Black Star - So Be It (Official Music Video)
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
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On Saturday, November 12 , 2022, we joined host Dave Chappelle on SNL as musical guests.
"So Be It" was one of the first songs Black Star recorded with Madlib for No Fear Of Time so it definitely set the tone of the project early on. The song is a lyrical exercise, bars on bars, but we are not rhyming for the sake of riddling as the great Chuck D might say. This song is a call to action. It's a prayer. It's a manifesto.
The visuals that accompany it are simple, but strong. Our value is in our performance and how we connect with our audience. We wanted to provide a visual that showcases that for the core fans.
I'm a fan of comedy and I grew up on SNL so this is a career milestone for sure. I can't recall seeing a more hip-hop, a more independent group than Black Star to ever do SNL, so I'm definitely excited to represent for the culture.
Man Def is so fresh.
Black Star is back. My favourite duo is back after 23 years.
okay zarar
They been back. The album is only available thru Luminary tho.
this is taking me back 35 years....when i drove around listening to EPMD. thanks, dynamic duo.
They never left ♥
@@jojosaylor8996 sincerely since the linen factory days 🤯👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽moved to planet Brooklyn Flatbush 🙌🏽 n Brownsville. NYC borough traveling journeys. Up The Lions of Hip-Hop whyoooh!
Love y’all! Can I buy the album? Not subscribing to another service just to listen, and then lose access to it when I choose to no longer subscribe. Who thought I’d ever miss record stores and physical copies?! Sell it to me. Don’t rent it to me!
Word
Support these brothers man they deserve it.
@@WhosAr7z it’s not about supporting them or not, it’s crazy to have to subscribe at $5 month to listen to one album and not be able to have it in a catalog with other music without jumping through hoops.
Sometimes I like listening to entire albums, sometimes I like to put my shit on shuffle. Know what I’m sayin ?
@@TheRealSuperskunk right fk the dumb..
@@TheRealSuperskunk Fr, fr! But did you really think you wouldn't miss record stores and physicals?!? Going to the record store used to be a great thing... imo.
Madlib took an old Bollywood theme and made it sound like a Blaxploitation film score. Awesome production!
One of my favorite beats of 2022!
Dan the Automator did this 20 years ago
@@trapmouth Not familiar with him. What song?
@@romilrh Dan the Automator _ Theme from Don [Bombay the Hard Way, 1998]
@@romilrh Yes you are! Produced the first Gorillaz album, as well as both Deltron 3030 and the Dr. Octagon Records. He's done work with Tribe (b-side remixes) and is half of HBMS with Prince Paul. He also has a fantastic underrated album with Mike Patton, Jennifer Charles and Kid Koala called Lovage.
He's been everywhere, yet no one knows his name. I think these days he does movie soundtracks.
Mos Def, Yasiin Bey, Black Dante, Pretty Flaco... call him what you want he is hip-hop and those bars were 🔥. This was like a time machine taking me back to '98. Salute to the real ones, Mos and Talib. 💥💥💥✌✊
Mos Def the Whirling Dervish at 3:50
@@dipthongthathongthongthong9691 I thought he was gonna teleport
Amen... todays current pop culture hip hop doesn't even come close to this track.... it's like listening to this track is akin to nourishing your brain with vegetables and high quality protein versus todays current main stream hip hop feeding our brains high calorie dense mental - junk food lots of calories zero nutrition
Word!
When he's rapping he still Mos Def to me. He can be Yasin Bay in his private life. Respectfully.
For anyone wondering, the beat is a sample from the 1978 Hindi film 'Don.'
To hear this in 2023 gives me great hope for music!!!!
That bollywood sample though! Madlib came thru 🙌🏽
Bombay the hard way Shadow/Automator
Madlib flipped the old "Don" theme and made it sound like an old Blaxploitation film score. Genius!
The Don Theme is MESMERIZING!
I never knew that was from a Bollywood movie. I first heard it as part of the opening theme to the "American Dad" episode "Tearjerker" (one of two episodes that parodied the James Bond movies. The other one is "For Black Eyes Only").
Don bolte✌🔥
Big shout out to Kalyanji-Anandji who composed the original music for the sample. It was made for a 70's gangster flick called 'Don' (this was the theme music) starring Amitabh Bachchan. The loop digger strikes again.
YES!!! I think Madlib did Auditorium?
@@jabuabraham correct lol
Another great sample from a Bollywood flick!!
From the first time I heard this beat, couldn’t help but hear DOOM on it.
knowledge knowledge !
