JAY-Z - Marcy Me

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  • Опубликовано: 1 ноя 2024
  • 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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  • @pieter-baspeppelenbosch1078
    @pieter-baspeppelenbosch1078 Год назад +259

    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.

  • @jwizdum2103
    @jwizdum2103 4 года назад +1752

    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 4 года назад +36

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

    • @piolhis
      @piolhis 4 года назад +94

      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 +20

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

    • @plug1connect
      @plug1connect 3 года назад +6

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

    • @gfjgcgfhcbb7483
      @gfjgcgfhcbb7483 3 года назад +4

      Bet he got that bag he deserves💰

  • @akannisamson5697
    @akannisamson5697 4 года назад +2004

    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 4 года назад +17

      no lie!!! same here!!

    • @cosmic_chicken1399
      @cosmic_chicken1399 4 года назад +21

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

    • @mgf909
      @mgf909 4 года назад +7

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

    • @cosmic_chicken1399
      @cosmic_chicken1399 4 года назад +6

      Tough words while your sitting on 3 subs😂

    • @jahova77
      @jahova77 3 года назад +2

      Me too

  • @HipHopUniverse
    @HipHopUniverse 6 лет назад +2929

    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

  • @joanaserrao7362
    @joanaserrao7362 6 лет назад +73

    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 👏❤️

  • @rckkatansky5783
    @rckkatansky5783 2 года назад +262

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

  • @k_extra4586
    @k_extra4586 6 лет назад +201

    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)

  • @Kayode19
    @Kayode19 4 года назад +358

    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 4 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

  • @cortp898
    @cortp898 4 года назад +344

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

  • @JR-bz7ov
    @JR-bz7ov 6 лет назад +634

    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 +16

      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 6 лет назад +7

      Probs the best beat ever

    • @pm1532
      @pm1532 6 лет назад +3

      James Reid Agreed man.

  • @metricman6449
    @metricman6449 6 лет назад +860

    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 +32

      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 +16

      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

  • @jamtronllc
    @jamtronllc 3 года назад +77

    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.

  • @Piface2099
    @Piface2099 6 лет назад +1379

    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 4 года назад +72

      that's becaue riches don't make you rich

    • @adamconner4582
      @adamconner4582 4 года назад +59

      "couldn't change me if you wanted to"

    • @im4rmapple
      @im4rmapple 4 года назад +72

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

    • @TheGreatArchitect777
      @TheGreatArchitect777 4 года назад +26

      That's why he's the 🐐

    • @TheGreatArchitect777
      @TheGreatArchitect777 4 года назад +21

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

  • @blckhaji
    @blckhaji 6 лет назад +93

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

  • @Ken_Freeman
    @Ken_Freeman 4 года назад +116

    "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 4 года назад +5

      Can you elaborate on what that actually means please

    • @Ken_Freeman
      @Ken_Freeman 4 года назад +31

      @@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.

  • @johnfranklin4391
    @johnfranklin4391 6 лет назад +1026

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

  • @jarvisbrookfieldart
    @jarvisbrookfieldart 6 лет назад +222

    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?

  • @caligulaprobablemente
    @caligulaprobablemente 5 месяцев назад +34

    this song is a MASTERPIECE

  • @randyflores9723
    @randyflores9723 5 лет назад +159

    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.

  • @cliffpaul3889
    @cliffpaul3889 6 лет назад +1189

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

    • @deathfrombelow1193
      @deathfrombelow1193 6 лет назад +6

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

    • @elcat4677
      @elcat4677 6 лет назад +61

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

    • @DOCTORUMARJOHNSON
      @DOCTORUMARJOHNSON 6 лет назад +6

      facts UNFORTUNATELY

    • @MegamaXX500
      @MegamaXX500 6 лет назад +47

      @@deathfrombelow1193 stay blind

    • @Hemperbud
      @Hemperbud 5 лет назад +9

      I thought they were following him to find the others tbh

  • @shotbyfabi
    @shotbyfabi 2 года назад +81

    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 2 года назад +2

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

    • @shotbyfabi
      @shotbyfabi 2 года назад

      @@thatdudesolo 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

    • @davidikechukwu8659
      @davidikechukwu8659 Год назад +1

      His best song ever

    • @solitary2
      @solitary2 Год назад +1

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

  • @j.money9949
    @j.money9949 6 лет назад +708

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

  • @boogiewoogiebearboy
    @boogiewoogiebearboy 6 лет назад +255

    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 4 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 +5

      That's the safdies for you

    • @FyahAlex
      @FyahAlex 2 года назад +2

      Lil’ man.

