Thieves in the night- Animated Music Video (Paint)

[yellopanda]

DONT STOP BELIEVIN... finish this shit... take the black star line to the finish line

[gl0bal74]

dope..... finish this

[DEViLCLAN360]

finish bro!!

[2011super]

finish.......nice

[MadCoins]

This track was inspired by author Toni Morrison's novel The Bluest Eye. Kweli explains that a paragraph "struck me as one of the truest critiques of our society. I think it is especially true in hip hop, because we get blinded by these illusions:

And fantasy it was, for we were not strong, only aggressive; we were not free, merely licensed; we were not compassionate, we were polite; not good but well-behaved. We courted death in order to call ourselves brave, and hid like thieves from life.

[ran0]

Gottta finish this !!!!!

[BrokenHartBandit]

I agree with dfrost. This is definitely one of the sickest videos I've seen

[BrokenHartBandit]

I agree with dfrost. this is definitely one of the made videos ive seen

[sunsformarion]

the fact that this isnt played on the radio doesnt just make me worry bout the state of hip hop but the state of the american consumer as a whole

[DelicceLawless2]

for the music that Mos Def and Kweli put out they deserve a lot more recognition and popularity

[johnny4prez]

nice!

[coolefolife2]

finish it man!

[exzotik81]

To me, they're talking about black zombies.

[Southwik]

I like it!

[sagexp]

you my friend, are pure genius!

[utubeaccount00]

i think you should finish it since it would be a nice tribute to one of the greatest songs in hip-hop history it's the least you could do right?

[daimS1]

I think it'd be nice if you finished

but seems like you just quit

cause it's been years since I first saw this

it was real nice anyways

[willisweede1]

Love this song, great job so far. U gotta finish!

[NarutoJSRF6]

this was amazing. keep workin at it

[Dfrost16]

shit man who i can't belive what i just saw, plz finish, dude, you don't know what this means to people you have to finish. 5 stars all the way dude

[Matthew235689]

dude..... for real... in Paint... wow. finish that shit son, sick nasty paint animation for a sick nasty song.. 5 stars as it is, finished it's front page material.

[Czajnikowski]

Big thing:) 5*

[8RandomGuy8]

what a tune

nice video too dude, shame its not finished

[africanbrothercko]

please finish this is my fave song

and animation is ill

[robmadethis]

holy shit man, thats crazy. u gotta finish that. dont just give up. what a great tribute to a great song.

[4gottenprofits]

du' if it's too much work i so wanna help out this shit is sick son damn good job can't wait to see where you go wit it i love paint over flash and photoshop so fo sho if you need help hit a nigga up this shit is great and it's my favorite song of all time so fuck yeah good job

[LincMclaren]

this shit is dope!

[grimm2379]

great work...would love to see u finish this at some point been checking on it veryonce in a while ..well hope to see it done but its great work

[regist87]

great work!

[burke2127]

amazing

[yaboybless]

One of my favorite songs. I'm a artist so I know how hard it is to finish a project. Especially animation. Very time consuming. What program did you use. Maybe I can help. I would love to see this finished.

[tdspazmotick]

The artist used the typical start-menu paint program. He did it as an artistic statement. Says so in the description.

[neeks6]

Oh shit!

[KWPmytube]

Awesome paint skills, hope it gets finished.

[Temujin8000]

When I first saw this a while ago, I thought it was the actual video to the song. I wish it would be finshed. I mean it's all up to you. The video is f**king good!

[GivenTheOkiDoke]

Amazing!!!!!!! This is my favorite track off Black Star. That paint video is serious, would like to see you finish. Good work.

[hiphopmetaphysics]

DAMN! you rock, man! this is a piece of art, so finish it!

[lawless666]

that shit was hard as hell.keep it up

[omg7650987]

Dude, that was the best paint animation i've ever seen! Keep up the good work! Plz finish it!

[black17thhollygrove]

its true..... your fire arms are way to short to box with God....

[muzikfiend1]

mos def, finish it!

[Voltie]

WoW! this was awesome. please finish it!!!

[Kuramalove24]

OMFG!

you did all that using paint!?!!

that was excellent! make it your priority to finish it and then let me know!

[fr03z3n]

immorals are out of place and got our lives full of sorrow WWHHHHHHHHHOOOOOO damn dat wuz raw

[bapeboombox]

Can You Finish it. Pleeeeeaseeeee!!!! :)

[AbbottSupreme]

good lookin' fam..5*****

[ilikechocolatemilk99]

pretty good man

[nodnal15]

great song & vid.i hope too see it finished

[garciadag]

why would you wanna use paint??? it sure looks like a lot of work, kudos for getting this much done just with paint. only one question: what program did u used for the animation?, i get that all the illustrations were done on ms paint, but as far as i know paint does not animate

[CaliGirl113322]

I'm not sure, as to I have never used MS moviemaker, but I think you insert each frame, frame by frame.