Through their music, Black Star taught me as a teenager that it was ok to be myself, when I didn't fit into the norm. Years later, that was one of the greatest lessons that I have ever learned and its made me who I am today. And for that, I am forever grateful to them.
Cool, man. I feel ya. Are you ok to share your favorite Back Star tunes ?
@@Profilba
Respiration is forever the GOAT
Thieves in the Night
Astronomy (8th Light)
Brown Skin Lady
Little Brother
Fix Up
o.G
So Be It
Yonders
are all my favs
Brooklyn rappers are the freshest in the GAME they lyrics be dope AF 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
Thank u word up
Real MC'S!!!
No such thing
Mos and talib are 2 of the best ever...
Yoooo
. Gotta luv da SupaHeated..HeatRocks...BlackStar...
Please put this out on vinyl/CD soon! 👏👏👏
_Please!_ 🙏🏼🤲🏼
How they age like wine but light that mic up like 100 proof moonshine, black star 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Why am I today years old hearing this?!!!! This joint is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥#Blackstar
So Dope! Black Star keep shining!
Crowd looks old
Top tier, high level rap. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🔥
White drapes dropped like 12yrs ago and the bars still hold up…..real fans iykyk
drop that vinyl, lords
I would most definitely buy the physical copy of the album
Love the word play. Most definitely
Goats
Blackstar was my shyT in 98'!!!!!
That first BlackStarr album was a foundational moment in my life💪🏾👌🏾
This beat right here….🔥🔥🔥❤️the flow just took it to that next level,underground hip-hop and real lyricist will never fade.
Man can you imagine Doom on here with them!?!
@@charlestheawakened R.I.P to the legend.
I can hear either DOOM,BLACKTHOUGHT,or PLANET ASIA on this with them.
Let's all pray for a vinyl release soon! Such a killer album, brutally awesome cover art! This is already a timeless classic!
🙏🏼🤲🏼
The cover is so powerful
supposed to be coming soon
Everyone sayin this album needs to be on Vinyl, they're right, but you know where else it needs to be? Tape! The bassiness of the album, the abrasive high-ends, the dark, airy feel. Shit'd sound amazing on a good ole cassette.
Huge Madvillain vibes. Damn they smoked this!
That beat is stupid crazy!!! The two deadliest MC’s ever!!
This is spiritual
🌋Zimbabwe 🔥RAlutes🔥&🔥MaXxXimum🔥RAspect🌋
Nice to see Conway here too - been a huge fan for a last 3 years, big ups from Russia
_Absolutely!_ Great to see the top artists in the game supporting each other... nice to see Pharoahe Monch, too!
Vinyl! Vinyl! Vinyl!
I will buy it.
Kweli's verse: Look what I'm plannin', plannin', I'm plannin' to
Do all this while ya panickin'
And you're lookin' and starin' at mannequins
And I'm goin' to Fanagans
Trying to get up a plan against
All of the blana-kazana-ka-fam-bam-bannigans
While of all the bana-kazanika Hanna in a cabana
You're in a cab-
I'm in a cabana and a Janet
I'm in a cabana chantin' all this standup banter
While you don't got the stamina, you're lackin' the stamina
You're lackin' the stamina while you're divorcin' Harrison Ford
And I'm in a Porsche on the floorboards
While I'm world tourin'
You usin' way too many napkins, papkins
Lapkins and chapki-
You using ChapStick and napkins while I'm bapkin'
Flappin' around like a bapkin'
Flamminababbitapannitajampkin
Dammit, a can of pada-
Wtf 😂
@@Quantum_015 If you know you know
@@SensoryAlchemy Oh I know Lol . Kweli is my Fav MC 👍🏽
Real hip hop. Black star forever
Universal Shining! 🔥🔥🔥
They killed the beat with this flow !!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥
Dave Chappelle brought them out in Palm Springs, I was working the event but best believe I was tapping this and the black star tracks they were bumping.
Got paid to karaoke essentially, fucking timeless.
BEY!
Bringin that 🔥 back! Okaaaaaay!
Yasiin’s verse on this is the *HARDEST* on the whole album & I’m standing on it. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
#YouCanTalkTillYouDIEAndYouAintSaidThis
I don't know my brother I always kind'a felt Mos was a little nicer than Kweli and I like Kweli "Reflection Eternal" is a classic album but Talib murdered his verse on this track maybe not better than Mos verse but definitely same level of dopeness just my opinion but respect to you my guy for listening to real roots hip hop, stay up ✊🏾✌🏾
@@jimmybootz1277 so you agree with him ? 🧐
I agree…
Real hip hop still lives
MADLIB is of a dying breed of producers that actually PRODUCE!!! (SURE WISH I COULD HAVE THIS ON MY APPLE MUSIC PLAYLIST.......)
