Jean Grae - My Story (Music Video)

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  • Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
  • Jean Grae "My Story" music video (Short Version). From the album "Jeanius" produced by 9th Wonder, on Blacksmith Music / Warner. The video was written, directed and Edited by Monihan Monihan and Co-Written by Talib Kweli. Starring Lynnette Astairewas. Produced by Bricolagista!
    Jean Grae
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 432

  • @JaneDoeHipsta
    @JaneDoeHipsta 5 років тому +87

    People don’t appreciate music like this.. the music we do is so hard to grasp! Love this

    • @ItsOVAnoW
      @ItsOVAnoW 3 роки тому +1

      Rapsody brought me here ..interview on youtube she said jean grae and lauryn hill inspired her..
      Researched this..
      Now everyday therapy..
      I failed at 17 and let it happen as a man..i could of stopped it..
      It hau st me to thia day the life me and my ex lost..
      But she is happy now..
      And i praise GOD FOR THAT
      i wanna sde her happy
      Even though she not with me..
      Abortion is wrong....
      Us men and women REAL MEN AND WOMEN who been thru it..
      Know what im talking bout..
      Ahit haunts u in ya quiet moments
      Early mornings
      And late nights...
      Kush helps some though😶😔
      Lord i kno what ive done
      PLEASE FORGIVE ME

    • @rederatv
      @rederatv 2 роки тому

      When she came out her fan base was probably all male.

    • @blackboymetalhead0014
      @blackboymetalhead0014 Рік тому +2

      I always come back to this song every year ❤️

  • @ReverieLove
    @ReverieLove 13 років тому +47

    damn its crazy how common this situation in life is.. i think HALF of women go thru it.. i like shit like this. we can all relate to the song and video. hella deep. sad, but uplifting. its good to know you are not alone...

    • @HStalhane
      @HStalhane 3 роки тому +4

      do you remember making this comment? Just take a look at all you have achieved since then. I've been a fan since The Transition. Keep doing you, brave lady.

    • @ChiefRxcka
      @ChiefRxcka 7 місяців тому

      Oh shit Reverie up in here! Mad props and love to you for all you've achieved 😊

  • @Proj3ctM3taPh0r
    @Proj3ctM3taPh0r 9 років тому +63

    The realest song I ever heard in my life from any female.

  • @amantlegabaatlholwe4640
    @amantlegabaatlholwe4640 4 роки тому +19

    "How cud I possibly correspond with god when I gave the authority to end dat life" that line gave me chills, it really touched me for real...

  • @bryanheater2730
    @bryanheater2730 9 років тому +237

    Jean Grae had one of the largest vocabularies on that study they did of both men and women. You got people listening to trash like Iggy and Nicki yet they're sleeping on Jean.

    • @504DirtMcGirt
      @504DirtMcGirt 9 років тому +8

      +Bryan H. tryin to keep us blind but the truth is the light........jean grea all day

    • @vidyamahendran439
      @vidyamahendran439 8 років тому +2

      +Bryan H. Yes!

    • @christian8434
      @christian8434 8 років тому +5

      check out Aesop Rock he has the most original lyrics according to studies

    • @bryanheater2730
      @bryanheater2730 8 років тому +5

      Christian Price I've been listening to Aesop for five years. The study was about him having the largest vocab in Hip Hop. He used the most unique words out of the first 35,000 lyrics he had in his discography. Labor Days and None Shall Pass are my favorite albums by Aesop.

    • @vidyamahendran439
      @vidyamahendran439 8 років тому +4

      Do you have a link to the study? Drop knowledge! She is definitely an underrated female rapper in this game.

  • @TARRS1
    @TARRS1 6 років тому +55

    I've been listening to this song since the first time it was out. I try not to listen to it too often because it has such a strong hold on me. It's a visceral experience. It transcends hip hop by any means. Jean Grae, if you so happen to read this, just know you altered my life in ways I could only hope to pay you back in some way. I'm trying. To the rest of the individuals who somehow and for whatever reason found themselves here, watching this video, keep it alive. Love. I hope you find peace.

