JAY-Z - Marcy Me

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  • Опубликовано: 20 дек 2017
  • Watch Marcy Me From JAY-Z’s new album, 4:44 Streaming now on TIDAL -
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    Directed by Ben and Joshua Safdie
    Music video by JAY-Z performing Marcy Me. (C) 2017 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC. Marketed by Roc Nation & Distributed by Roc Nation/UMG Recordings, Inc.
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  • @jwizdum2103
    @jwizdum2103 4 года назад +1537

    Do y'all not realize how good this beat is? Jesus christ NO I.D. didn't get nearly enough credit for his work on this, deserves to be in the title of every song.

    • @nathand.384
      @nathand.384 3 года назад +31

      Word. Beat is ahead of it’s time big up NO I.D

    • @piolhis
      @piolhis 3 года назад +83

      This sample is from Quarteto 1111 and the song is Todo Mundo e Ninguém.
      1970's cult classic from Portugal, reciting a poem from our dearly Gil Vicente. Go ahead

    • @James.k1373
      @James.k1373 3 года назад +18

      I said it in a previous 444 song and I'll say it again, NO I.D. IS A PROBLEM

    • @icon2535
      @icon2535 2 года назад +5

      This has a Pete Rock feel to it.Great track.

    • @gfjgcgfhcbb7483
      @gfjgcgfhcbb7483 2 года назад +3

      Bet he got that bag he deserves💰

  • @akannisamson5697
    @akannisamson5697 4 года назад +1906

    That boy is my childhood, literally. I remember the runnings; running errands, running amongst friends, running away from home, running, just running... I needed this. Thanks

    • @TheWrapUpNYC
      @TheWrapUpNYC 3 года назад +15

      no lie!!! same here!!

    • @cosmic_chicken1399
      @cosmic_chicken1399 3 года назад +21

      Akaani samson like: all my life I've been running😂😂😂😂😂☠️☠️🔥

    • @mgf909
      @mgf909 3 года назад +7

      ANGEL-K15_Kerble go back to making your anime vids, fuck outta here kid

    • @cosmic_chicken1399
      @cosmic_chicken1399 3 года назад +6

      Tough words while your sitting on 3 subs😂

    • @jahova77
      @jahova77 3 года назад +1

      Me too

  • @pieter-baspeppelenbosch1078
    @pieter-baspeppelenbosch1078 7 месяцев назад +128

    My favorite Jay-Z song. The production, the rhyming, the flow. The running, the culture, the hopes. The maturity, the professionalism, the fulfillment. This song is perfect.

    • @kordjazzapata8254
      @kordjazzapata8254 6 месяцев назад +3

      I couldn’t agree more. Perfect song!

    • @joaoneves6053
      @joaoneves6053 13 дней назад

      ruclips.net/video/q80uPy-vuk0/видео.html

  • @cortp898
    @cortp898 4 года назад +288

    Marcy Me the streets is my arteries, bane/vein of my existence, I’m the Gotham city heartbeat.

  • @HipHopUniverse
    @HipHopUniverse 6 лет назад +2878

    My favorite song of the album!
    Smooth beat, smooth lyrics!

    • @darthtroller
      @darthtroller 6 лет назад +12

      glad to see you here

    • @JR-bz7ov
      @JR-bz7ov 6 лет назад +12

      Hip-Hop Universe This is my favorite song also!

    • @willywonders4454
      @willywonders4454 6 лет назад +4

      Hip-Hop Universe this shxt is waxk..

    • @hubertfenelon25
      @hubertfenelon25 6 лет назад +31

      Willy Wonders you're everywhere hater.

    • @Bummbo
      @Bummbo 6 лет назад +5

      Good old Jay!!! Great sample tho

  • @Piface2099
    @Piface2099 6 лет назад +1296

    its cool how Jayz didn't get out of touch even though he has been rich for so long...in fact he got more philosophical

    • @gridcoregilry666
      @gridcoregilry666 3 года назад +69

      that's becaue riches don't make you rich

    • @adamconner4582
      @adamconner4582 3 года назад +55

      "couldn't change me if you wanted to"

    • @im4rmapple
      @im4rmapple 3 года назад +69

      Real nigga from the projects. Never forget where you come from

    • @TheGreatArchitect777
      @TheGreatArchitect777 3 года назад +24

      That's why he's the 🐐

    • @TheGreatArchitect777
      @TheGreatArchitect777 3 года назад +21

      @Kingsley Yeboah My guy, Jay-z is the best rapper dead or alive.

  • @rckkatansky5783
    @rckkatansky5783 2 года назад +230

    This might just be, my favorite JAY-Z song ever. Such an amazing beat, beautiful lyrics. Amazing.

  • @Ken_Freeman
    @Ken_Freeman 4 года назад +107

    "Assume a virtue if you have not..." Very important for Success in life. Jay is the Goat for being able to effortlessly weave deep philosophical quotes into his rhymes.

    • @nohatenohypenohatenohype9779
      @nohatenohypenohatenohype9779 3 года назад +5

      Can you elaborate on what that actually means please

    • @Ken_Freeman
      @Ken_Freeman 3 года назад +28

      @@nohatenohypenohatenohype9779 It means to take on a quality or characteristic that you may not possess but would like to. Like if you are not naturally brave or fearless, but want to be, the term Jay used prompts you to do what it takes become brave or fearless. To Assume those virtues. Not in a sense of pretending but actually attaining them.

  • @cliffpaul3889
    @cliffpaul3889 6 лет назад +1154

    The fact that so many of us thought something bad was going to happen to the child just speaks volumes in itself

    • @deathfrombelow1193
      @deathfrombelow1193 5 лет назад +6

      Not really though. It's a music video, it's fine to think something gone happen.

