JAY-Z - Marcy Me

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  • Опубліковано 20 гру 2017
  • 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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  • @jwizdum2103
    @jwizdum2103 4 роки тому +1497

    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 3 роки тому +31

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

    • @piolhis
      @piolhis 3 роки тому +81

      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 роки тому +18

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

    • @icon2535
      @icon2535 2 роки тому +5

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

    • @gfjgcgfhcbb7483
      @gfjgcgfhcbb7483 2 роки тому +3

      Bet he got that bag he deserves💰

  • @pieter-baspeppelenbosch1078
    @pieter-baspeppelenbosch1078 7 місяців тому +108

    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.

  • @akannisamson5697
    @akannisamson5697 4 роки тому +1888

    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 3 роки тому +15

      no lie!!! same here!!

    • @cosmic_chicken1399
      @cosmic_chicken1399 3 роки тому +21

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

    • @mgf909
      @mgf909 3 роки тому +7

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

    • @cosmic_chicken1399
      @cosmic_chicken1399 3 роки тому +6

      Tough words while your sitting on 3 subs😂

    • @jahova77
      @jahova77 3 роки тому +1

      Me too

  • @rckkatansky5783
    @rckkatansky5783 2 роки тому +224

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

  • @metricman6449
    @metricman6449 6 років тому +823

    My son was conceived while I was living on Marcy, my only son. This song is special to me. Real talk.

    • @kundalini1128
      @kundalini1128 6 років тому +33

      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 років тому +17

      Blessings to you and your son. From me and my two boys. ✌️

    • @mrp4235
      @mrp4235 4 роки тому +1

      Metric Man I felt that bro.....

    • @ganeshapartners
      @ganeshapartners 4 роки тому +1

      444th like 🤟🏼

    • @roysanders1332
      @roysanders1332 4 роки тому +1

      Wow bro My son was made on 590 Marcy Brother 🤣🤣 I felt this comment

  • @Piface2099
    @Piface2099 6 років тому +1290

    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 3 роки тому +69

      that's becaue riches don't make you rich

    • @adamconner4582
      @adamconner4582 3 роки тому +54

      "couldn't change me if you wanted to"

    • @im4rmapple
      @im4rmapple 3 роки тому +68

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

    • @TheGreatArchitect777
      @TheGreatArchitect777 3 роки тому +24

      That's why he's the 🐐

    • @TheGreatArchitect777
      @TheGreatArchitect777 3 роки тому +21

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

  • @cortp898
    @cortp898 4 роки тому +277

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

  • @Kayode19
    @Kayode19 4 роки тому +340

    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 3 роки тому +5

      Definetely the best song from the album

    • @priscilla7864
      @priscilla7864 3 роки тому +8

      Naw this album is 100 percent message. Moonlight is COLDDDDDD. SERIOUSLY

    • @jmaxel5061
      @jmaxel5061 3 роки тому +4

      @@priscilla7864 Jay second best album. Here are my favourite albums from him: RD, 4:44, the blueprint or the black album

    • @anitaneal1779
      @anitaneal1779 3 роки тому

      Kayode Gloster Flow sounds like Pharcyde Passing me by!

    • @koubadja8151
      @koubadja8151 3 роки тому +5

      Every true hip hop fan should fall in love with Marcy Me. This song is better than any other track off this CLASSIC

  • @cliffpaul3889
    @cliffpaul3889 6 років тому +1149

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

    • @deathfrombelow1193
      @deathfrombelow1193 5 років тому +6

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

    • @elcat4677
      @elcat4677 5 років тому +61

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

    • @UMARJOHNSON1
      @UMARJOHNSON1 5 років тому +6

      facts UNFORTUNATELY

    • @MegamaXX500
      @MegamaXX500 5 років тому +47

      @@deathfrombelow1193 stay blind

    • @Hemperbud
      @Hemperbud 5 років тому +9

      I thought they were following him to find the others tbh

  • @joanaserrao7362
    @joanaserrao7362 6 років тому +57

    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 👏❤️

  • @lauristonbrewster9097
    @lauristonbrewster9097 4 роки тому +829

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

    • @UncommonSituations
      @UncommonSituations 4 роки тому +47

      Lauriston Brewster their cinematography and use of color is phenomenal. I really envy it

    • @beinerthchitivamachado874
      @beinerthchitivamachado874 4 роки тому +8

      Damn Bro, that's crazy!