[moncj66]

cute..finish it

[sernaberna]

yeah, you should finish it... go ahead and keep using the simple and abstract imagery - it's amazing it's all paintings as it is! i fantacize about doing a painted animation myself - props to you for doin the damn thing!

[ambelle]

this amazing. profound in its simplicity.

[booguttenberg]

amazing video! continue

[mizleobaby]

The song's dope and the video is really creative -- finish it! It deserves full expression...

[dominator15]

wow that was amazing...I respect how hard it is to do that and thats what makes it amazing. The song itself is just insane and one of blackstars best if not their best. If I had that skill I would finish it, either way great stuff.

[stylez2out]

finish it or ill rape u. hard.

[IIDavid88II]

one of best lyrically magnifecent songs ever not jst restricted to rap but overall this is the truth! love it coming from of the best albums ever sad that everyone listens to that wackshit on the radio

[Temujin8000]

Agreed

[wutangclash]

finish please, do less though

[Temujin8000]

Rhocake this is a great video. It looks like an actual one when I first saw it. It would be much better if it is finished. Nice song you picked

[fro343]

Same song, just remixed, different arrangement Put you on a yacht but they won't call it a slaveship Strangeness, you don't control this, you barely hold this Screamin brand new, when they just sanitized the old shit Suppose it's, just another clever Jedi mind trick That they been runnin across stars through all the time with I find it's distressin, there's never no in-between We either niggaz or Kings We either bitches or Queens great song the vids is nicely done too

[oldas]

damn great

please finish this project

[fistjedi]

Please finish this!

[iinfamouskilla]

nice vid and song tho..madd propz

[sametoo021]

If I had to pick ONE song as my favorite, this would be it. Like they say in "Respiration", they really did blast holes in the darkness that is the hip-hop industry till it bled sunshine with this album. Imo, the best hip-hop album there is.

The video is awesome by the way, very creative. You should definitely finish it.

[mrtanne]

a evry great song by one of the best hip hop artists...

but the video is also amazing, you really should finish it, one of the best youtube vids i`ve seen!

[newplanet15]

The reason this is so great is that it could help slow niggas to understand the lyrical content!

[snaesnhaesn]

ha!

[Starre1106]

[M.D.] Not strong [T.K.] Only aggressive [M.D.] Not free [T.K.] We only licensed [M.D.] Not compassioniate, only polite [T.K.] Now who the nicest? [M.D.] Not good but well behaved [T.K.] Chasin after death so we can call ourselves brave? [M.D.] Still livin like mental slaves [both] Hidin like thieves in the night from life Illusions of oasis makin you look twice [both] Hidin like thieves in the night from life. Illusions of oasis makin you look twice

[newplanet15]

Whoa man that shit is ingeneous.That could have been a REAL music video.

[miprivas]

aw, do finish! it's great!

[getdafucout]

this is the illest fan made vid i eva saw

[Hilfigergal]

Finish this please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ajhill75]

Focus I know you've got more. Bet, I'll have it on my page as soon as it's done!

[wutangclash]

The deadly ritual seems immersed, in the perverse

Full of short attention spans, short tempers, and short skirts

[corkacoustic]

Please finish this, its awesome

[wutangclash]

u should finish this video

its great 5*

[thebiggk]

Pleeeease, finish this man. xD Sorry to beg, but this is so good.

[agebage]

Bravo Hip Hop Picaso!

[Dunphy002]

incredible

[baxter1783]

Finish this NOW

[trackqt4ya]

please finish this! it's genius!

[Pitch725]

This is so dope. You should definitely finish this, and enter it in some kind of contest or submit it to a cultural center. Good luck

[freddydred]

that shit was tight!!! Please finish it.

[NeoZunami]

Just great. At the beginning, I thought that it would be some cheap paint made crap, but... it's awesome, dude!

[shadowlarkmoon]

This is... awesome!!!!

[J11434]

Damn, can you finish the video please?

[focused84]

You need to finish this. You owe it to yourself. You owe it to 24,000 views.

[MicJones]

Bravo... This is incredible!!!

Finish it, please?

[BballAbyss]

Finish this dude.

[ashums1977]

hahah! nice!

[idcook]

Holy heck! I was gonna make you a star. Tell everybody I could get it to here. You had me totally locked in and then wound up presenting the music without nothing else! If you got it in you please get this finished!!!

[marazm1]

amazing!

