful to them.

    • @Profilba
      @Profilba Год назад +3

      Cool, man. I feel ya. Are you ok to share your favorite Back Star tunes ?

    • @TheBLACKSTARmovement
      @TheBLACKSTARmovement 4 месяца назад +4

      ​​@@Profilba
      Respiration is forever the GOAT
      Thieves in the Night
      Astronomy (8th Light)
      Brown Skin Lady
      Little Brother
      Fix Up
      o.G
      So Be It
      Yonders
      are all my favs

    • @EriVanLifeScape
      @EriVanLifeScape 17 дней назад

      ​@@TheBLACKSTARmovement💪🏾🔥💪🏾

  • @Christian-wr4ge
    @Christian-wr4ge 2 года назад +179

    Black Star is back. My favourite duo is back after 23 years.

    • @Anas-qj6kk
      @Anas-qj6kk 2 года назад +1

      okay zarar

    • @IGotIt4Cheap109
      @IGotIt4Cheap109 2 года назад +4

      They been back. The album is only available thru Luminary tho.

    • @marcyfan
      @marcyfan 2 года назад +3

      this is taking me back 35 years....when i drove around listening to EPMD. thanks, dynamic duo.

    • @jojosaylor8996
      @jojosaylor8996 2 года назад +1

      They never left ♥

    • @mr.alldaaay2791
      @mr.alldaaay2791 2 года назад

      @@jojosaylor8996 sincerely since the linen factory days 🤯👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽moved to planet Brooklyn Flatbush 🙌🏽 n Brownsville. NYC borough traveling journeys. Up The Lions of Hip-Hop whyoooh!

  • @TesherMusic
    @TesherMusic 2 года назад +249

    That bollywood sample though! Madlib came thru 🙌🏽

    • @Grizzletopz
      @Grizzletopz 2 года назад +7

      Bombay the hard way Shadow/Automator

    • @romilrh
      @romilrh 2 года назад +16

      Madlib flipped the old "Don" theme and made it sound like an old Blaxploitation film score. Genius!

    • @bigdougbarkz
      @bigdougbarkz 2 года назад +1

      The Don Theme is MESMERIZING!

    • @canaisyoung3601
      @canaisyoung3601 2 года назад +5

      I never knew that was from a Bollywood movie. I first heard it as part of the opening theme to the "American Dad" episode "Tearjerker" (one of two episodes that parodied the James Bond movies. The other one is "For Black Eyes Only").

    • @djhashhh8952
      @djhashhh8952 Год назад +1

      Don bolte✌🔥

  • @dipthongthathongthongthong9691
    @dipthongthathongthongthong9691 2 года назад +126

    Mos Def, Yasiin Bey, Black Dante, Pretty Flaco... call him what you want he is hip-hop and those bars were 🔥. This was like a time machine taking me back to '98. Salute to the real ones, Mos and Talib. 💥💥💥✌✊

    • @dipthongthathongthongthong9691
      @dipthongthathongthongthong9691 2 года назад +3

      Mos Def the Whirling Dervish at 3:50

    • @DPrime215
      @DPrime215 2 года назад +4

      @@dipthongthathongthongthong9691 I thought he was gonna teleport

    • @purposedriven2006
      @purposedriven2006 2 года назад

      Amen... todays current pop culture hip hop doesn't even come close to this track.... it's like listening to this track is akin to nourishing your brain with vegetables and high quality protein versus todays current main stream hip hop feeding our brains high calorie dense mental - junk food lots of calories zero nutrition

    • @hassanchop724
      @hassanchop724 2 года назад

      Word!

    • @doubleboe7NYC
      @doubleboe7NYC 2 года назад +2

      When he's rapping he still Mos Def to me. He can be Yasin Bay in his private life. Respectfully.

  • @looder011
    @looder011 2 года назад +158

    Let's all pray for a vinyl release soon! Such a killer album, brutally awesome cover art! This is already a timeless classic!

  • @alanbalderson9765
    @alanbalderson9765 2 года назад +10

    Man Def is so fresh.