    • @oliverfolan8479
      @oliverfolan8479 4 роки тому

      Me too

    • @cheeez9438
      @cheeez9438 4 роки тому +25

      UncommonSituations Marcy Me and Uncut Gems is the work of Darius Khondji. Brilliant cinematographer also responsible for PTA’s ANIMA.

    • @FrancoisDressler
      @FrancoisDressler 4 роки тому +7

      @@cheeez9438 One of the greats. His "Conversations with" book from France is a must own.

  • @Ken_Freeman
    @Ken_Freeman 4 роки тому +104

    "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 3 роки тому +5

      Can you elaborate on what that actually means please

    • @Ken_Freeman
      @Ken_Freeman 3 роки тому +28

      @@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.

  • @j.money9949
    @j.money9949 6 років тому +696

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

  • @allenragin4893
    @allenragin4893 6 років тому +3095

    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 років тому +178

      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 років тому +10

      bigstU25 correct

    • @yushublack
      @yushublack 6 років тому +164

      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 років тому +18

      I really was thinking that the whole time. Very profund, old sport.

    • @monkmorgan8105
      @monkmorgan8105 6 років тому +2

      Allen Ragin for real thats the beauty of it

  • @shotbyfabi
    @shotbyfabi 2 роки тому +75

    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 роки тому +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 Рік тому +2

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

    • @shotbyfabi
      @shotbyfabi Рік тому

      @@thatdudesolo 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

    • @davidikechukwu8659
      @davidikechukwu8659 Рік тому +1

      His best song ever

    • @solitary2
      @solitary2 7 місяців тому +1

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

  • @254jada
    @254jada 5 років тому +685

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

    • @justinwilliams8915
      @justinwilliams8915 5 років тому +28

      What was your rating just out of curiosity 😂?

    • @tcorectroll2120
      @tcorectroll2120 4 роки тому +6

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

    • @tjg6363
      @tjg6363 4 роки тому +143

      @@tcorectroll2120 nigga u probably listen to lil pump

    • @tcorectroll2120
      @tcorectroll2120 4 роки тому +1

      Chris T it’s art 🥰 but what does depression and me/you have to do with anything?

    • @tonysoprano207
      @tonysoprano207 4 роки тому +24

      @@tcorectroll2120 why are u here

  • @HipHopUniverse
    @HipHopUniverse 6 років тому +2871

    My favorite song of the album!
    Smooth beat, smooth lyrics!

    • @darthtroller
      @darthtroller 6 років тому +12

      glad to see you here

    • @JR-bz7ov
      @JR-bz7ov 6 років тому +12

      Hip-Hop Universe This is my favorite song also!

    • @willywonders4454
      @willywonders4454 6 років тому +4

      Hip-Hop Universe this shxt is waxk..

    • @hubertfenelon25
      @hubertfenelon25 6 років тому +31

      Willy Wonders you're everywhere hater.

    • @Bummbo
      @Bummbo 6 років тому +5

      Good old Jay!!! Great sample tho

  • @bdvodounou
    @bdvodounou 6 років тому +55

    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.

  • @ZatchBolski
    @ZatchBolski 2 роки тому +75

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

    • @AYYYY8D
      @AYYYY8D 2 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/I0OdXqcZn7o/v-deo.html

    • @paquinraino8180
      @paquinraino8180 2 роки тому +1

      Family Feud is good too

    • @quinnencalade
      @quinnencalade 2 роки тому +1

      I’m right there with you. This easily one of my favorite jay z tracks

  • @jamtronllc
    @jamtronllc 3 роки тому +66

    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.

  • @boogiewoogiebearboy
    @boogiewoogiebearboy 6 років тому +242

    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 3 роки тому +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 роки тому +3

      The way the music and vocals ease up on that scene too. I love it

    • @daftbanna7202
      @daftbanna7202 2 роки тому +4

      That's the safdies for you

    • @FyahAlex
      @FyahAlex Рік тому +2

      Lil’ man.

    • @llamapartyy
      @llamapartyy Рік тому

      safdies bros, the new martin scorese

  • @JR-bz7ov
    @JR-bz7ov 6 років тому +611

    No ID’s production is untouchable

    • @EsquireMusic111
      @EsquireMusic111 6 років тому +5

      Aston Martin Truth!