    • @llamapartyy
      @llamapartyy 2 года назад

      safdies bros, the new martin scorese

  • @ketchyshubby
    @ketchyshubby 2 года назад +23

    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?

  • @REFFAUNIVERSECITY
    @REFFAUNIVERSECITY 6 лет назад +1157

    This is ART. Not just music

    • @AlexisDeLargo
      @AlexisDeLargo 6 лет назад +25

      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

  • @Toheeb90
    @Toheeb90 6 лет назад +79

    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

  • @kashifilyas1340
    @kashifilyas1340 5 лет назад +82

    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 +13

      @@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.

  • @bdambition
    @bdambition 6 лет назад +78

    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.

  • @JimmyGreenRules
    @JimmyGreenRules 4 месяца назад +7

    This is one of my favourite Jay songs of all time, and the video makes me tear up every time. Classic material.

  • @lauristonbrewster9097
    @lauristonbrewster9097 4 года назад +854

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

    • @UncommonSituations
      @UncommonSituations 4 года назад +49

      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.

  • @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 6 лет назад +5

      Only word I can use to describe this video is NOSTALGIA

    • @LAMEHERC1
      @LAMEHERC1 5 лет назад +2

      It choked me up a bit

    • @facehole3
      @facehole3 5 лет 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!

  • @rob833
    @rob833 7 месяцев назад +8

    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!

  • @254jada
    @254jada 5 лет назад +692

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

    • @justinwilliams8915
      @justinwilliams8915 5 лет назад +30

      What was your rating just out of curiosity 😂?

    • @tcorectroll2120
      @tcorectroll2120 5 лет назад +6

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

    • @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

    • @tcorectroll2120
      @tcorectroll2120 4 года назад +4

      TJ G this guy is saying nigga while having an anime profile pic commenting on a jay z video. What the fuck 😂 no I don’t listen to lil pump 🤮 I also don’t listen to wack ass cringe that’s ghost written like this song. You need to get off the cpu you fuckin weeb 🤮🤮🤮

  • @RazCloset
    @RazCloset 6 лет назад +157

    Mr. Carter keeps changing the game.

  • @danielguzman4338
    @danielguzman4338 6 лет назад +103

    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 +7

      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 +7

      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

  • @MisterCee41510
    @MisterCee41510 4 года назад +25

    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

  • @GoodxJ
    @GoodxJ 6 лет назад +781

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

  • @nmkone2207
    @nmkone2207 6 лет назад +54

    You are a gifted story teller.

  • @kanyosinyanya4063
    @kanyosinyanya4063 19 дней назад +2

    Shout out to No I.D for the production on this album,shout out to Jay Z for always keeping it real,solid album.🔥

  • @jermainehnbhwalls822
    @jermainehnbhwalls822 6 лет назад +52

    My grandmother and pops from Marcy I'm from the stuy Marcy houses in the stuy also....this shit touch a nerve so dope....love hove

  • @sedfrezin2229
    @sedfrezin2229 6 лет назад +66

    Easily the Best Song Of the Album 👏

  • @princekhalil201
    @princekhalil201 5 лет 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

  • @itsbigcliff5178
    @itsbigcliff5178 6 лет назад +63

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

  • @nasirjones9149
    @nasirjones9149 6 лет назад +16

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

  • @ZatchBolski
    @ZatchBolski 3 года назад +83

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

    • @AYYYY8D
      @AYYYY8D 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/I0OdXqcZn7o/видео.html

    • @paquinraino8180
      @paquinraino8180 3 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

  • @pascalsanyi6315
    @pascalsanyi6315 6 лет назад +101

    I'm beginning to like this new jay -z better, love the song, great video concept...

    • @LegendInThaMakin
      @LegendInThaMakin 6 лет назад +6

      pascal sanyi he’s always made songs like this. He has a song like this on literally every album.

    • @wayneodhiamboo
      @wayneodhiamboo 6 лет назад +1

      @@LegendInThaMakin facts.

    • @bodegapapi6023
      @bodegapapi6023 5 лет назад

      You late liking him now lol

  • @tmw1985th
    @tmw1985th 6 лет назад +18

    Truly a masterpiece...this song reflects a life journey from one point to another..listen to "where I'm from" then this.