    • @elcat4677
      @elcat4677 5 лет назад +61

      But to all of us expect one specific shit was gonna happen thats what he mean I think.

    • @UMARJOHNSON1
      @UMARJOHNSON1 5 лет назад +6

      facts UNFORTUNATELY

    • @MegamaXX500
      @MegamaXX500 5 лет назад +47

      @@deathfrombelow1193 stay blind

    • @Hemperbud
      @Hemperbud 5 лет назад +9

      I thought they were following him to find the others tbh

  • @metricman6449
    @metricman6449 6 лет назад +832

    My son was conceived while I was living on Marcy, my only son. This song is special to me. Real talk.

    • @kundalini1128
      @kundalini1128 6 лет назад +33

      I lived on Flushing Avenue for years. Have you read a novel called Escape From Marcy? You probably haven't...it's not well known. If you haven't, check it out. I heard the author is trying to get in touch with jay to possibly do a movie. Good read!!!

    • @ADJ1229
      @ADJ1229 5 лет назад +17

      Blessings to you and your son. From me and my two boys. ✌️

    • @mrp4235
      @mrp4235 4 года назад +1

      Metric Man I felt that bro.....

    • @ganeshapartners
      @ganeshapartners 4 года назад +1

      444th like 🤟🏼

    • @roysanders1332
      @roysanders1332 4 года назад +1

      Wow bro My son was made on 590 Marcy Brother 🤣🤣 I felt this comment

  • @lauristonbrewster9097
    @lauristonbrewster9097 4 года назад +834

    Just came back from watching "Uncut Gems" and found out the Safdie brothers directed this music video.

    • @UncommonSituations
      @UncommonSituations 4 года назад +47

      Lauriston Brewster their cinematography and use of color is phenomenal. I really envy it

    • @beinerthchitivamachado874
      @beinerthchitivamachado874 4 года назад +8

      Damn Bro, that's crazy!

    • @oliverfolan8479
      @oliverfolan8479 4 года назад

      Me too

    • @cheeez9438
      @cheeez9438 4 года назад +26

      UncommonSituations Marcy Me and Uncut Gems is the work of Darius Khondji. Brilliant cinematographer also responsible for PTA’s ANIMA.

    • @FrancoisDressler
      @FrancoisDressler 4 года назад +7

      @@cheeez9438 One of the greats. His "Conversations with" book from France is a must own.

  • @jamtronllc
    @jamtronllc 3 года назад +68

    His Vocals are always so clean. No back ups, very few adlibs. Just clean raw raps, no reverb, clean up front in the mix. True skillz.

  • @bdambition
    @bdambition 6 лет назад +60

    Was anyone else glad that the black kid didn’t die, or that we didn’t see street violence and crimes. It’s refreshing to see black art reflect true life for us that doesn’t end in tragedy.

  • @allenragin4893
    @allenragin4893 6 лет назад +3098

    It's sad that through the whole video you're hoping the wrong person doesn't get shot because that's what we're used to.

    • @yushublack
      @yushublack 6 лет назад +178

      weird you say that when no one is the video was doing anything wrong....so what is it that we need to do better?

    • @allenragin4893
      @allenragin4893 6 лет назад +10

      bigstU25 correct

    • @yushublack
      @yushublack 6 лет назад +164

      bigstU25
      I am from the hood south side chicago wild 100's lived here 27 years since birth. and i know exactly what the video is about. and its not a matter of us having to do better. its a matter of police not stereotyping black people in general. whites commit the same crimes at the same rate if not higher. yet you will not see helicopters following innocent white around looking for someone armed with a knife. we shouldnt have to be careful or in a higher since of alertness simply because when they see black skin they feel threatened. should be able to go from point a to point be without being harassed, with your logic your blaming all black people for a few criminal elements. thats like saying all white people need to be on high alert and know more about the law and walk on egg shells because a few white kids shoot up schools and churches. yet you dont see them telling there people that...stop blaming black people for the perception of racist whites.

    • @whoisneezy
      @whoisneezy 6 лет назад +18

      I really was thinking that the whole time. Very profund, old sport.

    • @monkmorgan8105
      @monkmorgan8105 6 лет назад +2

      Allen Ragin for real thats the beauty of it

  • @ZatchBolski
    @ZatchBolski 2 года назад +79

    Is anyone going to talk about how he absolutely murdered this track? This is his best song in years.

    • @AYYYY8D
      @AYYYY8D 2 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/I0OdXqcZn7o/видео.html

    • @paquinraino8180
      @paquinraino8180 2 года назад +1

      Family Feud is good too

    • @quinnencalade
      @quinnencalade 2 года назад +1

      I’m right there with you. This easily one of my favorite jay z tracks

  • @Kayode19
    @Kayode19 4 года назад +343

    The flow, word-play, and sample are brilliantly put together. Jay-z is the GOAT (imo). One of my favorite songs off this great album: 4:44!

    • @jmaxel5061
      @jmaxel5061 4 года назад +5

      Definetely the best song from the album

    • @priscilla7864
      @priscilla7864 4 года назад +8

      Naw this album is 100 percent message. Moonlight is COLDDDDDD. SERIOUSLY

    • @jmaxel5061
      @jmaxel5061 4 года назад +4

      @@priscilla7864 Jay second best album. Here are my favourite albums from him: RD, 4:44, the blueprint or the black album

    • @anitaneal1779
      @anitaneal1779 3 года назад

      Kayode Gloster Flow sounds like Pharcyde Passing me by!

