I heard this song a few weeks back, but I'm now just seeing the video. I've been a fan since my cousin Mall used to bump it when I was in the single digits...got my first CD when I was in 7th Grade (I Am). Nas is one of the most ahead of the time MCs in the game.......so it's no shock to many hip-hop fans that he's continuing to challenge the status quo with this latest release.
This song has already proved to be controversial.....but maybe it's because it's so far ahead of us. I'm still trying to take in the messages is sending off this tune...but I mos def know that it's not a one sided argument he's presenting.....What I got from it is that the world still sees us as niggers, but we've been producing greatness and transcending our circumstances since the beginning of time..my interpretation is what's holding us back is the word 'nigger' and the importance we give to it, and thus, the power it has over us. We are trendsetters, so if we are niggers then the whole world must (or wants to) be too because they gravitate to what we do (whether negatively or positively)....but then again, I can be off...but the brilliance lies in the fact that the vid/song makes you think and analyze your own interpretations.....and both of these produces elevated thought....so I posted the vid (or you to do that for yourself....Big Ups to Nas.
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