    • @JHook2dafullest
      @JHook2dafullest 6 років тому +2

      Aston Martin 😢😢😢✊✊✊

    • @tajuanabrown480
      @tajuanabrown480 6 років тому +15

      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 5 років тому +7

      Probs the best beat ever

    • @pm1532
      @pm1532 5 років тому +3

      James Reid Agreed man.

  • @Adam-kx2tp
    @Adam-kx2tp 3 роки тому +89

    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 2 роки тому +2

      Pitch Correction is used by everyone just so you know

    • @Adam-kx2tp
      @Adam-kx2tp 2 роки тому +1

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

    • @enriktigasna
      @enriktigasna 2 роки тому +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 2 роки тому

      @@enriktigasna You just said what I mean

    • @enriktigasna
      @enriktigasna 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @randyflores9723
    @randyflores9723 5 років тому +156

    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.

  • @k_extra4586
    @k_extra4586 6 років тому +193

    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 років тому +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 років тому

      yertoik checkout @yawdtalkpodcast

    • @bad444
      @bad444 6 років тому

      k_extra45 kerf
      Me too.

    • @itsjuicyent
      @itsjuicyent 6 років тому

      dopest freestyle to this beat ua-cam.com/video/n-x3WBmTlbQ/v-deo.html

    • @JGD44
      @JGD44 6 років тому +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)

  • @MYnameIsANTONY
    @MYnameIsANTONY 6 років тому +508

    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 років тому +11

      MYnameIsANTONY Word. That custom Dodgers shirt that kid is wearing I want one!

    • @MYnameIsANTONY
      @MYnameIsANTONY 6 років тому +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 5 років тому +5

      Only word I can use to describe this video is NOSTALGIA

    • @LAMEHERC1
      @LAMEHERC1 4 роки тому +2

      It choked me up a bit

    • @facehole3
      @facehole3 4 роки тому +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!

  • @kashifilyas1340
    @kashifilyas1340 4 роки тому +76

    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 роки тому

      Hello Kashif

    • @NukaRage
      @NukaRage 3 роки тому

      Saying this songs wordplay is ‘out of this world’ is just an insult to some of his previous songs

    • @kashifilyas1340
      @kashifilyas1340 3 роки тому +12

      @@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 Рік тому +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.

  • @ketchyshubby
    @ketchyshubby 2 роки тому +17

    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?

  • @johnfranklin4391
    @johnfranklin4391 6 років тому +1021

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

  • @danielguzman4338
    @danielguzman4338 6 років тому +96

    Jay-Z is the only rapper I know who stays amazing for 21 years !! #HOVA

    • @slreynolds5651
      @slreynolds5651 6 років тому

      Daniel Guzman Agreed!

    • @mbf6160
      @mbf6160 6 років тому +6

      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 років тому +6

      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 років тому

      Jiemel Gould Period!

    • @danielguzman4338
      @danielguzman4338 6 років тому

      Jiemel Gould agreed

  • @joshdi8003
    @joshdi8003 4 роки тому +268

    JayZ is one of the best lyricists of a generation.

  • @evelyntyler9087
    @evelyntyler9087 5 років тому +46

    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 4 роки тому +3

      #facts

    • @michaelweatherspoon8197
      @michaelweatherspoon8197 4 роки тому

      evelyn tyler absolutely. Hov is my favorite rapper; he inspires me ua-cam.com/video/JTYaXUxN4vY/v-deo.html

    • @NYners718
      @NYners718 4 роки тому +3

      FACTS HOV THE 🐐

  • @jarvisbrookfieldart
    @jarvisbrookfieldart 6 років тому +217

    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 років тому +2

      Jarvis Brookfield I feel that same way

    • @dylanmorgan2752
      @dylanmorgan2752 6 років тому +3

      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 років тому +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 років тому

      What do you mean?

    • @jarvisbrookfieldart
      @jarvisbrookfieldart 6 років тому

      What do you mean?

  • @blckhaji
    @blckhaji 6 років тому +88

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

  • @kingabalos
    @kingabalos 5 років тому +37

    The fact that Hov went back to his old-school fast flow (something he has never done since The Black Album) to relive his Marcy days is fucking poetic.