  • @richardnunez3474
    @richardnunez3474 7 років тому +34

    i can tell you ive definitely heard almost everything possible thing rapped about in my 40+ yrs and nobody i can come close to think of has put such a deep personal woman experience like this on wax. takes a certain individual to lay it out there with the emotion and skill level like tht. Amazing.

  • @barelysoulleft
    @barelysoulleft 12 років тому +6

    first song that.. made me cry
    her story is MINE....
    i felt every word she said .

  • @treytolbert7675
    @treytolbert7675 Рік тому +9

    This beat gives me goosebumps 😮

  • @TheSpot4HiphopTV
    @TheSpot4HiphopTV 10 років тому +47

    The fact that people claim they love hip hop but won't support female emcees makes me very very upset. I found out that Jean Grae will be breaking away from rapping. She was one of my favorite rappers. I have all of her albums, including the eps she released. Here's to you #JeanGrae. I'm sorry

    • @diamondnova7598
      @diamondnova7598 10 років тому +1

      omg seriously shes.not rapping anymore? sadd:/

    • @1missmonet
      @1missmonet 9 років тому

      really... she good

    • @diamondnova7598
      @diamondnova7598 9 років тому

      I know she is I just miss her:)

    • @diamondnova7598
      @diamondnova7598 9 років тому

      Raps but she a talented singer

    • @abztraktt6403
      @abztraktt6403 4 місяці тому

      women won't even support female emcees so what does that day

  • @turklatasha191
    @turklatasha191 8 років тому +18

    GOD Bless Jean Grae! It took her a lot of courage to release this track.

  • @leeftbl7265
    @leeftbl7265 9 років тому +33

    Definitly wouldn't mine hearing a Jean Grae + Kendrick Lamar collabo

    • @DylanFowler
      @DylanFowler 9 років тому

      Jeremy Dixon or $kaduf, he did a track called Nostalgia.

    • @gitagray1645
      @gitagray1645 6 років тому

      Say word!!!

    • @DubTee7
      @DubTee7 3 роки тому

      For real!

  • @richyrich5414
    @richyrich5414 2 роки тому +36

    This is a masterclass of storytelling and pain. I've just discovered Jean Grae and I'm over the moon I found her. Yet pissed off I've never heard of her before, she's lyrically incredible and her flow is liquid gold. She deserves to be much more well known, this is the hip hop I've been looking for and didn't know it. Amazing

    • @africanbella28
      @africanbella28 Рік тому +4

      I absolutely agree with you 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  • @zeekeee1843
    @zeekeee1843 8 років тому +30

    I listen to this song 10 times a day

    • @mrtruthhurts2307
      @mrtruthhurts2307 7 років тому +1

      Tatyana Morris feel you this is a classic

    • @bukkybakray670
      @bukkybakray670 4 роки тому +1

      Freaking underrated

    • @mothma524
      @mothma524 3 роки тому

      This is where I am now. I keep it on repeat and I mourn my child that I lost to my selfish carelessness and sinful youth.

  • @buckwash1
    @buckwash1 13 років тому +5

    I always shed a tear when I hear this song. SOO beautifully written.

  • @JavierED
    @JavierED 12 років тому +4

    "...when the rain comes down, I know it's falling for me, and only for me..." DOPE.