    • @koubadja8151
      @koubadja8151 3 года назад +5

      Every true hip hop fan should fall in love with Marcy Me. This song is better than any other track off this CLASSIC

  • @JR-bz7ov
    @JR-bz7ov 6 лет назад +615

    No ID’s production is untouchable

    • @EsquireMusic111
      @EsquireMusic111 6 лет назад +5

      Aston Martin Truth!

    • @JHook2dafullest
      @JHook2dafullest 6 лет назад +2

      Aston Martin 😢😢😢✊✊✊

    • @tajuanabrown480
      @tajuanabrown480 6 лет назад +15

      James Reid he did something truly special. No four bars are the same through the whole album. Every beat switches every 4 bars. I go cry now 😢

    • @atronbell6414
      @atronbell6414 5 лет назад +7

      Probs the best beat ever

    • @pm1532
      @pm1532 5 лет назад +3

      James Reid Agreed man.

  • @j.money9949
    @j.money9949 6 лет назад +699

    DAMN. Jay Z, Kendrick and SZA all just dropped new videos. I’m shook

  • @254jada
    @254jada 5 лет назад +685

    I used to drive for uber and I used to play this to ALL my passengers when 444 dropped 🙏🏾 !

    • @justinwilliams8915
      @justinwilliams8915 5 лет назад +29

      What was your rating just out of curiosity 😂?

    • @tcorectroll2120
      @tcorectroll2120 4 года назад +6

      Poor passengers. No one wants to hear wack ass boring music.

    • @tjg6363
      @tjg6363 4 года назад +143

      @@tcorectroll2120 nigga u probably listen to lil pump

    • @tcorectroll2120
      @tcorectroll2120 4 года назад +2

      Chris T it’s art 🥰 but what does depression and me/you have to do with anything?

    • @tonysoprano207
      @tonysoprano207 4 года назад +25

      @@tcorectroll2120 why are u here

  • @rob833
    @rob833 2 месяца назад +2

    Marcy Me is a time less phrase that grabs you the inner kid in you no matter how old you are & takes you back to the good old times we all experienced and can relate too as growing up in the suburbs even tho it was little we made it Perfect shouts out to Jay another Gem of great work and Master word play Marcy Me!

  • @joanaserrao7362
    @joanaserrao7362 6 лет назад +63

    The piano groove featured on the track is a sample of Portuguese progressive rock band Quarteto 1111's 1970 track "Todo O Mundo E Ninguém."
    Glad you included a Portuguese old song. ❤️
    Proud of being Portuguese.
    Good song Jay-Z 👏❤️

  • @k_extra4586
    @k_extra4586 6 лет назад +194

    This video brought back so many memories of growing up in Jamaica, when ur dads (big homie) would have u run to the shop (corner store) then gave u the change on ur return. As a kid that was one our main hustle, u actually felt like u earned it, was such a great feeling.

    • @yertoik
      @yertoik 6 лет назад +12

      man, it gave me the same feelings from partly growing up in Morocco. Run for cigs, drink, whatevs. You also see that culture in the U.K. with olders and youngers.

    • @k_extra4586
      @k_extra4586 6 лет назад

      yertoik checkout @yawdtalkpodcast

    • @bad444
      @bad444 6 лет назад

      k_extra45 kerf
      Me too.

    • @CRocSmoothG1
      @CRocSmoothG1 6 лет назад

      dopest freestyle to this beat ruclips.net/video/n-x3WBmTlbQ/видео.html

    • @JGD44
      @JGD44 6 лет назад +3

      I'm Jamaican as well and it gave me the same feeling. My dad had a Chinese friend who would sometimes send me to buy things for him at the corner shop. He'd give me a $1000 to buy whatever and I'd always get to keep the change (the change was usually $500-$600 lol)

  • @ketchyshubby
    @ketchyshubby 2 года назад +18

    This song is an underrated classic. It really touches something in you and no matter where you're from takes you back to your childhood. Fuck, how do more people not know about this?

  • @aliyousuf2599
    @aliyousuf2599 5 лет назад +60

    That second verse is SOOO underrated

  • @johnfranklin4391
    @johnfranklin4391 6 лет назад +1022

    This that music where you reminisce about your young life and thank God that you made it

  • @danielguzman4338
    @danielguzman4338 6 лет назад +97

    Jay-Z is the only rapper I know who stays amazing for 21 years !! #HOVA

    • @slreynolds5651
      @slreynolds5651 6 лет назад

      Daniel Guzman Agreed!

    • @mbf6160
      @mbf6160 6 лет назад +6

      Daniel Guzman Eminem just talked about how he admires jays ability to tap into what’s currently goin on but flip his own way and stay relevant jays a beast

    • @jiemelgould8664
      @jiemelgould8664 6 лет назад +6

      Daniel Guzman mann do y'all realize what we are witnessing this man been in the game over 20 years and stay relevant that is almost impossible look at all the other 90s rappers HOV got more number one albums than any artist any general of music yeah more than Elvis Michael Jackson anyone you can think of and that is unheard of for a rapper to surpass the king of pop and rock he has done with no rapper has done. Jay-Z is the best rapper ever

    • @slreynolds5651
      @slreynolds5651 6 лет назад

      Jiemel Gould Period!

    • @danielguzman4338
      @danielguzman4338 6 лет назад

      Jiemel Gould agreed

  • @kashifilyas1340
    @kashifilyas1340 4 года назад +77

    If anyone doubts Jay-z's greatness just point them to this song. Holy shit! The flow, lyrics, wordplay, everything out of the world!