    • @brigjay123
      @brigjay123 5 років тому +4

      which song are you talking about that he does the fast flow?

    • @kingabalos
      @kingabalos 5 років тому +10

      @@brigjay123 This one, this is Reasonable Doubt diggity-style flow, something Jay has not done since The Black Album

  • @aliyousuf2599
    @aliyousuf2599 5 років тому +60

    That second verse is SOOO underrated

  • @REFFAUNIVERSECITY
    @REFFAUNIVERSECITY 6 років тому +1158

    This is ART. Not just music

    • @AlexisDeLargo
      @AlexisDeLargo 6 років тому +24

      Man, music IS just art.

    • @frosty2.010
      @frosty2.010 6 років тому +6

      So lil uzi is art

    • @AlexisDeLargo
      @AlexisDeLargo 6 років тому +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 років тому

      Right

    • @guerillawhite3083
      @guerillawhite3083 6 років тому +3

      music is art

  • @renanoctavio2629
    @renanoctavio2629 6 років тому +352

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

    • @lmason95912
      @lmason95912 6 років тому +1

      It is Christmas time :)

    • @user-lt1sf6jr4e
      @user-lt1sf6jr4e 6 років тому

      Renan PsyK I know lmao

    • @kingjohnnyjohn5
      @kingjohnnyjohn5 6 років тому

      Renan PsyK The next artist to sign to Rocnation I promise you won't regret it 👑🙏
      ua-cam.com/video/6RE7PiwM4JM/v-deo.html

    • @adnkd2184
      @adnkd2184 6 років тому +1

      k. Johnny regretted it

    • @ugh6983
      @ugh6983 6 років тому +1

      Renan PsyK MoonLight 🙏🔥

  • @khalilhamilton8974
    @khalilhamilton8974 4 роки тому +25

    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

  • @neotrinityrakgajane
    @neotrinityrakgajane 3 місяці тому +2

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

  • @princejoffreyleone3327
    @princejoffreyleone3327 5 років тому +719

    Yall flirting with death, I be winking through the scope😉

    • @michaelguadalupe1706
      @michaelguadalupe1706 5 років тому +10

      Prince Joffrey Leone dopest line on the album!!

    • @natestarz7109
      @natestarz7109 5 років тому +11

      @@michaelguadalupe1706 The best song on the album.

    • @Amidat
      @Amidat 5 років тому +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 4 роки тому +2

      🔭😉

    • @mrp4235
      @mrp4235 4 роки тому +1

      Prince Joffrey Leone oooo.....I SS that with the 😉 emo.....

  • @GoodxJ
    @GoodxJ 6 років тому +781

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

  • @andilegxelesha-maqashu7348
    @andilegxelesha-maqashu7348 Рік тому +6

    Literally every other lyricist who was once great, dropped their standard, Jay-Z, 3 decades in, is as sharp as he was on Reasonable Doubt. That is insane!

    • @shotbyfabi
      @shotbyfabi Рік тому

      He had dips, just like everyone else. Come on let's not forget Kingdom Come. Nas is on the same level, also had dips but does very often still drop goat verses. Don't sleep on others like Scarface as well, he's never had a wack verse.

    • @unclephill2456
      @unclephill2456 Рік тому

      @@shotbyfabi if you Make 19 plus albums you going find more than one that's not a favorite your point makes no sense you cant name someone with ten plus albums no misses drake was bout to be on it until 2019 shit went downhill thats cause this is business 1st passion second until u get to a point where it's back to all passion like the first album that was his point when you got 30 years in it's not about business u making music only cause u want to smh

    • @shotbyfabi
      @shotbyfabi Рік тому

      You're arguing something I never said. You must have responded to the wrong person.

  • @THERENALDOJ
    @THERENALDOJ 4 роки тому +65

    Man I forgot how much I liked this project, who's listening to 444 in 2019 ?

  • @Toheeb90
    @Toheeb90 6 років тому +76

    Kendrick, Jay Z, SZA dropping new videos in a day.
    Best Christmas present on UA-cam. Thumps up if u agree 👍👍👍

    • @pitching
      @pitching 6 років тому +1

      they are all amazing :) fuck all mumble rapper and lame r&B singer

  • @Diamondando
    @Diamondando 6 років тому +734

    Only 1 million views wtf... This is possibly the best rap song of 2017

    • @George-te4ms
      @George-te4ms 5 років тому +34

      Looks like Jay unsold his soul😂

    • @yezmirsheppard-halika6892
      @yezmirsheppard-halika6892 5 років тому +13

      It was the best song of 2017!!!