[armpac31]

wow...not only did you pick an amazing song to paint with your talent, but you did a jaw dropping job. i would love to see a finished product, but i dont think anyone can disagree that in less than a minute and a half you have already shown a vision that could only be constructed by a creative genius. great work.

[wormyworm1984]

bumping again cause this is too awesome to not finish. I check this vid once a month to see if it's been updated >,<

[theiceman74]

This is really good.....but what we gonna do....we are all captives....

[xstraktorx]

C'mon man! its been over a year..u GOTTA finish this

[jade8704]

please finish...great video

[spudking]

Awesome...!!!

[DesertFox101]

I really love this... the song is awesome and movie, simple, but beautiful, please finish it. Kirby?

[DesertFox101]

GReat so far! You should... defnitely finish.

[minameisneo]

gj so far. finish it though!

[ateist]

doesn't matter what media you used, your an visual poetic artist. Hurry up and finish it.

[jarbon5]

I'm thinking that it'll be a while before we see Mos Def verse animated cuz he covers a lot of topics in his verse, so it'll be really difficult. So, be patient...

[fistjedi]

Come on! Get to work and finish what you started!

[way2gopro]

keep goin bro, you gotta keep illustrating this scripture

[streetshow817]

awesome.

[dinspiratorofclass]

Video is well crafted!

[Mokasin82]

this video is nice, i hope that ur gettin' paid for ur works.

[steeltownbrown52]

What a tease(the art ending after Kweli's verse). This song is an album cut classic. This tune takes me back to Autum 1998, I mostly play it around that time of the year.

[adchungyew]

i was disapointed when the video stoped. this is art. i want to see more!!

[micaroni]

I thought it was dope!! But wut happen to Mos Def animation on his verse!! I would have love to see U translate the complexities of his verse into Animation! But hold it down main!! Peace!

[ambelle]

I really appreciate all the hard work you've put into this. It has really paid off in my opinion... I love it! You should definitely continue... its a work of art :)

[trackqt4ya]

i'll comment this yet again, i hope that you can get to this soon....it's too great to go without an ending

[jade8704]

that was beautiful man...keep it going. definitely one of the greatest songs ever. i like the artistic approach you took also...please, finish it

[idonttrustnoone]

you have to finish this mos has the best verse. i know it takes time i guess all we can do is wait.

[jarbon5]

I was listening to os's verse and I have to say, it's gonna take a long time to make a video for that. He covers so many topics in his verse. To Rhocake, take your time in doing this cuz I know that it's going to be good. All the same, I love what you have so far!

[fistjedi]

Is this ever going to be finished?

[wtfn0nsense]

by jarbon5 saying mos "goes off", it was intended in a good way...

and yeah, great song, nice work! looking forward to the finished product

[RezaTheBeliever]

AWESOME! Keep this up. This was mad cool! gahahah, mashaAllah

[Giantsbran1227]

wow its amazing. u gotta finish it this can become a big hit

[12DimeS12]

damn

this is way too good like to have uncompleted

plleeeaaassseee

finish it

i love this vid

peace

[sarah12333]

Great vid! But there is one problem, I want to read the lyrics (Mos's is prob the best ever on a track), but I also want to watch the vid!

[JFP2007]

You gotta finish it man, its phat

[Haiioo]

finish this!

[MrE5785]

PLEASE FINISH THIS!!

[asiandatu]

definitely continue this.. that was a great video.. and mos def has so much to say

[boogie1003]

You should definitley finish this video. its a great idea and video. please finish.

[dpandy01]

Its tight how this video's theme came from the book by Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye"

[lawkipp]

Super Dope!!!! Not to beat a dead horse, but...uh...when can we get this finished? Mos's verse on this cut is one of the greatest of all time!

[mmalis]

this is badass thank you for the art can't wait for it to get finished

[bow2urepnoy]

lol yeah finish it up this is pretty dope... now im just listenin to the rest of the song

[brireif]

mos's verse is perhaps the most difficult to conceptualize, i can't wait to see what u do wit it.

peace.

[ghindo]

Please finish this; the little that you have is amazing.

[Rhocake]

I feel so bad for making people wait. But I'll finish before March I guarantee, after this semester is over, I'll finally get some time to get back to work on personal projects. Peace out homies!

[smukkemig]

Seriously, you need to finish this- it's really great!!! By the way it's a beautiful song, it's one of the best hip hop-tracks I've ever heard!!! Props to Mos Def and Talib Kweli for the entire Blackstar collaboration- for real!!! Love both emcees!!!

[xstraktorx]

yea man ive been waitin since march.. its about to be 2007!!! Cmon man u gotta finish this...

[Lapasion]

I love this song and this video is so great. Man, please finish this project.