    • @bonzonebrodock2283
      @bonzonebrodock2283 3 года назад

      Hello Kashif

    • @NukaRage
      @NukaRage 3 года назад

      Saying this songs wordplay is ‘out of this world’ is just an insult to some of his previous songs

    • @kashifilyas1340
      @kashifilyas1340 3 года назад +12

      @@NukaRage I dont know man. I am familiar with Jay's classics but these lines blew my mind:
      "I started in lobbies, now parley with Saudis
      I'm a Sufi to goofies, I could prolly speak Farsi
      That's poetry, reek of coca leaf in my past
      Came through the bushes smellin' like roses
      I need a trophy just for that"

    • @FyahAlex
      @FyahAlex 2 года назад +3

      @@NukaRage nah I feel that’s fair. There’s so much wordplay for such a short song that it’s crazy and I been rocking with Jay since Hawaiian Sophie days.

  • @Adam-kx2tp
    @Adam-kx2tp 3 года назад +89

    This guy is so important to hip hop. He kept it 100 all the way through. He stuck with boom bap and lyrics and refused to jump on the autotune hype train and somehow still managed to be the richest and most succesful rapper through the generations. LEGEND.

    • @enriktigasna
      @enriktigasna 2 года назад +2

      Pitch Correction is used by everyone just so you know

    • @Adam-kx2tp
      @Adam-kx2tp 2 года назад +1

      @@enriktigasna I didn't say anything about pitch correction

    • @enriktigasna
      @enriktigasna 2 года назад +2

      @@Adam-kx2tp Auto tune is mostly an effect. Pitch correction still means that vocal skills aren't really required so I don't really understand with what you mean the "Auto tune train"

    • @Adam-kx2tp
      @Adam-kx2tp 2 года назад

      @@enriktigasna You just said what I mean

    • @enriktigasna
      @enriktigasna 2 года назад +2

      @@Adam-kx2tp I mean I don't understand what's wrong with autotune

  • @REFFAUNIVERSECITY
    @REFFAUNIVERSECITY 6 лет назад +1158

    This is ART. Not just music

    • @AlexisDeLargo
      @AlexisDeLargo 6 лет назад +24

      Man, music IS just art.

    • @frosty2.010
      @frosty2.010 6 лет назад +6

      So lil uzi is art

    • @AlexisDeLargo
      @AlexisDeLargo 6 лет назад +24

      lil uzi is veeeery artistic, you can see he really has the will to create a concept with his music. Then, you can value if it's good art or bad art.

    • @QueenM01
      @QueenM01 6 лет назад

      Right

    • @guerillawhite3083
      @guerillawhite3083 6 лет назад +3

      music is art

  • @blckhaji
    @blckhaji 6 лет назад +88

    “Live from Bedford-Stuyvesant, The livest one
Representing BK to the fullest” R.I.P BIG 🙏🏾

  • @shotbyfabi
    @shotbyfabi 2 года назад +75

    Sometimes I listen to this song and think it's the most beautiful Hip-Hop song ever. But never hold on to the thought for too long because most people wouldn't even list it in Jay's top 20 songs. But it might be. It's perfect. From the lyrics, the story, the history, the references, the culture, the bars, the production, the chorus and the singing, even the singing in the outro is perfect. "You couldn't change me if I wanted to. I'm a take this with me to the moon."

    • @chineduonyeoziri7408
      @chineduonyeoziri7408 2 года назад +8

      That's the beauty of Jay z. He's been in his prime since he came out in 96. It's hard to tell when he was at his peak and when he was at a low.
      He says his worst album is volume 1 In my life time, but it's on that same album that you have tracks like "where I'm from", "a million and one questions", "streets is watching".
      His other bad album according to critics is "kingdom come", but that album has great tracks like "lost ones", "show me what you got", "minority report" and others.
      The man has atleast five classic albums, atleast because personally I think it's more than that.

    • @thatdudesolo
      @thatdudesolo Год назад +2

      I thought I was alone. Love you for this comment bro! 👌🏾💯❤️

    • @shotbyfabi
      @shotbyfabi Год назад

      @@thatdudesolo 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

    • @davidikechukwu8659
      @davidikechukwu8659 Год назад +1

      His best song ever

    • @solitary2
      @solitary2 8 месяцев назад +1

      Who cares where other people rank it, it’s where you rank it.

  • @randyflores9723
    @randyflores9723 5 лет назад +158

    I fucking love this song. Bar for bar it's probably my favorite song of all time. That music, that brag, that proudness, I admire it.

  • @renanoctavio2629
    @renanoctavio2629 6 лет назад +352

    jay-z, kdot, sza and lil wayne just dropping everything this night lmao

    • @lmason95912
      @lmason95912 6 лет назад +1

      It is Christmas time :)

    • @user-lt1sf6jr4e
      @user-lt1sf6jr4e 6 лет назад

      Renan PsyK I know lmao

    • @kingjohnnyjohn5
      @kingjohnnyjohn5 6 лет назад

      Renan PsyK The next artist to sign to Rocnation I promise you won't regret it 👑🙏
      ruclips.net/video/6RE7PiwM4JM/видео.html

    • @adnkd2184
      @adnkd2184 6 лет назад +1

      k. Johnny regretted it

    • @ugh6983
      @ugh6983 6 лет назад +1

      Renan PsyK MoonLight 🙏🔥

  • @Toheeb90
    @Toheeb90 6 лет назад +77

    Kendrick, Jay Z, SZA dropping new videos in a day.
    Best Christmas present on RUclips. Thumps up if u agree 👍👍👍

    • @pitching
      @pitching 6 лет назад +1

      they are all amazing :) fuck all mumble rapper and lame r&B singer

  • @THERENALDOJ
    @THERENALDOJ 4 года назад +65

    Man I forgot how much I liked this project, who's listening to 444 in 2019 ?