  • @MrKinkysloth
    @MrKinkysloth 2 года назад +8

    Dave Chappelle brought them out in Palm Springs, I was working the event but best believe I was tapping this and the black star tracks they were bumping.
    Got paid to karaoke essentially, fucking timeless.
    BEY!

  • @romilrh
    @romilrh 2 года назад +272

    Madlib took an old Bollywood theme and made it sound like a Blaxploitation film score. Awesome production!

    • @Jimmy1982Playlists
      @Jimmy1982Playlists 2 года назад +9

      One of my favorite beats of 2022!

    • @trapmouth
      @trapmouth 2 года назад +19

      Dan the Automator did this 20 years ago

    • @romilrh
      @romilrh 2 года назад +2

      @@trapmouth Not familiar with him. What song?

    • @trapmouth
      @trapmouth 2 года назад +12

      @@romilrh Dan the Automator _ Theme from Don [Bombay the Hard Way, 1998]

    • @ViewbobTrue
      @ViewbobTrue 2 года назад +21

      @@romilrh Yes you are! Produced the first Gorillaz album, as well as both Deltron 3030 and the Dr. Octagon Records. He's done work with Tribe (b-side remixes) and is half of HBMS with Prince Paul. He also has a fantastic underrated album with Mike Patton, Jennifer Charles and Kid Koala called Lovage.
      He's been everywhere, yet no one knows his name. I think these days he does movie soundtracks.

  • @ViewbobTrue
    @ViewbobTrue 2 года назад +27

    Everyone sayin this album needs to be on Vinyl, they're right, but you know where else it needs to be? Tape! The bassiness of the album, the abrasive high-ends, the dark, airy feel. Shit'd sound amazing on a good ole cassette.

  • @shawntaylor8631
    @shawntaylor8631 2 года назад +95

    This beat right here….🔥🔥🔥❤️the flow just took it to that next level,underground hip-hop and real lyricist will never fade.

    • @charlestheawakened
      @charlestheawakened 2 года назад +6

      Man can you imagine Doom on here with them!?!

    • @shawntaylor8631
      @shawntaylor8631 2 года назад +4

      @@charlestheawakened R.I.P to the legend.
      I can hear either DOOM,BLACKTHOUGHT,or PLANET ASIA on this with them.

  • @SwaggerLikeUz
    @SwaggerLikeUz Год назад +5

    Blackstar was my shyT in 98'!!!!!

  • @rationalreasoning5612
    @rationalreasoning5612 2 года назад +24

    That first BlackStarr album was a foundational moment in my life💪🏾👌🏾

  • @samirvp
    @samirvp 2 года назад +30

    For anyone wondering, the beat is a sample from the 1978 Hindi film 'Don.'

  • @johnnynoche1387
    @johnnynoche1387 Год назад +13

    How they age like wine but light that mic up like 100 proof moonshine, black star 🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @ryanrich5
    @ryanrich5 2 года назад +80

    So Dope! Black Star keep shining!

  •  2 года назад +12

    Universal Shining! 🔥🔥🔥

  • @rmsoul
    @rmsoul 2 года назад +5

    Real hip hop. Black star forever

  • @salsasoul4112
    @salsasoul4112 Год назад +11

    Why am I today years old hearing this?!!!! This joint is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥#Blackstar

  • @BBroadnax
    @BBroadnax 2 года назад +52

    Top tier, high level rap. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🔥

  • @MegaNova72
    @MegaNova72 2 года назад +2

    Yoooo
    . Gotta luv da SupaHeated..HeatRocks...BlackStar...

  • @thenewgoldenera
    @thenewgoldenera 2 года назад +10

    Real MC'S!!!

  • @RaahilAbhay
    @RaahilAbhay 2 года назад +122

    Big shout out to Kalyanji-Anandji who composed the original music for the sample. It was made for a 70's gangster flick called 'Don' (this was the theme music) starring Amitabh Bachchan. The loop digger strikes again.

    • @jabuabraham
      @jabuabraham 2 года назад +4

      YES!!! I think Madlib did Auditorium?