    • @775.-
      @775.- 5 років тому +4

      @@George-te4ms he had refund

    • @Bentwest
      @Bentwest 5 років тому +18

      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 4 роки тому +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

  • @anshumannroy
    @anshumannroy 11 місяців тому +5

    Marcy houses where the boys die by the thousands 💔

  • @user-sj1ni7zr1z
    @user-sj1ni7zr1z 3 роки тому +25

    Am I the only person that cried while watching this? God damnit. Jay-Z and the Safdie Bros are a team that I never knew I needed.

    • @burritogamer3984
      @burritogamer3984 3 роки тому +2

      yea MV straight up gave me chills once the dream came in and that ending shot

  • @luckyllama1310
    @luckyllama1310 6 років тому +157

    Mr. Carter keeps changing the game.

  • @ratatootie-_-3062
    @ratatootie-_-3062 6 років тому +529

    The fact that they were looking at them from a helicopter shows how white ppl view black ppl, with a feeling of superiority, they look down to them. Also a description of what the suspect was wearing was given to the officers but even though the description didn’t match they were seeing black ppl as suspects.
    Very meaningful video

    • @zechypotluck
      @zechypotluck 6 років тому +1

      rata tootie -_- The description was crazy broad on top of that

    • @mike_t_007
      @mike_t_007 6 років тому

      rata tootie -_- Facts

    • @ahh
      @ahh 6 років тому +26

      rata tootie -_- How "white people" view "black people?" Fuck outta here with that stupid ass bullshit.

    • @7229StackStar
      @7229StackStar 6 років тому +3

      NoThanks Facts!

    • @sicksadworld6221
      @sicksadworld6221 6 років тому +21

      NoThanks that mirror hurtin' your eyes huh?

  • @joaodias5481
    @joaodias5481 3 роки тому +26

    "Todo o mundo e ninguém" from quarteto 1111, a Portuguese band. José Cid is a genius.

  • @unknowntalent3440
    @unknowntalent3440 3 роки тому +141

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

  • @johnsondboss
    @johnsondboss 6 років тому +238

    Jay-Z, Kendrick, and SZA won this whole year 😂🙏

    • @hedidridi1274
      @hedidridi1274 6 років тому +2

      Who's SZA

    • @latanda96
      @latanda96 6 років тому +13

      Hedy Dridi Do yourself some research son

    • @sportobsessivebryant3336
      @sportobsessivebryant3336 6 років тому +2

      Hedy Dridi Don't.....it's not worth it

    • @hedidridi1274
      @hedidridi1274 6 років тому +2

      SportObsessive Bryant And I realized that it wasn't

    • @hedidridi1274
      @hedidridi1274 6 років тому +1

      Kendrick's style always been like this, but alot of MFs are adopting it poorly

  • @nasirjones9149
    @nasirjones9149 6 років тому +14

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

  • @oozinboozin6564
    @oozinboozin6564 4 роки тому +128

    Safdie brothers!

  • @MisterCee41510
    @MisterCee41510 3 роки тому +24

    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

  • @softshore
    @softshore 6 років тому +316

    The Portuguese sample made me proud xD

    • @Dawonsip
      @Dawonsip 5 років тому +4

      Who did they simple this from

    • @rsimoes38
      @rsimoes38 5 років тому +75

      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 4 роки тому +19

      Todo o mundo e ninguém.