  • @khalilhamilton8974
    @khalilhamilton8974 4 года назад +26

    I teared up when i first watched this video...this video literally summed up the first 15 years of my life in so many ways

  • @RazCloset
    @RazCloset 6 лет назад +157

    Mr. Carter keeps changing the game.

  • @softshore
    @softshore 6 лет назад +318

    The Portuguese sample made me proud xD

    • @Dawonsip
      @Dawonsip 5 лет назад +4

      Who did they simple this from

    • @rsimoes38
      @rsimoes38 5 лет назад +77

      quarteto 1111, a portuguese 60s psychadelic rock band. they were shut down several times by the dictatorship of the time because of the controversial topics on their songs.. probably the reason they didnt make it very big

    • @luisrojas3173
      @luisrojas3173 4 года назад +20

      Todo o mundo e ninguém.

    • @katsukawamari
      @katsukawamari 4 года назад +6

      Eu não consigo cantar essa música sem ficar falando Cavaleiro e Todo Mundo o temp todo ahaha

  • @joshdi8003
    @joshdi8003 5 лет назад +268

    JayZ is one of the best lyricists of a generation.

    • @thembayeza7514
      @thembayeza7514 5 лет назад +3

      Jay Z is not even a lyricist

    • @jakerobertson8832
      @jakerobertson8832 4 года назад +11

      Themba Yeza he really is

    • @Chastidee
      @Chastidee 4 года назад +3

      Definitely.

    • @njhovo_
      @njhovo_ 4 года назад +4

      @@thembayeza7514 uhm... ok

    • @yolekevin6880
      @yolekevin6880 4 года назад +9

      @@thembayeza7514 what do you know about lyrics

  • @brianrelation633
    @brianrelation633 3 года назад +21

    “Y’all flirting with death, I be winking through the scope” lyric goes hard asf

  • @boogiewoogiebearboy
    @boogiewoogiebearboy 6 лет назад +244

    2:46 is one of the best shots I have seen. It shows the compassion that the guy has for the kid, exhibiting the classic "neighborhood kid" relationship. The man even shrugs, as to say "Come on dude, you think I'm going to make you give me back this little amount of change?". He's just giving the kid a little pocket money, but for the kid that little amount of money is like winning the lottery.

    • @lando3320
      @lando3320 3 года назад +12

      i was honestly thinking this and my heart pours for the season everytime. as i am trying to comprehend what it meas to me i realise so much can be said about it yet i cant get the words out.

    • @solitary2
      @solitary2 2 года назад +4

      The way the music and vocals ease up on that scene too. I love it

    • @daftbanna7202
      @daftbanna7202 2 года назад +4

      That's the safdies for you

    • @FyahAlex
      @FyahAlex 2 года назад +2

      Lil’ man.

    • @llamapartyy
      @llamapartyy Год назад

      safdies bros, the new martin scorese

  • @MYnameIsANTONY
    @MYnameIsANTONY 6 лет назад +507

    The song alone was a masterpiece, but this video just did something I am unable to verbalize. Literally had to watch it three times.

    • @jackdamenace13
      @jackdamenace13 6 лет назад +11

      MYnameIsANTONY Word. That custom Dodgers shirt that kid is wearing I want one!

    • @MYnameIsANTONY
      @MYnameIsANTONY 6 лет назад +2

      Ravens and Nittany Lions fan #JustABlackAtheist Had to look again, yeah thought about it most Dodgers I usually see are white with Dodgers in blue yeah that shirt not your regular degular.

    • @maxamillionpegasus6597
      @maxamillionpegasus6597 5 лет назад +5

      Only word I can use to describe this video is NOSTALGIA

    • @LAMEHERC1
      @LAMEHERC1 4 года назад +2

      It choked me up a bit

    • @facehole3
      @facehole3 4 года назад +5

      That’s Elera Pictures for you! Check out their movies Good Time and Uncut Gems, they capture the essence of nyc just like this video!

  • @pedrocosta7056
    @pedrocosta7056 4 года назад +16

    this is hitting harder now. rip Floyd and countless others 😔

  • @MisterCee41510
    @MisterCee41510 4 года назад +24

    I love Jay-z so much. Ever since the early 90s he been my favorite. I use to get a lot of heat for listening to him in CA back then

  • @princejoffreyleone3327
    @princejoffreyleone3327 5 лет назад +720

    Yall flirting with death, I be winking through the scope😉

    • @michaelguadalupe1706
      @michaelguadalupe1706 5 лет назад +10

      Prince Joffrey Leone dopest line on the album!!

    • @natestarz7109
      @natestarz7109 5 лет назад +11

      @@michaelguadalupe1706 The best song on the album.

    • @Amidat
      @Amidat 5 лет назад +1

      The lifestyles portrayed all lead to early death... Indeed it was a scope into it. People I grew up with who aren't even 50 yet - look like ghosts. Sad.

    • @sodcl4w647
      @sodcl4w647 5 лет назад +2

      🔭😉

    • @mrp4235
      @mrp4235 4 года назад +1

      Prince Joffrey Leone oooo.....I SS that with the 😉 emo.....

  • @jarvisbrookfieldart
    @jarvisbrookfieldart 6 лет назад +218

    There is something so beautiful about this. I don't know why but it feels so rich. Deep and sincere. This is a beautiful creation. Thank you.