    • @RaahilAbhay
      @RaahilAbhay 2 года назад +3

      @@jabuabraham correct lol

    • @jabuabraham
      @jabuabraham 2 года назад +5

      Another great sample from a Bollywood flick!!

    • @martinleon8228
      @martinleon8228 2 года назад +7

      From the first time I heard this beat, couldn’t help but hear DOOM on it.

    • @garywright3226
      @garywright3226 2 года назад +3

      knowledge knowledge !

  • @compartmentofdirections
    @compartmentofdirections 2 года назад +5

    MADLIB is of a dying breed of producers that actually PRODUCE!!! (SURE WISH I COULD HAVE THIS ON MY APPLE MUSIC PLAYLIST.......)

  • @noaharkadedelgado
    @noaharkadedelgado 2 года назад +9

    FINALLY! I heard this song like 5 months ago but pretty sad it wasn’t on RUclips cuz that was my go to for music glad this is hear it’s one of my fav songs other than Freequency and no fear of time

    • @zay_thegentleman288
      @zay_thegentleman288 2 года назад

      "Yonders" for me , Yasin was spazzing on tHåt 1🔥, needa video 1 time, rS ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽

  • @iMusicShuffle
    @iMusicShuffle 2 года назад +42

    I would most definitely buy the physical copy of the album

    • @Tables-zm7db
      @Tables-zm7db Год назад +2

      Love the word play. Most definitely

  • @GoodxJ
    @GoodxJ 2 года назад +10

    that spin that Mos hits is legendary! 🕺

  • @todddior84
    @todddior84 2 года назад +13

    My goodness...I literally prayed after that blessing....I had to listen trice afterwards... thank you God for brothas like the dynamic duo we know as BLACKSTAR!!!! They are at their best when they're together.... Sword sharpens ⚔️

  • @melaninking4886
    @melaninking4886 2 года назад +4

    Rose petals=giving us fans our flowers for supporting since day 1. BLACKSTAR THANK YOU.

  • @Slowdyek4
    @Slowdyek4 2 года назад +112

    Please put this out on vinyl/CD soon! 👏👏👏

  • @harlemworld2083
    @harlemworld2083 2 года назад +4

    Well...Damn. Thank you Brothers. This was sorely needed. Thank you. Flowers upon Flowers.

  • @MegaOctavian1
    @MegaOctavian1 2 года назад +16

    Been listening to this masterpiece all day on repeat since the video came out
    A new classic ❤

  • @ImFigure
    @ImFigure 2 года назад +1

    They are back!

  • @tawnyaEVOL44
    @tawnyaEVOL44 2 года назад +3

    Lava!!! So so hot. Black Star is top notch. I was blessed to have seen you in Denver this year and it was absolutely spectacular. Thank you thank you

  • @nilaydagk
    @nilaydagk 2 года назад +1

    My favorites back at it

  • @yourhomiek
    @yourhomiek 2 года назад +6

    Nice to see Conway here too - been a huge fan for a last 3 years, big ups from Russia

    • @Jimmy1982Playlists
      @Jimmy1982Playlists 2 года назад +2

      _Absolutely!_ Great to see the top artists in the game supporting each other... nice to see Pharoahe Monch, too!

  • @kaya9901
    @kaya9901 27 дней назад

    Wow!!! Like they never left!
    So happy they made this album!! I needed this so much!!

  • @mothernature6353
    @mothernature6353 2 года назад +3

    When the fire blaze up!
    Love that beat!
    🤣🙏🤗😇😂😇

  • @pharwh
    @pharwh 2 года назад +1

    crazy to see 2022

  • @devonparker6455
    @devonparker6455 2 года назад +3

    Yes love real hip hop

  • @alexanderdaniels5696
    @alexanderdaniels5696 Год назад +5

    That beat is stupid crazy!!! The two deadliest MC’s ever!!

