Video: Nas - Represent

[Rapmastermind]

Flipside to that is that it seems like the generic thing to do and people would say Nas is still holding on to that era. Like I said, I think the concept was dope and the use of the sample as well...but the execution felt lazy cause they did it not like a proper music video.

Imagine if they did all that but with the same sense of urgency, it would have just looked like a smack dvd video

I feel you but the point should of been for NaS to try and re-capture that era. Like NaS just sitting down watching TV? Really? he didn't even rap the bars. "NaSty" had a better "Represent" vibe than this. Again I know this was just NaS reaching out to his fans so I can't even really knock it but this just doesn't fee like an "ILLmatic" video. The point again should of been to capture that essence.

 

[Billy Ocean]

It would have been much better if they didn't go the artsy-fartsy route and just did what Doggie Diamondz was doing when he was making new videos for songs from old albums. Like this:

 

[mson]

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/n...nd-the-scenes-of-new-represent-video-20140715

 

[Bickin Back Being Bool]

nas stans spending their time in a hova thread instead of this garbage thread

oh yeah... garbage video too

 

[King Poetic]

2 mics - could have real footage of queensbridge and nas actually in the vid

 

[Truality]

that shyt is gay

make a real vid

throwback vid

this shyt is a waste of my time to watch

nas u a bytch

 

[Pink Slime]

Look, if you don't have anything nice to say about Nas then don't say anything but Nas. Capice ?

 

[EducatedBrothaFromTheBank]

Don't know how many people know this but the reason Thief Of Baghdad is in the video is because that's where the sample comes from. A movie from 1924 Preemo is a fool for that one

I knew that, video was still wack

 

[Crumple]

Video is dope.

 

[Crumple]

What movie are those clips from?

 

[Uncle Trill]

Vibsing to the song like Lookinat the video like

This shyt aint hip hop, get that mohammed shyt out of here

 

[Hondajettz]

I feel you but the point should of been for NaS to try and re-capture that era. Like NaS just sitting down watching TV? Really? he didn't even rap the bars. "NaSty" had a better "Represent" vibe than this. Again I know this was just NaS reaching out to his fans so I can't even really knock it but this just doesn't fee like an "ILLmatic" video. The point again should of been to capture that essence.

yea nothing much to the video...reminds me of how Nas raps nowadays. Lazy no hunger. But he's still one of the best there ever was.

 

[Rigby.]

That's enough Illmatic my nikka

MJ ain't keep pushing Thriller 20 years later

Kanye ain't push the College Dropout a decade later

If Jimi Hendrix didn't die he wouldn't have pushed Electric Ladyland 20 years after it came out

 

[mrlongjohn10in]

I big fan but

 

[DaveyDave]

I knew that, video was still wack

I didn't like it much either but it seemed like a fewfew of people were like "what does an old crusty black and white Arab movie have to do with Represent?"