    • @vopat891
      @vopat891 6 лет назад +2

      Jarvis Brookfield I feel that same way

    • @dylanmorgan2752
      @dylanmorgan2752 6 лет назад +4

      You shouldn’t just assume somethings deep from the way it looks, otherwise everyone would believe Xxx’s lyrics and music is actually deeper than it is. But yes you’re right that it’s mainly the flowy piano instrumental with the typically Jayz excellent film making, as the lyrics of the song are a nostalgic rose tinted look back for Jay on his younger life in Marcy projects and growing up around street dealers, and then later becoming one. But the video itself with the overwatching eye of the police floodlight, kind of shows an alternative meaning to the song on top of how history can’t be repaired only the future can, and how Jayz was never born one, but bc of where he was born he’s almost destined to become an American Gangster, as Denzel is also reffed in the lyrics. Also the floodlight is taken to be seen as the lens that the police and mainstream media might see dealers or black people generally as subjective and very concentrated on one aspect, being close minded. Yes the quality

    • @dylanmorgan2752
      @dylanmorgan2752 6 лет назад +3

      Entire album was brilliant, as I’ve personally never seen such a personification of white and black, and culture all wrapped up into one rooftop and one police helicopter in any music video, well done to Jay z.

    • @jarvisbrookfieldart
      @jarvisbrookfieldart 6 лет назад

      What do you mean?

    • @jarvisbrookfieldart
      @jarvisbrookfieldart 6 лет назад

      What do you mean?

  • @oozinboozin6564
    @oozinboozin6564 4 года назад +128

    Safdie brothers!

  • @evelyntyler9087
    @evelyntyler9087 5 лет назад +46

    em is a great rapper, no two ways about that..but HOV, he is a whole real lyrical rap category on its own.he carries the crown. superiority, consistency everything makes him the G.O.A.T

    • @kenloft3006
      @kenloft3006 4 года назад +3

      #facts

    • @michaelweatherspoon8197
      @michaelweatherspoon8197 4 года назад

      evelyn tyler absolutely. Hov is my favorite rapper; he inspires me ruclips.net/video/JTYaXUxN4vY/видео.html

    • @NYners718
      @NYners718 4 года назад +3

      FACTS HOV THE 🐐

  • @hubertfenelon25
    @hubertfenelon25 6 лет назад +27

    The greatest rapper of all time 🐐

  • @jaythatduderich7214
    @jaythatduderich7214 6 лет назад +220

    always got looked at as a suspect even as a kid

    • @dylanmorgan2752
      @dylanmorgan2752 6 лет назад +3

      +j campos wtf, that’s not even remotely making any sense.

  • @LeCrocTPMK
    @LeCrocTPMK 3 года назад +12

    The video 👌. I could be reading to much but in my opinion the young boy represents young Jay Z who got out to the world and came back home with more than food. He came back with the spotlight on him. He really represented BK to the fullest.

  • @user-sj1ni7zr1z
    @user-sj1ni7zr1z 3 года назад +25

    Am I the only person that cried while watching this? God damnit. Jay-Z and the Safdie Bros are a team that I never knew I needed.

    • @burritogamer3984
      @burritogamer3984 3 года назад +2

      yea MV straight up gave me chills once the dream came in and that ending shot

  • @Blaqk_8298
    @Blaqk_8298 6 лет назад +1705

    *_HOW MANY_* people got love for _JAY Z?_

  • @johnsondboss
    @johnsondboss 6 лет назад +238

    Jay-Z, Kendrick, and SZA won this whole year 😂🙏

    • @hedidridi1274
      @hedidridi1274 6 лет назад +2

      Who's SZA

    • @latanda96
      @latanda96 6 лет назад +13

      Hedy Dridi Do yourself some research son

    • @sportobsessivebryant3336
      @sportobsessivebryant3336 6 лет назад +2

      Hedy Dridi Don't.....it's not worth it

    • @hedidridi1274
      @hedidridi1274 6 лет назад +2

      SportObsessive Bryant And I realized that it wasn't

    • @hedidridi1274
      @hedidridi1274 6 лет назад +1

      Kendrick's style always been like this, but alot of MFs are adopting it poorly

  • @donnewilliams3749
    @donnewilliams3749 4 года назад +29

    Jigga is smooth but deadly like a pearl handle pistol.

  • @unknowntalent3440
    @unknowntalent3440 4 года назад +141

    There is something so nostalgic about this song. On repeat ✊🏾

  • @nasirjones9149
    @nasirjones9149 6 лет назад +14

    The Dream's voice on the hook is simply beautiful. This is the Album of the year.

  • @GoodxJ
    @GoodxJ 6 лет назад +781

    Best song on 444!!! Love this.
    Peace + Love!

  • @anshumannroy
    @anshumannroy 11 месяцев назад +5

    Marcy houses where the boys die by the thousands 💔

  • @jessieatkinson2694
    @jessieatkinson2694 4 года назад +23

    I came thru the bushes / smelling like roses / I need a trophy jus fa'dat.. Hov

  • @itsbigcliff5178
    @itsbigcliff5178 6 лет назад +64

    Jay & Scarface ... both still are dropping fire ass music to this day !!

  • @zKaRiisMa
    @zKaRiisMa 6 лет назад +186

    Got the whole hip hop community shook

  • @yosimtybred1762
    @yosimtybred1762 4 года назад +10

    Top 5 jay z songs

  • @MisterCee41510
    @MisterCee41510 3 года назад +14

    This song has brought tears of joy to my eyes. I love this song, makes me appreciate the efforts my parents put in raising me.

  • @nmkone2207
    @nmkone2207 5 лет назад +54

    You are a gifted story teller.

  • @Diamondando
    @Diamondando 6 лет назад +734

    Only 1 million views wtf... This is possibly the best rap song of 2017

    • @George-te4ms
      @George-te4ms 5 лет назад +34

      Looks like Jay unsold his soul😂

    • @yezmirsheppard-halika6892
      @yezmirsheppard-halika6892 5 лет назад +13

      It was the best song of 2017!!!