  • @Suri-o7w
    @Suri-o7w 2 года назад +9

    Brooklyn rappers are the freshest in the GAME they lyrics be dope AF 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥

  • @gqw7
    @gqw7 2 года назад +23

    Clearly some of the best lyricist of our time! The Love is real ❤

    • @tenderlungs2065
      @tenderlungs2065 2 года назад

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Neither of them are even in that conversation and neither are very lyrical at all. Mufuckas just been dumbed down. 💀
      ruclips.net/video/1ax3p7ISFbU/видео.html

    • @lyrics2challenged
      @lyrics2challenged 2 года назад +1

      Of all time*

    • @tenderlungs2065
      @tenderlungs2065 2 года назад

      @@lyrics2challenged 🤡

  • @MrSimZOldSchoolRev
    @MrSimZOldSchoolRev 2 года назад +16

    Now this is what you call Boss MCing - did you hear the man said - Chuck D level 👏🏾 this is what it is. Loving This - pure 🔥🔥🔥🔥💥

    • @Jimmy1982Playlists
      @Jimmy1982Playlists 2 года назад +1

      Fr! Chuck D is the epitome of the HipHop MC, imo... he's still my GOAT.
      Love to Yasiin and Kweli!

  • @mcdosia420
    @mcdosia420 2 года назад +3

    Mos and talib are 2 of the best ever...

  • @Rodrigo-qp2yr
    @Rodrigo-qp2yr Год назад +2

    Blackstar always brings the realness peace to yall

  • @Vinyl6Monster
    @Vinyl6Monster 2 года назад +13

    drop that vinyl, lords

  • @dixon805
    @dixon805 2 года назад +2

    All love

  • @antoniojuarez6949
    @antoniojuarez6949 2 года назад +11

    Excellent track, madlib is always golden with the sounds. This is going to be a dope album.

    • @Quake2815
      @Quake2815 2 года назад +6

      It's been out...

  • @superdudexproductions740
    @superdudexproductions740 Год назад +1

    had the honor to see these these two open for chapelle

  • @seanh8095
    @seanh8095 2 года назад +994

    Love y’all! Can I buy the album? Not subscribing to another service just to listen, and then lose access to it when I choose to no longer subscribe. Who thought I’d ever miss record stores and physical copies?! Sell it to me. Don’t rent it to me!

    • @TheRealSuperskunk
      @TheRealSuperskunk 2 года назад +92

      Word

    • @WhosAr7z
      @WhosAr7z 2 года назад +55

      Support these brothers man they deserve it.

    • @TheRealSuperskunk
      @TheRealSuperskunk 2 года назад +195

      @@WhosAr7z it’s not about supporting them or not, it’s crazy to have to subscribe at $5 month to listen to one album and not be able to have it in a catalog with other music without jumping through hoops.
      Sometimes I like listening to entire albums, sometimes I like to put my shit on shuffle. Know what I’m sayin ?

    • @EvidenceBasedMedsin
      @EvidenceBasedMedsin 2 года назад

      @@TheRealSuperskunk right fk the dumb..

    • @Jimmy1982Playlists
      @Jimmy1982Playlists 2 года назад +82

      @@TheRealSuperskunk Fr, fr! But did you really think you wouldn't miss record stores and physicals?!? Going to the record store used to be a great thing... imo.

  • @peterbrazil6669
    @peterbrazil6669 9 месяцев назад

    52 y/o senior here.. This reminds me of when I first caught the drop for fight the power.. this is up-top. Brooklyn's phinest.. Blackstar

  • @eddiethetruhead
    @eddiethetruhead 2 года назад +5

    Two lyrical juggernauts back at it again blessing the heads with bars of absolute FIRE.🔥🎙🔥
    Mad props to the legendary Blackstar.👏Peace.

    • @eddiethetruhead
      @eddiethetruhead 2 года назад +2

      Respect to Madlib for bringin his magical touch to this joint too.👏

  • @laurieso678
    @laurieso678 2 года назад +2

    That distorted bass is so illlllll 💨🙏🏽🔥☄️🧯

  • @batmanRBC
    @batmanRBC Год назад +2

    Only Mos Def could say his own first name when the song starts and sound so cool doing it. Yahsin Yahsin Yahsin

  • @SavageEden
    @SavageEden 2 года назад +1

    Vinyl! Vinyl! Vinyl!
    I will buy it.