  • @AnsuOrhyme
    @AnsuOrhyme 9 років тому +18

    Lyrics from Genius.com
    "If I could swim a thousand lakes to bring your life back
    I write that, but infinity can't rewind facts
    You are divinity
    My primitive mind was struggling
    Just to understand the meaning of life, forgive me
    I never told my mommy, I couldn't break her spirit
    She always wished her daughter, extraordinary thinking
    So I traveled alone, young, sixteen got in the habit of not stayin' at home
    Doing the sad walk like
    Bill Bixby, a dollar fifty
    Trips to the hospital so that Medicaid could fix me
    I couldn't eat shit. I fainted frequent. On cold floors and I pause and I think, keep it
    I'm lost, my four friends know
    And just fuck at the boys' apartments for rent, so
    I'm all wishin' that it's a dream ending soon
    I've actually erased a lot that I've been through
    (Chorus)
    See when the rain comes down, I know it's fallin' for me, and only for me
    And when the pain comes around, there's nowhere else I rather would be
    I know what I've done, Please forgive me
    Now all my bitter homies sayin' that's what men do
    Feelin' retarded for seeing partner potential
    On top of that, the doctors telling me a heart murmur
    I can't take it; I'm contemplating a Glock burner, a cop murderer
    I can't be, this can't be
    The tears streaming and I can't see, they lance me
    And I'm passin' out, and this is just for blood
    They had to cover the mass amounts, I've had enough
    And you don't know what it's like in waiting rooms
    And outside their picketing pictures could slay you
    Their screamin' victims, and spitting till they shame you
    I hold my head low and shiver push my way through
    They put you in a room, where you can change into
    Your gown and shower cap, shaking as a fiend would do
    And that's when you think of leaving, fleeing the building and then they call you and you hear the call of your children
    They count down from ten now, you wanna stop 'em but you say it in your head, your out for the cut
    Then you wake up in another room with plenty others
    They call it recovery; you're thinkin' we ain't mothers
    And then prescription pills, written a 'scrip with chills
    An understatement, you're dressed but you're naked still
    And your brain won't think straight
    Wait - Can't finish this
    (Chorus)
    I kept it bottled up; my parent's found the pills
    Screaming God what have you done?
    Cried till I snotted blood, then got a gun
    My temper ran quick tho, from the thought, then the worst I was caught in the same place
    A year later, for me that's when hatred started
    My faith martyred, I've dated a father but farther, then I moved on
    Years past, the guilt's worse and it builds till your heart' smashed
    Then I miscarried 22 age, I was headed to a breakdown
    Swallowed up some pills and I laid down
    I was a failure at that too, bailed from the rap then but fate took me back in
    Sing is a tattoo my fingers attached with
    Twenty-seven with three kids that I never met
    What if I was Catholic? Wonder if they hate me?
    Thinking how their mother could ever murder?
    Well take me hell - to the depths where the brimstone chokes me constantly
    I am a monster, see
    How could I possibly correspond with God when I gave the authority to end that life?
    But it's never over, even if we have a child
    They coulda had a brother or sister or both
    I'm thinking about another life that almost got close
    Prayin' that in another time we coulda' changed posts
    If I could just reverse time, I would
    I don't know what I would do, honestly it's not good
    I'm sorry"

  • @bootneyleefarnsworth8224
    @bootneyleefarnsworth8224 9 років тому +21

    Absolute Genius.

  • @MfGreezy
    @MfGreezy 10 років тому +6

    madly in love with jean grae since 06

  • @chillinfrog5205
    @chillinfrog5205 8 років тому +5

    Love this jazzy 9th wonder production

  • @savman3857
    @savman3857 3 роки тому +3

    I remember hearing this song 10+ years ago and then randomly popped into my head today! Deep song.

  • @siriuslynow8226
    @siriuslynow8226 4 місяці тому +1

    Begging Jean to put this on Spotify

  • @konsciousyung6651
    @konsciousyung6651 4 місяці тому +1

    2024 still banging Jean!!!

  • @soulcitysigma
    @soulcitysigma 13 років тому +1

    i've loved this song for YEARS how the hell am i just now seeing this video. omg i love it

  • @lindadlamini6599
    @lindadlamini6599 8 років тому +14

    Reminds me of Rapsody. This is the kind of hip hop I personally listen to.