    • @katsukawamari
      @katsukawamari 4 роки тому +5

      Eu não consigo cantar essa música sem ficar falando Cavaleiro e Todo Mundo o temp todo ahaha

  • @coolzizable
    @coolzizable 6 років тому +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

    • @Ddud33010
      @Ddud33010 6 років тому

      AZIZISREAL

    • @thirsty57
      @thirsty57 7 місяців тому

      🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @brianrelation633
    @brianrelation633 3 роки тому +21

    “Y’all flirting with death, I be winking through the scope” lyric goes hard asf

  • @plus_sign
    @plus_sign 6 місяців тому +4

    JAY-Z is such a genius... the Dodgers uniform under the spotlight... the last shot

  • @kylebreeze5919
    @kylebreeze5919 6 років тому +516

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

  • @itsbigcliff5178
    @itsbigcliff5178 6 років тому +64

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

  • @unclephill2456
    @unclephill2456 Рік тому +9

    444 is criminally underrated it's a top 5 greatest rap album and it dont get talked about but when hov was dropping kingdom come and bp3 and magna the people had so much to say how it wasn't bp or rd but this hear ain't bp/rd this here is so much different in a good way no skips every son is 10 not a 9 or 9.5 10

  • @LeCrocTPMK
    @LeCrocTPMK 3 роки тому +11

    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.

  • @lexbear569
    @lexbear569 6 років тому +910

    Was anyone else holding their breath til the end, hoping the little boy didn't get kill. I almost started crying because I was so afraid that was gonna happen..
    No I was not actually crying, being a mom myself it's the fear of young black children being targets that tugs at my heart. Can't believe people are actually getting in their feelings over how other people react to the video 💁🏽‍♀️ isn't that the point of music & visuals. Not everyone is going to react to something the same way.

  • @hubertfenelon25
    @hubertfenelon25 6 років тому +26

    The greatest rapper of all time 🐐

  • @kingmichealblaize6143
    @kingmichealblaize6143 4 місяці тому +3

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

    • @anash578
      @anash578 3 місяці тому +1

      Jay always raps is ass off bro

  • @pedrocosta7056
    @pedrocosta7056 4 роки тому +16

    this is hitting harder now. rip Floyd and countless others 😔

  • @cierrapfanstiel1079
    @cierrapfanstiel1079 6 років тому +102

    He just dropped three videos like nothing, BLESSED.

    • @marty2398
      @marty2398 6 років тому

      Cierra Pfanstiel they've been out on Tidal

    • @kingdavid8870
      @kingdavid8870 6 років тому

      Luh Man lmmfao damn bruh!

    • @my_resume_is_a_bad_bitch4281
      @my_resume_is_a_bad_bitch4281 6 років тому +2

      Bruh there are good and bad in all races. Relax.

    • @andremackron9827
      @andremackron9827 6 років тому +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 років тому +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.

  • @Tree6ixGaming
    @Tree6ixGaming 6 років тому +369

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

    • @kennyken2004
      @kennyken2004 6 років тому +4

      Bruh 😂

    • @Tree6ixGaming
      @Tree6ixGaming 6 років тому

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

    • @eskc442
      @eskc442 6 років тому +17

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

    • @eskc442
      @eskc442 6 років тому

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

  • @yosimtybred1762
    @yosimtybred1762 4 роки тому +10

    Top 5 jay z songs

  • @donnewilliams3749
    @donnewilliams3749 4 роки тому +29

    Jigga is smooth but deadly like a pearl handle pistol.

  • @sedfrezin2229
    @sedfrezin2229 6 років тому +66

    Easily the Best Song Of the Album 👏

  • @user-zi6fb3sb3g
    @user-zi6fb3sb3g 6 років тому +65

    This beat Is so chill

    • @nizar70707
      @nizar70707 6 років тому +1

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

    • @midnighteye2737
      @midnighteye2737 6 років тому +1

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

  • @filkce
    @filkce Рік тому +2

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

  • @MisterCee41510
    @MisterCee41510 3 роки тому +14

    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.

  • @DavidFarquharsonPhotography
    @DavidFarquharsonPhotography 6 років тому +301

    I don't think anyone realize what Jay Z just illustrated. As this child's raised around this type of settings he's easily exposed to a lot, Violence, hardship, Cruelty but since he's a child, doing small favors for his people makes him feel like loved and Secure enough that he ok with it because he knows that this is his family so to speak. The moral of the story is wherever your grew up around is what your going to be used to and the sad thing is that he might do the same, the money he's getting is like a gateway, these favors will just get bigger and bigger as he gets older....
    *marcy me* = *Marcy Projects* = *Mercy Me*
    Edit: I will say that this is not the case for every adolescent it's just the one portrayed in the video I'm speaking on