  • @yourhomiek
    @yourhomiek 2 года назад +11

    Lovely video! Luv u guys! Been a fan since I turned 14 and now I'm 32! Shit is crazy
    Seen Talib live on a concert in Moscow - still one of my favorite experiences.
    Peace!

  • @remnantsaved144
    @remnantsaved144 Год назад +2

    Madlib!!!!

  • @bestbeatstoreacid
    @bestbeatstoreacid 2 года назад +53

    They killed the beat with this flow !!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥

  • @Damoi-x5t
    @Damoi-x5t 2 года назад +2

    White drapes dropped like 12yrs ago and the bars still hold up…..real fans iykyk

  • @tyjacc5
    @tyjacc5 2 года назад +3

    Oh ish! This gone be Mythological! Hip hop ology! Two legendary emcees

  • @elbuengallo444
    @elbuengallo444 2 года назад +1

  • @sethwalsh2221
    @sethwalsh2221 2 года назад +7

    Daaaaaamn, these 2 stay bringing explosive bars, untouchable delivery. 💣💣💣💣💣💥💥💥💥💥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👏👏👏👏✊✊✊.

  • @purposedriven2006
    @purposedriven2006 2 года назад +2

    Ahhhhh .... tried to listen to some 'new hip hop' the other day AND making five minutes was a monumental task.... This Black Star track is the stuff I'm used to listening to .... the creativity of a story and flows encapsulated over a mean track is what made hip hop great. The artist are performing for the love of the craft and the audience.... just watching and listening to this video is an experience in itself .... perhaps that's why there's such a shortage of MC's like this as the performance shows a life long dedication to the craft. Thanks again Black Star!

    • @Robert-rl7rd
      @Robert-rl7rd 2 года назад +1

      Me too man I’m trying to get with the times but I don’t last long - I always come back to the lyrical shit

    • @purposedriven2006
      @purposedriven2006 2 года назад +1

      @@Robert-rl7rd lol... I was telling a classmate of mine about the conundrum trying to listen to the new stuff .... he said that's not who we are... we are hip hop from it's inception per se ... and listening to pure hip hop to the derivative of hip hop today is like trying to fit a round peg into a square hole. Heck it's been 30 years and I'm still deciphering what Erik B was talking about.

  • @davidbarnes3864
    @davidbarnes3864 2 года назад +20

    Man, y'all just smashed it on Saturday Night Live, brought back memories, still the greatest 🎤🏆

  • @virgilbowen1396
    @virgilbowen1396 2 года назад +2

    AN INSTANT CLASSIC.... NEED WE SAY MORE? AMEN

  • @accurateskills791
    @accurateskills791 2 года назад +12

    I knew they'd come back! True Legends in Hip Hop Salute. 🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @stevetheodore_specialtycars
    @stevetheodore_specialtycars 2 года назад +2

    This is real rap. Huge applause, and took me back to the 1990s in the best way possible (when I used to love rap and hip hop). Bravo!

  • @ducklife420
    @ducklife420 2 года назад +4

    thanks for the video and music. you guys are wonderful. true hip hop is alive and well!

  • @HIP_HOP_JUNKIE_
    @HIP_HOP_JUNKIE_ 2 года назад +17

    LEGENDARY BARZ 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

  • @tomgoddy4467
    @tomgoddy4467 2 года назад +2

    This beat is Funtastic

  • @Playam
    @Playam 2 года назад +3

    Killed it on SNL, this is so much clearer to hear the lyrics crisper. Even better!

  • @wendyraymond1751
    @wendyraymond1751 2 года назад +2

    Absolutely incredible thanku so much love an God bless always from Cyprus x

  • @moerahman6749
    @moerahman6749 2 года назад +3

    I love hearing Black Star together.

  • @omgmazin
    @omgmazin 2 месяца назад +1

    The beat by madlib is incredible 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @bantugesi
    @bantugesi 2 года назад +4

    Black Star keep shinin'!!