    • @775.-
      @775.- 5 лет назад +4

      @@George-te4ms he had refund

    • @Bentwest
      @Bentwest 5 лет назад +18

      Nah to many washed souls a lost generation only understand violence and drugs they ignore knowledge, that’s why this video doesn’t have so many views not to many can understand the art of jay z

    • @caveman9816
      @caveman9816 4 года назад +23

      Jay z’s songs are too deep for most people to understand. But since people can understand, they realize how amazing his songs are

  • @ikelenafly
    @ikelenafly 4 года назад +13

    Jayz’s most intimate album. Don’t @ me.

  • @andilegxelesha-maqashu7348
    @andilegxelesha-maqashu7348 Год назад +6

    Literally every other lyricist who was once great, dropped their standard, Jay-Z, 3 decades in, is as sharp as he was on Reasonable Doubt. That is insane!

    • @shotbyfabi
      @shotbyfabi Год назад

      He had dips, just like everyone else. Come on let's not forget Kingdom Come. Nas is on the same level, also had dips but does very often still drop goat verses. Don't sleep on others like Scarface as well, he's never had a wack verse.

    • @unclephill2456
      @unclephill2456 Год назад

      @@shotbyfabi if you Make 19 plus albums you going find more than one that's not a favorite your point makes no sense you cant name someone with ten plus albums no misses drake was bout to be on it until 2019 shit went downhill thats cause this is business 1st passion second until u get to a point where it's back to all passion like the first album that was his point when you got 30 years in it's not about business u making music only cause u want to smh

    • @shotbyfabi
      @shotbyfabi Год назад

      You're arguing something I never said. You must have responded to the wrong person.

  • @sedfrezin2229
    @sedfrezin2229 6 лет назад +66

    Easily the Best Song Of the Album 👏

  • @bethebest1866
    @bethebest1866 6 лет назад +16

    Jay Z kept it real Brooklyn with this one! Nuff respect Hov!

  • @BigBigBozza
    @BigBigBozza 4 года назад +7

    thank you for this song JAY

  • @zintlemvana7955
    @zintlemvana7955 5 лет назад +16

    Still one of the sickest flows on the album

  • @mastamere
    @mastamere 6 лет назад +16

    Small minded folks probably don't see how deep this is

  • @mohitpanwar6510
    @mohitpanwar6510 6 лет назад +80

    that biggie bar still kills

    • @asp5645
      @asp5645 6 лет назад +9

      young thug yup. ..chickenheads be clucking

  • @plus_sign
    @plus_sign 6 месяцев назад +4

    JAY-Z is such a genius... the Dodgers uniform under the spotlight... the last shot

  • @joaodias5481
    @joaodias5481 3 года назад +27

    "Todo o mundo e ninguém" from quarteto 1111, a Portuguese band. José Cid is a genius.

  • @nightcoder2633
    @nightcoder2633 6 лет назад +21

    He need Grammy for visual concepts alone!! This is classic

  • @WithDreday
    @WithDreday 6 лет назад +22

    Finally, my favorite track from the album.

  • @zvie
    @zvie 5 лет назад +16

    This song will age like fine wine 🍷. Awesome hands-down

  • @caligulaprobablemente
    @caligulaprobablemente 12 дней назад +2

    this song is a MASTERPIECE

  • @itzrychkingdom7827
    @itzrychkingdom7827 6 лет назад +130

    Big ups superstar....
    If u are a real Jay Z fun, hit a like 👍

    • @Mookaron
      @Mookaron 5 лет назад +1

      Fan*

    • @CorruptedYouth
      @CorruptedYouth 5 лет назад

      HEY GUYS ITS ME THE ONE PROMO ARTIST WHO DOESNT SOUND LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE MUSIC VIDEO ON PAGE ALSO IM ON ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS 🔥☝🏽💯

  • @cierrapfanstiel1079
    @cierrapfanstiel1079 6 лет назад +102

    He just dropped three videos like nothing, BLESSED.

    • @marty2398
      @marty2398 6 лет назад

      Cierra Pfanstiel they've been out on Tidal

    • @kingdavid8870
      @kingdavid8870 6 лет назад

      Luh Man lmmfao damn bruh!

    • @my_resume_is_a_bad_bitch4281
      @my_resume_is_a_bad_bitch4281 6 лет назад +2

      Bruh there are good and bad in all races. Relax.

    • @andremackron9827
      @andremackron9827 6 лет назад +1

      Luh Man
      Nigga get your racist ass out of here you are the best example of why we can't have any fuckin dialogue.

    • @my_resume_is_a_bad_bitch4281
      @my_resume_is_a_bad_bitch4281 6 лет назад +2

      Cierra Pfanstiel Keep ya head up, keep supporting progressive men and women of any color who want to bring you quality artistry. Stay blessed.

  • @yash4007
    @yash4007 3 года назад +6

    R.I.P JMJ and Big Poppa, always in our hearts

  • @kingabalos
    @kingabalos 5 лет назад +37

    The fact that Hov went back to his old-school fast flow (something he has never done since The Black Album) to relive his Marcy days is fucking poetic.

    • @brigjay123
      @brigjay123 5 лет назад +4

      which song are you talking about that he does the fast flow?