    • @mervynramokgopa3869
      @mervynramokgopa3869 6 років тому

      Linda Dlamini support the real

    • @angelortiz5783
      @angelortiz5783 5 років тому +1

      Jean Grae is her mentor

    • @edsonedalia6116
      @edsonedalia6116 5 років тому

      true dat rhapsody kinda copied jeans flow...but they both good rare gems in this multitude of wack rappers

    • @darrionreed1240
      @darrionreed1240 5 років тому

      Jean Grae Rapsody, Snow the product, Rah Diggah and Remy Ma should form a Femcee group

    • @lyrics2challenged
      @lyrics2challenged 2 роки тому

      @@darrionreed1240 please take the F off lol 😂 no hate, but that's just bad. Emcee is fine. They could just be named cleverly

  • @xxplicitt004
    @xxplicitt004 12 років тому +1

    She's easily in my top 50.

  • @chelsea6671
    @chelsea6671 8 років тому +1

    she has to be one of the best Female MC's of all time. First heard her on Soda and Soap and then Hold U by Masta Ace. When i heard that verse in the perspective of a microphone, i knew she was something special.

  • @msgucci0099
    @msgucci0099 9 років тому +3

    I discovered Jean in 08 when Talib Kweli 'Hot Thing' remix dropped and loved her voice
    She dope as Hell

  • @jaystadnick3125
    @jaystadnick3125 8 років тому +7

    Heard Jean From The Illest.Revolutionary vol.1 by immortal technique till then I knew she was dope and a beauty.

  • @AvalancheTheKomik
    @AvalancheTheKomik Рік тому +1

    Jean is in a league of her own

  • @beatsbyarlanzo
    @beatsbyarlanzo 13 років тому +1

    This is art.

  • @Maseedproductionsvideo
    @Maseedproductionsvideo 14 років тому +1

    Phenomenal video and song. Definite classic, so soulful. 9th did his thing on the beat.

  • @chillb_igotthis
    @chillb_igotthis 10 місяців тому +1

    9th WONDER THE 🐐

  • @fUCkyOUbL0WM3
    @fUCkyOUbL0WM3 Рік тому +11

    She doesn't get the respect she deserves as an emcee, she has the top spot with the women and she's better than most men.

  • @urbanhippiechi4426
    @urbanhippiechi4426 9 років тому +4

    Chills! Too real the won't play it mainstream. Smh

  • @kidbase1
    @kidbase1 12 років тому

    what a lovely lovely song/story ,it captures the mood ,i dnt doubt that its true, and i just lite the fire to another get way ,i'll be back soon

  • @DGOGRZN
    @DGOGRZN 11 років тому +3

    Next to Roxanne Shanté, MC Lyte, Queen Latifah, MC Antoinette and (The 90's) Lil' kim she's the best female MC I know. You deserve more views!

  • @BOPZINKBIZ
    @BOPZINKBIZ 9 років тому +4

    Wow . . this is Deeeep !

  • @mpc1mil
    @mpc1mil 10 місяців тому +2

    You can't even include the word female when praising her, cuz she is one of the best rappers ever

  • @jasonlee9332
    @jasonlee9332 3 роки тому

    One of the greatest emcees of all time....the Phoenix. Jean Grae

  • @clammyrobin
    @clammyrobin 12 років тому

    Damn, this is such a great song. Plus, she's looking cute as hell in this video.

  • @TheNbedelemuniz
    @TheNbedelemuniz 6 місяців тому

    2024 still listenning ❤Jean Grae o ❤ u sis

  • @sparkleplenty8734
    @sparkleplenty8734 5 років тому +1

    Very insightful and inspiring. Healing has to happen.

  • @axsent801
    @axsent801 11 років тому +1

    i love you jean really dopest and truest 1 in a mill ....peace1

  • @BarakYisrael
    @BarakYisrael 11 років тому

    this girl got soo much soul.. smh her lyrics leave me just breathless

  • @reneakan
    @reneakan 5 років тому +1

    this sista is the Queen no question.

  • @MrSardugoo
    @MrSardugoo 9 років тому +6

    Classic Material!!!, This Video & Song Is Awesome!!!, & By the way,lol, The Special Make-up was Provided By Mr.Dead OF DEADWORLD EFFECTS!!!, East New York, Brooklyn, Stand-up!!!