  • @rjones1074able
    @rjones1074able 2 года назад +2

    I'm back. It's been 24 hours since I first heard this song, prob listened to it no less than 10 times. This may be one of the GREATEST hip hop songs of ALL TIME. Just sayin

  • @levarthomas98
    @levarthomas98 2 года назад +3

    I’m glad you put this on here the album is DOPE! The people need to hear it 🫡

  • @romerocarter8234
    @romerocarter8234 2 года назад +1

    Peace to Blackstar always rocked wit these brothers

  • @Fr3shDuck
    @Fr3shDuck 2 года назад +4

    Finally!!! time to go get luminary again :) fire!

  • @MikeJay-on5tt
    @MikeJay-on5tt Год назад

    This is golden right here no doubt about.

  • @bammmtori
    @bammmtori 2 года назад +4

    OH THANK YOU FOR THIS

  • @tonysmith5878
    @tonysmith5878 Месяц назад

    ALL STARS IN THIS VIDEO!!!!!!!!

  • @MJWRTRCT
    @MJWRTRCT 2 года назад +3

    🙌🙌🙌🔥🔥🔥❤❤❤this whole album is like mainlining fire. thank you, gentlemen!!!

  • @melcrockett4357
    @melcrockett4357 Месяц назад

    Wow!!!!! 😊

  • @studiolonepine
    @studiolonepine 2 года назад +17

    Dope sh*t needs to be on vinyl! : )

  • @athenajm1488
    @athenajm1488 2 года назад +1

    All I can say I thank you! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @damonlevine
    @damonlevine 2 года назад +3

    This song is phenomenal.

  • @BLXCK_KXNG
    @BLXCK_KXNG 2 года назад

    Glad to see two of the ILLEST MC'S in the game back together. Two of the best to ever pick up a mic.

  • @firinne
    @firinne 2 года назад +6

    INCREDIBLE, these flows are intense

  • @halilgungor4647
    @halilgungor4647 2 года назад +1

    Loved this album! Thank you for this artistic magnificence. Bey and Kweli, Talib and Yasiin are Black Star; simply marvelous.

  • @aaronberry4125
    @aaronberry4125 2 года назад +13

    Such a jam! Fire video! 🔥 🔥 🔥 Love the whole album!

    • @highpriest8571
      @highpriest8571 2 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/z-cnR-RqM_g/видео.html

  • @gsparks6053
    @gsparks6053 2 года назад +1

    Back to Africa in 22 love you Black Star Mau Mau southwest Ohio keep rep ING

  • @sleepingbuddha6263
    @sleepingbuddha6263 2 года назад +3

    This aint artwork, This is medicine. It's time to heal the people 😎🔥✌

  • @rizzindagym5085
    @rizzindagym5085 2 года назад +1

    Bless

  • @leonardmhere304
    @leonardmhere304 2 года назад +11

    eish i need a physical copy of the album great work from the kings they nevr disappoint

  • @jaha777jaha6
    @jaha777jaha6 Год назад

    Classic already

  • @bigdshawn
    @bigdshawn 2 года назад +3

    I need to buy this fire ass album!!!!

  • @dnice583
    @dnice583 Год назад +1

    Real hip hop still lives

  • @DPrime215
    @DPrime215 2 года назад +8

    Yasiin’s verse on this is the *HARDEST* on the whole album & I’m standing on it. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
    #YouCanTalkTillYouDIEAndYouAintSaidThis

    • @jimmybootz1277
      @jimmybootz1277 2 года назад

      I don't know my brother I always kind'a felt Mos was a little nicer than Kweli and I like Kweli "Reflection Eternal" is a classic album but Talib murdered his verse on this track maybe not better than Mos verse but definitely same level of dopeness just my opinion but respect to you my guy for listening to real roots hip hop, stay up ✊🏾✌🏾

    • @alexandernoir277
      @alexandernoir277 2 года назад

      @@jimmybootz1277 so you agree with him ? 🧐

    • @socialmisfitmgmt
      @socialmisfitmgmt Год назад

      I agree…