    • @kingabalos
      @kingabalos 5 лет назад +10

      @@brigjay123 This one, this is Reasonable Doubt diggity-style flow, something Jay has not done since The Black Album

  • @nanoaged1
    @nanoaged1 6 лет назад +132

    This is Resonable Doubt sprinkled with Vol.1 type HOV

    • @InspectahDeck718
      @InspectahDeck718 6 лет назад +1

      gilbert feliciano Felt the exact same vibe too bro

  • @ratatootie-_-3062
    @ratatootie-_-3062 6 лет назад +529

    The fact that they were looking at them from a helicopter shows how white ppl view black ppl, with a feeling of superiority, they look down to them. Also a description of what the suspect was wearing was given to the officers but even though the description didn’t match they were seeing black ppl as suspects.
    Very meaningful video

    • @zechypotluck
      @zechypotluck 6 лет назад +1

      rata tootie -_- The description was crazy broad on top of that

    • @mike_t_007
      @mike_t_007 6 лет назад

      rata tootie -_- Facts

    • @ahh
      @ahh 6 лет назад +26

      rata tootie -_- How "white people" view "black people?" Fuck outta here with that stupid ass bullshit.

    • @7229StackStar
      @7229StackStar 6 лет назад +3

      NoThanks Facts!

    • @sicksadworld6221
      @sicksadworld6221 6 лет назад +21

      NoThanks that mirror hurtin' your eyes huh?

  • @filkce
    @filkce Год назад +2

    I am Polish, this song is soo strong, sample, words, my favorite

  • @neotrinityrakgajane
    @neotrinityrakgajane 3 месяца назад +2

    NO ID and Jay. This was a dream. What a time.

  • @BLVCK6
    @BLVCK6 6 лет назад +341

    **Lyrics Matter**

    • @jermaineblalock5553
      @jermaineblalock5553 6 лет назад +8

      F A M E R indeed friend..indeed

    • @mr.present42
      @mr.present42 6 лет назад +1

      Nicely sum up salute too you

    • @JOESPILLZ
      @JOESPILLZ 6 лет назад +6

      F A M E R THANK YOU. The shit that kills me is u hear ppl talk about "lyrical rap" 🤔 it's like saying "contact oriented" tackle football or some shit!? there's certain elements that need to be present in order to fall under the umbrella of the definition of Hip-Hop.. all this other shit is a spinoff or sub genre.. but since they have NON hiphop ppl steering the boat they got ppl thinkin crazy.. kids should understand the true definition of hiphop. not this anything goes shit. ppl w/lil in front of their name claiming they're BETTER THAN BIG AND PAC? if ur reading this,and think I'm on some "oldhead" shit or just don't get it... Listen to Black Thought freestyle.. and then 25 more tracks from him. THAT'S HIPHOP. Google the elements of hiphop. and I fuck w/Uzi and a few new different types of dudes.. but it's not supposed to be next to Mobb deep or Nas or Jay-Z.. js

    • @BLVCK6
      @BLVCK6 6 лет назад +3

      Joe Joey Spilzwell Volpe I gothu my bruh (:

  • @a.m.9096
    @a.m.9096 6 лет назад +31

    Honestly what a brilliant song.

  • @kingmichealblaize6143
    @kingmichealblaize6143 5 месяцев назад +3

    took me years to finally listen to the lyrics , cos of how good the beat is, Jay really rapped his ass out.

    • @anash578
      @anash578 4 месяца назад +1

      Jay always raps is ass off bro

  • @unclephill2456
    @unclephill2456 Год назад +9

    444 is criminally underrated it's a top 5 greatest rap album and it dont get talked about but when hov was dropping kingdom come and bp3 and magna the people had so much to say how it wasn't bp or rd but this hear ain't bp/rd this here is so much different in a good way no skips every son is 10 not a 9 or 9.5 10

  • @emmanuelndcarterman7901
    @emmanuelndcarterman7901 6 лет назад +47

    JayZ still hanging tough with the Hip-hop Crown

  • @zurialcarey4767
    @zurialcarey4767 6 лет назад +14

    BEST SONG ON THE 4:44 ALBUM!

  • @squirrelsgarden
    @squirrelsgarden 4 года назад +5

    All the county of kings may your ground stay fertile. Shout out to all my BK niggas ✊🏿

  • @korykorin1311
    @korykorin1311 5 лет назад +12

    I love Jay.. He always bring that "Old Brooklyn feeling" Brooklyn Girl For Life 🗽
    #Bedstuy #ENY

  • @marcuswest1318
    @marcuswest1318 6 лет назад +19

    Jay z is such a legend man. Can’t deny it when dudes been droppin bangers his whole career

  • @WolverineNerd
    @WolverineNerd 6 лет назад +49

    Marvin Gaye's "Mercy Mercy Me" brought me here, only the OG's will get it.🤣

    • @arancienne
      @arancienne 6 лет назад

      yeah ok

    • @GetUAClue
      @GetUAClue 6 лет назад +3

      WolverineNerd There's really nothing to get pal lol... clearly it's a play of a popular song by Marvin

    • @mricecream5194
      @mricecream5194 6 лет назад +2

      I'm not a OG but I get it

    • @MrMusicdot
      @MrMusicdot 6 лет назад +3

      Want a cookie ?

  • @AbdulWahab-pu2fb
    @AbdulWahab-pu2fb 4 года назад +29

    RIP georga floyd💔

    • @neatle2925
      @neatle2925 4 года назад +2

      Abdul Wahab *george

    • @neatle2925
      @neatle2925 3 года назад

      Abdul Wahab but still, rip George Floyd

    • @sonictheflexhog6075
      @sonictheflexhog6075 3 года назад

      Who is Georga Floyd?

    • @sonictheflexhog6075
      @sonictheflexhog6075 3 года назад

      Mila A yes, I’ve been living under a rock because “GEORGA” Floyd doesn’t exist, fool. *George* Floyd. OP could be respectful and ACTUALLY put the correct name.

  • @antoniotomaszeca6323
    @antoniotomaszeca6323 Год назад +2

    Anyone better? I don´t see
    King JAY!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