Peep the video for Nas’ song “Be A Nigger Too” via nasindependenceday.com. His new untitled album drops July 15th. Directed By Rik Cordero.
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Nas has never been concerned with crossing over to main stream media. Yet he’s still talked about and has people checking for his music. Most of the time his lyrics go over the average mans’ head. It’s thought provoking, inspiring, and very much needed.
The video may never get aired on t.v. but it doesn’t need to. It’s getting attention on blogs, new stations, magazines, youtube….so he did what he set out to do.
For those who don’t agree, or feel he shouldn’t have used the “n” word or shouldn’t have used that ending? Why not, they do it in movies and on t.v. but it’s a problem when he does it?? That’s the problem with our generation and society period…it’s ass backwards. Nas is a prophet…listen to “Black President”, or better yet listen to “Black Girl Lost” which is very relevant today, listen to “These Are Our Heros”….the list goes on and on.
I thought the video was awesome honestly. People who continue to avoid the issues that still plague this country need to realize that even if you put a band aid on an infected sore, the sore is still there. I think with the imagery and the song he is trying put in the face of the non-black people who use the word, “Do you REALLY want to be a n*****?” because in all actuality, they know if they had a choice they would never want to be in a black person’s shoes, but still want to use the word as if they have that connection with the plight…the chorus to me doesn’t translate that much because Nas’ voice is very monotone, but I think the video helped add to the song…people (black and white) have been trying to avoid these conversations for decades, but with Obama’s run exposing a lot of ignorant ideaology and this type of music coming out, I hope it can lead to real discussions…Just remember, even if you ignore it, doesn’t mean its not there!!
Exactly # 60!!!!! Exactly!
u guys dont get it…alot of the concepts in the video are very subliminal. He is really speaking real talk in this video…We’re the slave and the master… Alot of this stuff we do to ourselves, but we are so much more than how we treat ourselves…
he really needs to stop…. its not cool
BULLSHIT THIS ; generation is headed in the [toilet] tank. rap about physics,science, or the way to sucess,that it is to be able to articulate to the cacuasians and not acting like shuffling clowns, or angry mentally ill excuse making negros. this is how the two-legged demons observes you. how many years have we as a people listened to rap and nothing has changed. we just keep going backwards. it makes no sense.
this vid is strong. nas is really goin hard. knowing how it is , this vid wont really get any play
I am disappointed that Nas would use his alleged intelligence to further dialogue about a word that needs no more attention.
There is nothing that has not already been said about the tragedy that is the n-word. So what is his point other than to sale music? To say he is not concerned about mainstream is not true or else he would leave that big label and go to a small independent label.
Thank you #60!! Well said.
Although I do respect Nas as a pioneering artist. We need to move on from the N word. I question that although this album has been complete for a while, the releaseof the song and video has come right at the same time as the Obama Democratic nod.
Marketing 101!
Y’all keep hollering about how deep this song is and yet you don’t even explain it to those who aren’t as you say “smart” enough to grasp it. I think the video was good but the song goes mute. I don’t care how many times you say the word, it still going to have a negative connotation to it. Period. IMO I think it’s stupid to try to change a word into something positive when for over 400 years, it was used to dehumanize an individual. Now you want to use it to up build one another. That doesn’t even make sense. If it doesn’t mean anything, then why white people can’t use it (IN public or in the presence of black people that is.)? If it doesn’t have any negative connotation then why can’t they use it and not be consider a racist? I know a lot of y’all are going to hate me for this comment but so what. It’s stupid IMO.
I just looked at the video and i take that back, the video goes mute as well. Y’all keep giving him praises for the video being original, when all he did was take images in which we already seen before and place them in the video. If he had a point to make, he could have done it in a more decent educated way. Sorry.
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people kill me saying that nas is throwing the word nigga around like it’s a frisbee.
he’s obviously not saying the word nigga just to say it. there’s a purpose behind it. it’s wouldn’t be as powerful if he said “n-word” 50 million times.
sometimes you gotta call it like it is and stop sugarcoatin’ shit all the time just to appease people’s touchy ass feelings.
if people would just open there minds and actually listen to what the man is saying, instead of just sticking their ears to the word nigga, then they’d understand. but that’s the problem, people are so stuck on him actually saying nigga that they miss the message. JUST STOP BEING POLITICALLY CORRECT AND LISTEN… NIGGAS!