  • @gigiwoe
    @gigiwoe 10 месяцев назад +6

    2:26 is my favorite part
    We have a nephew is locked up right now but when he was home all the little kids looked up to him the way this child looked up and smiled.
    We love and miss you nephew Spook

  • @vimalkhullar2381
    @vimalkhullar2381 6 лет назад +38

    This album is so underrated. I love every single one on this album, perfect mastering, excellent music.

  • @hubertfenelon25
    @hubertfenelon25 6 лет назад +30

    The greatest rapper of all time 🐐

  • @korykorin1311
    @korykorin1311 5 лет назад +12

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

  • @coolzizable
    @coolzizable 6 лет назад +61

    Never saw BKLYN but these words give me goosebumps everytime i listen. Biggie's quotes the second verse had me in tears one time aint gonna lie.
    Streets is my artery, the vein of my existence
    I'm the Gotham City heartbeat
    I started in lobbies now, parley with Saudis
    Sufi to the goofies I could probably speak Farsi
    That's poetry read a coca leaf from my past
    Came through the bushes smelling like roses I need a trophy just for that

    • @wyoddud
      @wyoddud 6 лет назад

      AZIZISREAL

    • @thirsty57
      @thirsty57 Год назад

      🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @aliyousuf2599
    @aliyousuf2599 5 лет назад +65

    That second verse is SOOO underrated

  • @mogs3391
    @mogs3391 Месяц назад +3

    One of my favorite Jay-Z songs 🙂‍↕️

  • @allenragin4893
    @allenragin4893 6 лет назад +3105

    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 +177

      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 +163

      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 +19

      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

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

    Honestly what a brilliant song.

  • @Adam-kx2tp
    @Adam-kx2tp 4 года назад +94

    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 3 года назад +2

      Pitch Correction is used by everyone just so you know

    • @Adam-kx2tp
      @Adam-kx2tp 3 года назад +1

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

    • @enriktigasna
      @enriktigasna 3 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 3 года назад

      @@enriktigasna You just said what I mean

    • @enriktigasna
      @enriktigasna 3 года назад +3

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

  • @bethebest1866
    @bethebest1866 6 лет назад +17

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

  • @princejoffreyleone3327
    @princejoffreyleone3327 6 лет назад +718

    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.....

  • @kingmichealblaize6143
    @kingmichealblaize6143 10 месяцев назад +8

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

    • @anash578
      @anash578 9 месяцев назад +2

      Jay always raps is ass off bro

    • @Dynamis11
      @Dynamis11 3 месяца назад +1

      @@anash578fr bro when is gonna get his flowers having the best and most unique flow of all time.

    • @anash578
      @anash578 3 месяца назад

      @@Dynamis11 unfortunately the rule is when he passes away 🤦🏾‍♂️.
      “ They bring you flowers when you dead / but no soup when you sick “
      - Oschino
      Tales of a hustlers Pt.2

  • @ARusso1192
    @ARusso1192 6 лет назад +21

    Best song he's made in a long time. The actual feels in it give me goosebumps.. Not money talk. Thank you Hov

  • @ImRichBych
    @ImRichBych 6 лет назад +4

    All the county of Kings may ya ground stay fertile!!! 💯💯💯

  • @ismailchoudhary7441
    @ismailchoudhary7441 4 месяца назад +4

    I live in slums in Mumbai and idk how but i just connect to this music and the community as shown in the video

  • @evelyntyler9087
    @evelyntyler9087 5 лет назад +47

    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 5 лет 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 🐐

  • @try_everything-
    @try_everything- 6 лет назад +13

    Straight chills! So good, so perfect, so smooth! The way JayZ flows with his words to a chill ass beat gives me straight chills!

  • @MisterCee41510
    @MisterCee41510 3 года назад +15

    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.

    • @graffitikidchris
      @graffitikidchris 2 месяца назад

      Literally this. You look around and you see the advantages and intelligence you attained because your parents instilled values into you.

  • @kylebreeze5919
    @kylebreeze5919 6 лет назад +517

    I didn't realize so many people love this song as much as I do,,
    Great video for my favorite song on the album!

  • @softshore
    @softshore 6 лет назад +323

    The Portuguese sample made me proud xD

    • @Dawonsip
      @Dawonsip 5 лет назад +4

      Who did they simple this from

    • @rsimoes38
      @rsimoes38 5 лет назад +78

      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 5 лет 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

  • @lotuzz7409
    @lotuzz7409 4 года назад +15

    2:20 that part always gets stuck in my head for days at a time

  • @renanoctavio2629
    @renanoctavio2629 6 лет назад +356

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

    • @lmason95912
      @lmason95912 6 лет назад +1

      It is Christmas time :)

    • @evan-j7x
      @evan-j7x 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 🙏🔥

  • @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

  • @unknowntalent3440
    @unknowntalent3440 4 года назад +142

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

  • @WithDreday
    @WithDreday 6 лет назад +22

    Finally, my favorite track from the album.