  • @wheresthecom
    @wheresthecom 3 роки тому

    Been looking for this song since I went song searching when I was 15, im 21 now and it still makes me cry.

  • @palucav1
    @palucav1 8 років тому +1

    poethic. grazie mille

  • @Rashaad76
    @Rashaad76 12 років тому

    The sad thing is that if you don't know where to look, good music like this is hidden from most people & you will almost never see it on t.v. Only underground radio stations will play artists like her.

  • @Leidenspfad
    @Leidenspfad 12 років тому +8

    I've seen this video over a dozen times, but every time the abortion scene comes up, I have to suppress the tears! And I'm just straight a guy who doesn't know what it's like to be pregnant.

  • @BarakYisrael
    @BarakYisrael 11 років тому +1

    and shes beautiful

  • @sonalj4081
    @sonalj4081 5 років тому +3

    Why isn't this on spotify?! :(

  • @crazyalcayne
    @crazyalcayne 15 років тому +1

    I love it! Nuff Respect!

  • @BronzeRivet
    @BronzeRivet 11 років тому

    So real, so grounded in reality and hip hop tradition. So strong. Great rap.

  • @KKtruthfulspkn
    @KKtruthfulspkn 11 років тому

    this joint here man...

  • @LeftCoastLester
    @LeftCoastLester 12 років тому

    This instrumental is so hard!

  • @MrTblack303
    @MrTblack303 12 років тому +1

    RESPECT !!! Loved it ...Bless

  • @TheMrthatdude17
    @TheMrthatdude17 13 років тому

    jean grae is by far the best female rapper. Mc Lyte and not many others come close.

  • @axion86
    @axion86 8 років тому +7

    What What is the one of the best female rappers. Heard first time from The Herbaliser "very mercenary" album

  • @muSIQfreak1609
    @muSIQfreak1609 14 років тому

    now this is the hiphop i fel in love wit ! wat a masterpiece

  • @king_Ari
    @king_Ari 14 років тому

    hands down..jean u 1 one my fav's.. luv this..

  • @djahchqawa7678
    @djahchqawa7678 7 років тому +1

    Barach Atha My Sis, Repentance Felt . . . . We here for you, The Body of Christ GOCC - Global, I am AhchQawa The Most Repentive Sinner ~ Shalawam ~ May Yasha Have Mercy . . . . You Repented World Wide - For The Record . . .

  • @ZawadWWa
    @ZawadWWa 11 років тому

    this shit is real. thats whats up emotions and real feelings

  • @amarosea
    @amarosea 10 років тому +5

    I just feel so blessed I don't suffer from Jean Grae deficiency syndrome.

    • @Sinnessa
      @Sinnessa 10 років тому +1

      I don't even know what this comment means.

    • @RaySplitsWigz
      @RaySplitsWigz 10 років тому

      Sinnessa me either

    • @KleynKutt
      @KleynKutt 10 років тому +3

      Sinnessa Kuntbrigade probably means he/she is glad they know who Jean Grae is. A life without Jean Grae seems unfathomable. Feel soory for the poor souls that haven't heard her music.

  • @endr117
    @endr117 14 років тому

    god that was beautiful

  • @SuperWiseone12
    @SuperWiseone12 14 років тому

    Jean Grae love your music please keep it coming. You do have fans that follow you.

  • @msmickiij
    @msmickiij 14 років тому

    This is sweet. This is what the music should be about. NICE!!!!

  • @esfale
    @esfale 13 років тому

    Jean Great!!!! this is Hip Hop,

  • @drlamonicajames
    @drlamonicajames 14 років тому

    I love this track... Jean Grae is the ultimate female emcee. This is the hip hop I fell in love with :-)

  • @edwinrosado7917
    @edwinrosado7917 9 років тому

    jean grea rah diggah hands down

  • @iriemindz
    @iriemindz 11 років тому

    So much more beautiful than the female "rappers" on MTV.