#13 Asea you said it all, nicely written. That video was real, and to see that boy hanging there was so…….omg he really didnt hold anything back. I loved it. I embrace being black and poor, even when i get out the hood ima still be somebodies nigga so it is what it is. I accept it, and I love it.
nas has done a great job at sparking controversy. He does things to get people rappers (and so called rappers) journalist, people to think and talk.Like the whole hip hop is dead thing…It worked!
But I think it is a great Idea sparking up the talk about the N word. People want to deny history and reality. Nas wont let you…. Nas makes you think and he is too deep for some of yall. The stuff he says is common knowledge but many people dont even know the truth or they run away form it. Like he said “If I sound to smart yall will run away”
But Nas is and always has been my favorite rapper since I was about 11 yrs old…He went deep with this video
Also it is obvious that Kanye learned a lot from this man! So give Nas his props like yall give Kanye
NUMBER 71
U ARE STILL MISSING THE POINT…
IT ISNT JUST ABOUT USING THE N WORD. HE IS USINTG THIS TECHNIQUE TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE ISSUES IN TODAYS SOCIETY. MUSIC IS AND ALWAYS HAVE BEEN A FORM OF COMMUNICATION. WE TEND TO DENY THE TRUTH AND HE IS MAKING US FACE IT. nO MATTER HOW MUCH WE DONT USE THE WORD, WE WILL STILL BE CONSIDERED A NIGGA TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. SO LETS PUT IT ON BLAST INSTEAD OF HIDING SCARED LIKE THE DID FOR OVER 400 YEARS. LIKE KANYE SAID “EVEN IF IM IN A BENZ IM STILL A NIGGA IN A COUPE” CAUSE THATS WHAT A LOT OF PPL SEE US AS
i DONT USE THE N WORD BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT HE IS DOING-
LETS NOT BE SO QUICK TO SAY HE IS WRONG LETS SEE HOW IT TURNS OUT CAUSE HONESTLY WE KNOW HOW SOCIETY IS AND NOT TOO MANY PPL LOOK AT ALL PPL EQUALLY- HISPANICS ASIANS BLACKS WHITES ETC SUBCONSCIOUSLY THINK THEY ARE BETTER THAN THE NEXT REGARDLESS OF THE IMAGE THEY TRY TO PROTRAY IN SOCIETY!
WHAT NAS IS DOING IS WORKING OTHERWISE WE WOULD NOT BE COMMENTING ON IT
Nas is the best Forget the rest!!! I think the point he’s trying to make is no matter what color you are your a n*gger at the end of the day everyone on this earth came from one place and one place only AFRICA.. he said it himself in the song we’re all from Africa!!! So you call me a N*gger what do you think that makes you??? You came from me so if I’m a Nigga so are you!!! “I’m a N*gga, He’s a N*gga, She’s a N*gga, We some Niggas.. Wont you like to be a N*gga too?”
And at the end of the video when he says, “you had everything and you threw it all away” I guess it’s because after he puts this album out people are going to look at him differently but Nas is the type of person who doesn’t care and I really respect him for that.
Anyone who has said that Nas has used the ‘n’ word too many times should know that is exactly the affect that he wanted to create with this song. We live in a society where we take ourselves for granted and therefore other races feel it is ok to do that as well. This is the best Hip-Hop Video that I personally have seen in a long time because nobody seems willing to talk about issues important to them these day and they all seem to be slaves to their labels.
I think alot of you are either too young to know or just forgot…but this whole album concept was already done years ago. Check ya’ll files. Does anyone remember EFIL4ZAGGIN? aka NIGGAZ4LIFE by NWA. They had songs on their like “NIGGA 4 LIFE” where they talked about why blacks call themselves niggas. That’s where Nas got his hook from. Do ya research youngstas!!!!
What grabs my attention is the fact that he’s lookin at himself in the mirror …
This was very refreshing to see. I am usually one with lots of words but I find myself at a loss but for good cause. I hope that most young people can listen to this song for what it is and the message behind it and not be too carried away by the word itself.
IT’S TOO LONG. I DIDN’T EVEN WATCH THE WHOLE THING.