  • @haabaa2512
    @haabaa2512 6 лет назад +37

    Jay Z inspired so many generations. He's one of the few rappers/storytellers in history to do so. Marcy me 🌹

  • @kamoksoulmotaung4848
    @kamoksoulmotaung4848 Месяц назад +3

    Till this day

  • @Tree6ixGaming
    @Tree6ixGaming 6 лет назад +370

    0:59 I forgot how much I like this song..

    • @kennyken2004
      @kennyken2004 6 лет назад +4

      Bruh 😂

    • @Tree6ixGaming
      @Tree6ixGaming 6 лет назад

      @Kendall The God I wasn't trying to funny or anything I was being very serious.. :P

    • @eskc442
      @eskc442 6 лет назад +17

      Bruh lmao I think he's talking about the Hamlet verse not the girl smacking her ass I'm dead

    • @eskc442
      @eskc442 6 лет назад

      #Smile Gaming which I do agree on pretty great use of a quote, Hamlet is like a bible of quotes

  • @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

  • @filkce
    @filkce Год назад +3

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

  • @zvie
    @zvie 5 лет назад +16

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

  • @user-zi6fb3sb3g
    @user-zi6fb3sb3g 6 лет назад +65

    This beat Is so chill

    • @nizar70707
      @nizar70707 6 лет назад +1

      ハイドロ 7 and when the outro kicks in at 2:20 goddamnnnnnnn

    • @midnighteye2737
      @midnighteye2737 6 лет назад +1

      If you like this track you should search for Born Again by Co$$, it's one of my favorite underground gems.

    • @Generationalwealth94
      @Generationalwealth94 4 месяца назад

      PORTUGAL ON THE BEAT CARALHO 🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹

  • @jessieatkinson2694
    @jessieatkinson2694 4 года назад +24

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

  • @jamespatterson7773
    @jamespatterson7773 6 лет назад +8

    The visuals the melody the lyrical metaphors. The metaphors in the imagery is crazy this was a full show full of substance.

  • @MFQUEENS15
    @MFQUEENS15 6 лет назад +10

    This song is beautiful. There’s something unique about it that I just love. I feel the New York vibe.

  • @chrys-loicsery7811
    @chrys-loicsery7811 Год назад +4

    so great, so timeless.

  • @cierrapfanstiel1079
    @cierrapfanstiel1079 6 лет назад +103

    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.

  • @emmanuelndcarterman7901
    @emmanuelndcarterman7901 6 лет назад +47

    JayZ still hanging tough with the Hip-hop Crown

  • @tommysanders75
    @tommysanders75 5 месяцев назад +2

    Oh...this is DEEP; the art of poetry .

  • @zintlemvana7955
    @zintlemvana7955 5 лет назад +16

    Still one of the sickest flows on the album

  • @Gigga101
    @Gigga101 6 лет назад +7

    I remember listening this for the first time in the middle of New York walking down the streets and man i will never forget that feeling by far the best song on the album IMO. HOVA

  • @squirrelsgarden
    @squirrelsgarden 4 года назад +6

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

  • @Diamondando
    @Diamondando 6 лет назад +733

    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 +19

      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 5 лет 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

  • @drufly1
    @drufly1 6 лет назад +37

    some of the cleanest chopping I ever heard. #TIMELESS

  • @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.

  • @yash4007
    @yash4007 4 года назад +7

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

  • @JoePro973
    @JoePro973 6 лет назад +12

    Definitely feeling this one Hov....visuals🔥🔥🔥

  • @kerrynkehli5787
    @kerrynkehli5787 Год назад +1

    jay z is something else... jay z me this song is my artery vein of heart

  • @MikeJones-vs7nf
    @MikeJones-vs7nf 5 лет назад +9

    This might be one of the best videos from this generation it’s sad but true this how we live everyday and somebody finally showing it through music 💪🏽

  • @yosimtybred1762
    @yosimtybred1762 4 года назад +12

    Top 5 jay z songs

  • @neotrinityrakgajane
    @neotrinityrakgajane 8 месяцев назад +3

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

  • @elcat4677
    @elcat4677 6 лет назад +4

    I can feel jay's transition in this. I can feel closure. It great man. I could feel it just when this came out dude. Had me in my feels dude.