  • @aaroncreagh5052
    @aaroncreagh5052 9 років тому

    ...that closing scene gets me...
    ...girl hopping in front of a painting...

  • @Zintlegq
    @Zintlegq 10 років тому

    #CLASSICHIPHOP

  • @kincamell2
    @kincamell2 10 років тому +1

    LOVE

  • @ndawomnyengeza8729
    @ndawomnyengeza8729 3 роки тому

    9th wonder beats on 🔥🔥🔥

  • @musicspacemagazine315
    @musicspacemagazine315 6 років тому

    Love Jean Grae music...

  • @NAHTENEO
    @NAHTENEO 10 років тому

    first time hearing your music..it's amazing!..instant fan.

  • @BrentWoodSean38
    @BrentWoodSean38 12 років тому

    this song is a masterpiece

  • @iantucker2310
    @iantucker2310 2 роки тому

    THIS defines rap music!!

  • @mauricestaton8494
    @mauricestaton8494 7 років тому +1

    🔥 🔥 🔥

  • @jabbaweezy
    @jabbaweezy 3 роки тому

    The best female rapper I've ever heard is a south african woman from new york, by the name of jean grae

  • @booboo1343
    @booboo1343 14 років тому

    I can relate to this song and I thank you for this. No one can understand the pain a woman has to go through and how much guilt one feels. It is ultimately between "you" and God and no one else. God does forgive.

  • @TheSoldier0fortunE
    @TheSoldier0fortunE 13 років тому

    Excellent.

  • @deanobasso
    @deanobasso 11 років тому

    Wow. my preconceptions of this were totally blown over upon actually listening to it. HEAVY.. In my opinion rap is meant to talk about this stuff. say it like it is. She does just that. Very good. Impressed

  • @joshgerber7546
    @joshgerber7546 Рік тому +1

    Top 3 Female Rapper all time. Prove me otherwise

  • @krazybot
    @krazybot 15 років тому

    that was awesome

  • @straytpaper
    @straytpaper 14 років тому

    timeless music...

  • @stevoh5006
    @stevoh5006 Рік тому +1

    Classic

  • @LyRiCallyBl3Ss3D
    @LyRiCallyBl3Ss3D 14 років тому

    too DOPE.

  • @webnet15
    @webnet15 11 років тому

    Classic.................

  • @shapelessshapefromthebay8759
    @shapelessshapefromthebay8759 7 років тому +1

    Deep confession. Ouch. Keep yer head up mommy. If you weren't capable to raise us and you brought us through, it may have killed us all just the same AND killed you too. God hears you. May this burden become wisdom to be shared and wider known because of your heart to help other woman through the same and to PREVENT women from getting knocked up by boys.

  • @thekul121
    @thekul121 11 років тому +3

    The importance is subjective. What I'm saying is that, while it's great that she's a very skilled female MC, I'm not rating her based on being a woman... I'm rating her on being good at what she does.

    • @HOF3000
      @HOF3000 2 роки тому

      She's great regardless

  • @iamkesean1
    @iamkesean1 11 років тому

    Her cuz she killed the cypher

  • @HipHop226
    @HipHop226 14 років тому

    wow that was ill, that was deep

  • @quneshiahunter3555
    @quneshiahunter3555 3 роки тому

    2021 and it still feels like the first time I heard it

  • @JahSoul728
    @JahSoul728 11 років тому

    Sick tune!!!!

  • @75boogaloo
    @75boogaloo 15 років тому

    great music!!!!
    PEACE!!!!

  • @velaphinosdumo
    @velaphinosdumo 13 років тому

    This be the truth. We need more of this and less of the superficial and fake ish parading as Hip-Hop. Tracks like these mean something and they touch someone somewhere giving hope to somebody and that's profound. Jean Grae I feel you!

  • @ALLEYCATZ1986
    @ALLEYCATZ1986 14 років тому

    What God R They Prying To... To Make Me Feel Like This. Deep