    • @daviwilliam281
      @daviwilliam281 6 років тому +5

      CardiUno bullshit with your whatever you grew up typical white peopl talk

    • @patriciaallen4364
      @patriciaallen4364 6 років тому +1

      Clothes

    • @valentinoattademo7751
      @valentinoattademo7751 6 років тому +6

      That is definitely NOT the idea 😂 fuck outta here white boy

    • @DavidFarquharsonPhotography
      @DavidFarquharsonPhotography 6 років тому +3

      david williams I'm Black man and live in Ny where 50 cent grew up, 40 projects nigga, you don't know me I could care less about your mark ass opinion.. I came to share mine

    • @DavidFarquharsonPhotography
      @DavidFarquharsonPhotography 6 років тому +7

      Mr. West How the fuck am I white if I'm educated and from the hood y'all probably the white ones calling me white smh

  • @nanoaged1
    @nanoaged1 6 років тому +132

    This is Resonable Doubt sprinkled with Vol.1 type HOV

    • @InspectahDeck718
      @InspectahDeck718 6 років тому +1

      gilbert feliciano Felt the exact same vibe too bro

  • @prodjoaovaladares
    @prodjoaovaladares 2 роки тому +33

    JOSÉ CID NO BEAT DÁ OUTRA ALMA AO SOM

  • @ikelenafly
    @ikelenafly 4 роки тому +13

    Jayz’s most intimate album. Don’t @ me.

  • @Blaqk_8298
    @Blaqk_8298 6 років тому +1706

    *_HOW MANY_* people got love for _JAY Z?_

  • @jaythatduderich7214
    @jaythatduderich7214 6 років тому +220

    always got looked at as a suspect even as a kid

    • @dylanmorgan2752
      @dylanmorgan2752 6 років тому +3

      +j campos wtf, that’s not even remotely making any sense.

  • @skudsterfoster8359
    @skudsterfoster8359 4 роки тому +3

    This nigga is overly intricate. Love when he raps for his true fans. He dont care, if u know your history then you gotta rock with hov.

  • @jessieatkinson2694
    @jessieatkinson2694 4 роки тому +23

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

  • @biggie-c9205
    @biggie-c9205 6 років тому +471

    This literally has two meanings, depends on how you want to look at it, the light represents represents the stereotype that the ethnic male/female are always up to something that's illegal, or the light can represent gods presence over the little boys life in a rough neighbourhood, somewhat like a 'messiah' cause he is trusted with the money and welcomed with open arms to the party. I only got that vibe from this line alone; *"Lord, we know who we are
    Yet we know not what we may be"
    So maybe I'm the one or maybe I'm crazy*

    • @tariquezimmerman3364
      @tariquezimmerman3364 5 років тому

      What does your profile pic mean? It's the same as the channel's.

    • @kryp2knight88
      @kryp2knight88 5 років тому +4

      Tarique Zimmerman the album cover is that color

    • @justinvasquez8398
      @justinvasquez8398 5 років тому +19

      So gods presence is represented by the policeman huh? Is this what white savior complex loos like?

    • @imahelpfulperson
      @imahelpfulperson 5 років тому +9

      Delete this stupid comment

    • @christopherayettey4390
      @christopherayettey4390 5 років тому +2

      @@justinvasquez8398 loooooooool

  • @zKaRiisMa
    @zKaRiisMa 6 років тому +186

    Got the whole hip hop community shook

    • @lukamg7368
      @lukamg7368 6 років тому +2

      Cruz From2115 music* community

    • @jojowhi1296
      @jojowhi1296 5 років тому

      Luka MG black*

  • @lotuzz7409
    @lotuzz7409 4 роки тому +9

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

  • @yash4007
    @yash4007 3 роки тому +6

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

  • @haabaa2512
    @haabaa2512 5 років тому +37

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

  • @pascalsanyi6315
    @pascalsanyi6315 6 років тому +101

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

    • @LegendInThaMakin
      @LegendInThaMakin 5 років тому +6

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

    • @wayneodhiamboo
      @wayneodhiamboo 5 років тому +1

      @@LegendInThaMakin facts.