That distorted bass is so illlllll 💨🙏🏽🔥☄️🧯
Clearly some of the best lyricist of our time! The Love is real ❤
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Neither of them are even in that conversation and neither are very lyrical at all. Mufuckas just been dumbed down. 💀
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Of all time*
@@lyrics2challenged 🤡
Yes love real hip hop
When the fire blaze up!
Love that beat!
🤣🙏🤗😇😂😇
AN INSTANT CLASSIC.... NEED WE SAY MORE? AMEN
Rose petals=giving us fans our flowers for supporting since day 1. BLACKSTAR THANK YOU.
had the honor to see these these two open for chapelle
Man, y'all just smashed it on Saturday Night Live, brought back memories, still the greatest 🎤🏆
🤣 No.💀💀💀
@@tenderlungs2065 Mos Def will eat your favorite rapper alive
This beat is Funtastic
OH THANK YOU FOR THIS
lupe & bey, no one touches those masterclasses
Madlib put his whole foot in this beat.
Pen game nevugh left. 🔥 🔥 🔥
This aint artwork, This is medicine. It's time to heal the people 😎🔥✌
Restore the feeling👏🐐🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
DA REALLLLL HIPHOP🖤💯💥💥💥
Amen amen ya rab amen
Well...Damn. Thank you Brothers. This was sorely needed. Thank you. Flowers upon Flowers.
Man I feel like back in the early 2000s with this banger.
Can't lie... looking at Yasiin doing the helicopter had me like: Yeah that's how freedom feels😂🔥
🎯🎯🎯💯🙏🏼 Fr, fr!!! 🥰🥰🥰
it's about time. Gratitude.
that spin that Mos hits is legendary! 🕺
LEGENDARY BARZ 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
From start to finish
Need a Woman like you Mari !
Only Mos Def could say his own first name when the song starts and sound so cool doing it. Yahsin Yahsin Yahsin
Now this is what you call Boss MCing - did you hear the man said - Chuck D level 👏🏾 this is what it is. Loving This - pure 🔥🔥🔥🔥💥
Fr! Chuck D is the epitome of the HipHop MC, imo... he's still my GOAT.
Love to Yasiin and Kweli!
Madlib!!!!
I love hearing Black Star together.
Blackstar always brings the realness peace to yall
Black Star keep shinin'!!
Back to Africa in 22 love you Black Star Mau Mau southwest Ohio keep rep ING
Hip-hop at it's rawest form🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
All I can say I thank you! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
eish i need a physical copy of the album great work from the kings they nevr disappoint
Peace to Blackstar always rocked wit these brothers
Been listening to this masterpiece all day on repeat since the video came out
A new classic ❤
Fuego!
🔥🔥🔥🔥
So I just watched Nas "Michael & Quincy" video, then Westside Gunn "Mac Don't Stop & Nigos Louis" joint..now this..I'm lovin it!!🤗🎤🔥☝🏾❤
Nas new album is dope
My goodness...I literally prayed after that blessing....I had to listen trice afterwards... thank you God for brothas like the dynamic duo we know as BLACKSTAR!!!! They are at their best when they're together.... Sword sharpens ⚔️
Absolutely! Well said...
Lava!!! So so hot. Black Star is top notch. I was blessed to have seen you in Denver this year and it was absolutely spectacular. Thank you thank you
❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
This is how it's done...OMFG!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
This track is on repeat.
Finally!!! time to go get luminary again :) fire!
All love
Two lyrical juggernauts back at it again blessing the heads with bars of absolute FIRE.🔥🎙🔥
Mad props to the legendary Blackstar.👏Peace.
Respect to Madlib for bringin his magical touch to this joint too.👏
WOW, peace to the GODZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ & GODDESSSSSSSSSSSSSS planets yall bussin em slappin em poppin em wow we back FAM Damn!!!
This is just pure rhyming 🔥
Dope sh*t needs to be on vinyl! : )
Madlib the bad kid!! Killed it on the beat!! 🤯🤯
Oh ish! This gone be Mythological! Hip hop ology! Two legendary emcees
Black Star! We give thanks for your return...
Killed it on SNL, this is so much clearer to hear the lyrics crisper. Even better!
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
This song is phenomenal.
So be it means, AMEN which is what Yahsiin sings in the end.
Dope traxx.
🔥👑❤️
I need to buy this fire ass album!!!!