Man he reminds me of Dave Chippelle on this mess… Lol. I can laugh at it because I understand it on both levels. But they are gonna ride this one all the way to the bank! But on the real though this is a very strong message though and is very true and no it doesn’t pertain soley to Black folks but all people who were and are still being currently surpressed by the “system”. Who has lately been added to the nigga list yall….Mexicans. Don’t forget your Sand Niggas. Who got it hard in the 80′s Cubans. Who took it harder from the Hit man? The Jews. We do all come from Africa too therefore we are all “black”. Some lighter and look different because of changes in climate though. that’s just real though man. Ever heard of Pangea??? Do you know which continent is the largest?? Africa!! Hello. P.S. don’t make our lighter or whiter brothers that are trying to relate feel uncomfortable, besides they aren’t the ones that hurt us. Ever heard of the (Color-reds) people of african decent that look white?? Alot of’em walking around dont even know that the reason they feel the music so hard is because they are black. It’s the same thing just vice versa when it comes down to a black person who looks black dissasociating them self from their own culture to conform.
@ 60
Really? Another Oohie Wally Song? Do you think that Nas makes his music for attention, if you really listened to his music you would understand that he his simply trying to make us think, so as far as I’m concerned he served his purpose seeing as though we’re blogging about it now. And really when was the last time he came out with an”oochie wally” song. That was back in 1999-2000 and since then he’s had six albums including, stillmatic, the lost tapes (mix cd), god’s son, street disciples, hip hop is dead, and now his ‘untitled” release, and none of those albums had a single realeased that comes close to oohie wally. Nas is an intelligent man. He knows what he’s doing. He makes music that moves him and if you want to buy his records fine, but please believe that he’s not losing any sleep over people like you that don’t understand his music. Nasir is one of the greatest and can’t be denied. Oh, I don’t have time for a cyber war, I’m just stating my opinion. Have a good day.
Nas..What more can I ask for at this point in life. I needed to see the video as I had listened to the song repeatedly for weeks. I love that he chose now to explore this! I was just at work and had to listen to black folks talking about how they would not for Obama now that Hillary was out! I now know that it is ok for me to not ever speak to these individuals ever again. The ONE chance you get to say yes to your ancestors and no to the fact that all they done was not in vain, you decide not to vote. it is my opininon that this is so much more than a vote! Go Nas..Keep inspiring!!
Everyone on here trying to move on from the N word, need to to look at America and what is happening. How is it possible that one of the youngest countries in the world (America) history be so smudged with disgrace.
We just honored the 50th year since King was assassinated.
We know Jim Crow was only an extension of slavery and eneded as little as 38 years ago in some parts of America.
I can say that I have stood in Iraq and heard Bush and other advisors state that it would be at least 60 years before the Iraqis see a change within themselves, having endured the type of totalatarian dictatorship and conflict they have endured.
So why do we feel that such immediate change for former slaves and their offspring would come after 38 years.
Honestly, my grandfather fled Alabama with part of his face removed from a dog of a racist white man. Taking his family with him north, he realized that they were just as racist up north. He developed a fear and disgust for white people which would eventually be passed on to his children (my mom) and taught daily. He did not need to teach much as my mom would have to deal with everytime she left the house. So now those lessons are being taught to me in 73′. Yet with change I can recall the conversation the first time I brought my new white friend home from school. Change would come but be careful of white people. 38 years people, 38 years.
#87. MLK has been gone for 40 years not 50. Let’s tighten up on our history.
@88 was typing with one finger combined with emotion, thanks for the correction!
#13,62 and 74 said it perfectly. #13 said everything I want to praise about the vid, #62 cleared the vid up for all the real NIGGAS out there and #74 explain either farther why those NIGGAS sounds like NIGGAS. Congrats to all 3 from me becasue you made my post shorter lol. The only thing I have to say is WTF is up w/ #55? That’s what’s wrong w/ ppl…. I love how this chick is complaining about a damn hook. Lady… not everything is “made for radio” ok? Some songs are actually made for that thing in your head called a brain. It doesn’t ask for a damn hook… it ask for knowledge.
I LOVE YOU NAS (NIGGAZ AGAINST SOCIETY AKA NASIR JONES!) MUCH RESPECT MY BRO ON YOUR NEW ALBUM I ALREADY LOVE IT KEEP OUR HEADS FULL…
PEACE
i wish people would stop saying he needs to NOT say the “n-word” — why not? research where the REAL meaning of nigga came from. it didn’t come from the racist you morons..it was apart of us “negger” to be exact. please do some research before jumping down peoples throats for using it.
i love the video…lyrics, very strong message. doesn’t need to be played on the airwaves or on tv…the internet is enough — it’ll get the views