    • @bodegapapi6023
      @bodegapapi6023 5 років тому

      You late liking him now lol

  • @JoshOfficial
    @JoshOfficial Рік тому +3

    One of my favorite songs ever! Thank you HOV 💜🪩

  • @pedrocarvalhais340
    @pedrocarvalhais340 3 роки тому +42

    José Cid, vencedor do Grammy Latino de Carreira, e Tozé Brito, são dois dos compositores desta grande música!!!
    José Cid, winner of the Latin Grammy for Career, and Tozé Brito, are two of the composers of this great song!!!

    • @josealmrod
      @josealmrod 2 роки тому +2

      Foram usados samples do quarteto 1111. Grande cena!

    • @joazinhocagao
      @joazinhocagao 2 роки тому +1

      errado, eles sao os compositores da musica na qual foi extraida o sample. nao desta musica

    • @pedrocarvalhais340
      @pedrocarvalhais340 2 роки тому

      @@joazinhocagao Concordo totalmente consigo na parte em que diz que os mesmos são compositores da música na qual foi extraída o sample. Relativamente a esta música "Marcy Me", os mesmos são creditados oficialmente como compositores conjuntamente com No I.D, Shawn Carter (JAY-Z) e Terius Nash. Não sei se sabe, mas nos direitos autorais musicais, quando é usado um sample de outra música numa nova, os compositores do mesmo são legalmente creditados na mesma, tal como aconteceu. José Cid e Tozé Brito são os compositores da música do sample e co-compositores do "MARCY ME", pois um sample de uma música anterior confere direitos autorais em todas as composições musicais em que seja usado, tal como é o caso.

    • @pedrocarvalhais340
      @pedrocarvalhais340 2 роки тому

      @@josealmrod Ficou muito bom mesmo!!!

  • @discussionswithdemetri2883
    @discussionswithdemetri2883 6 років тому +402

    This is the Hip Hop I know. I don't know about ya'll.

    • @CorruptedYouth
      @CorruptedYouth 5 років тому

      HEY GUYS ITS ME THE ONE PROMO ARTIST WHO DOESNT SOUND LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE MUSIC VIDEO ON PAGE ALSO IM ON ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS 🔥☝🏽💯

    • @unknowntalent3440
      @unknowntalent3440 4 роки тому

      Likewise

    • @fishdish22
      @fishdish22 4 роки тому +1

      yes, but did u get the message?

  • @jermainehnbhwalls822
    @jermainehnbhwalls822 6 років тому +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

  • @zvie
    @zvie 4 роки тому +16

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

  • @zintlemvana7955
    @zintlemvana7955 5 років тому +16

    Still one of the sickest flows on the album

  • @BLVCK6
    @BLVCK6 6 років тому +341

    **Lyrics Matter**

    • @jermaineblalock5553
      @jermaineblalock5553 6 років тому +8

      F A M E R indeed friend..indeed

    • @mr.present42
      @mr.present42 6 років тому +1

      Nicely sum up salute too you

    • @JOESPILLZ
      @JOESPILLZ 6 років тому +6

      F A M E R THANK YOU. The shit that kills me is u hear ppl talk about "lyrical rap" 🤔 it's like saying "contact oriented" tackle football or some shit!? there's certain elements that need to be present in order to fall under the umbrella of the definition of Hip-Hop.. all this other shit is a spinoff or sub genre.. but since they have NON hiphop ppl steering the boat they got ppl thinkin crazy.. kids should understand the true definition of hiphop. not this anything goes shit. ppl w/lil in front of their name claiming they're BETTER THAN BIG AND PAC? if ur reading this,and think I'm on some "oldhead" shit or just don't get it... Listen to Black Thought freestyle.. and then 25 more tracks from him. THAT'S HIPHOP. Google the elements of hiphop. and I fuck w/Uzi and a few new different types of dudes.. but it's not supposed to be next to Mobb deep or Nas or Jay-Z.. js

    • @BLVCK6
      @BLVCK6 6 років тому +3

      Joe Joey Spilzwell Volpe I gothu my bruh (:

  • @mohitpanwar6510
    @mohitpanwar6510 6 років тому +80

    that biggie bar still kills

    • @asp5645
      @asp5645 6 років тому +9

      young thug yup. ..chickenheads be clucking

  • @korykorin1311
    @korykorin1311 5 років тому +12

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

  • @antoniotomaszeca6323
    @antoniotomaszeca6323 Рік тому +2

    Anyone better? I don´t see
    King JAY!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