[jarbon5]

This is one of the illest songs in hiphop. Talib's verse is just lovely but Mos Def just kills it. He just gets on the mic and just goes off. And the vid accompanying is also nice, I wish that lil buddy had finished it but still, this is just cool as hell!!!

[MrE5785]

wat do u mean Mos Def 'just goes off'? he folows the theme of the song

[jarbon5]

Well, it has to be one of the top five greatest songs of all time. Man, Most Def just goes off on this and just obliterates this song. Oh my gosh!!!

[SunStr0k3]

ayo finish this already

[SammiJ86]

damn man, finish this up!

it's tight

[ran0]

This is the best thing ever. Keep up the good work.

[trackqt4ya]

omg! yo definately need to finish this! it's a true work of art and i LOVE it!

[FatDaddyCH]

perfect video to go along with a very powerful song that really set Mos & Kweli apart from everyone else. "...finding beauty in the hideous", the chorus, it's so pertinent today and will be for a long time, and the video is so right for it, kind of reminds me of prince's sign of the times, please finish it, and get kweli and mos behind it, I'm sure they'll love it.

[Araknophobik]

this song is one of the greatest works ever created musically

your concept for a video is extroardinary

you gotta finish this, i showed it to my roomate and his jaw dropped

i can't wait to see what you do with mos' verse

i believe his verse to be one of the greatest written work in man's history

hmm im willing to donate money, im sure many would as well just to support your work toward finishing this project

[brireif]

"America... land of opportunity mirages and camouflages.

more than usually, speakin loudly sayin nothing, your confusin me, your losin me, want me enlisted, you game is twisted, in your usery,

foolishly, most men join the ranks cluelessly."

--mos

[brireif]

i think you should finish this, the song is so powerful, you had a great start. plus mos's verse is so sick i'd be interested to see your artistic impression of his words. peace

[mishkazz]

I like this alot, it's pretty chill and fluid like the song. It'd be awesome if you could finish it, who knows you might get famous, atleast you'd become the hero of a few.

[TumbaBeats]

I loved the whole feel of it ... Simple ...not too flashy ... just music with a message with some graphics .. everything was hot ... Please finish this track man ...

Respect..

Chris

[buttsurfer]

like the idea, love the track even more. Blackstar is just mindblowin' ! Hope they'll do another Blackstar album

[School05]

Really dude talib verse was dope Finish it you'll feel better about yourself and I'll be happy and favorite it!! hotep

[mrcashrulez]

u gotta finish this one man, props from Holland

[briscoebilly]

Love it...Please finish the vid, we need it...this is professional, would have been perfect when the album dropped...maybe you can work on the new joints when they get ready for round 2.

[718MONEY]

yo word life comen up in queens in da 90s this song use to carry me through a lot of hard times thats some music 4 your soul "not good but well behavied chasing after death just to call us self brave still living like mental slaves"

[caml17]

it is amazing, please finish if you can!

[chillin642]

that was actually pretty good for paint

[Rhocake]

Hey everyone, I'm really sorry about the wait. I know it's bugging the hell out of some people but I'm currently all tied up right now with shooting a short film. With that on top of school, internship and work, it's hard to find any time to do anything else. But it WILL be finished... just give a little time.

[SufiDog]

yeah dude, DOPE. imo the best song off the blackstar album, deserves some graphics. seems like a lotta ppl would appreciate it finished. =) thanks

[killatouch]

thats so cool dude please finish it it looks like somethin that they should play on tvor something plz finish it!!!

[ldemery]

I'm glad that I just discovered this like 10 minutes ago...I would hate to have been waiting for this since March. I know how sh*t is when you've got school going on, but whenever you finish it, I know it'll prove that it was worth the wait. Mos Def's verse on this song is my favorite of all time. Take your time, but not too long...I might end up throwing my computer against the wall waiting for it.

[xstraktorx]

PLEASE FINISH!!! ive been waitin since like march!!!

[jbreeze06]

Nice video. Nice song. Niceness. 5 nice stars.

[technologyminded]

Please finish this soon... I love this song and you did an awesome job with the visual. Continue the good work.

[ayysoooo]

omg dude i love this song so much and you just made it 10X better....i really do hope you finish it...this is the tightest shit...thanks for a good show...i really wanna see mos defs verse tho

[RickyRob]

for a song like this, you gotta finish it man. Mos Def's verse = immaculate.

[chamilitary80]

thats is my favorite song. nice vid thanx

[redkisses2u]

I agree with everyone else GREAT JOB

[Rhocake]

Life gets progressively more difficult as time passes, trust me, I'll get it finished. When? I'm not sure.

[mizz1uv4me3]

hey man u said ud finish around june..u GOTTA FINISH IT!!! good shit

[illmatix]

very dope , fresh , fly , off da hook , hot...all that