Common - Play Your Cards Right

[xavieralberto]

There are 8 guys playin´their cards wrong...

[nykballaz]

Bilal and Common need to have an album together

[Chakademus]

oringinaly from JOE BATAAN - UNDER THE STREET LAMP

[ogkeedah]

sweeet

[Spazie]

now this is hip hop!

[tomer311]

that bass got my wife pregnant... ha ha JK.... i dont have a wife...

[ogkeedah]

@tomer311 :-)

[EliHHlover]

Method Man on the hook? haaahaa

[chiquitalovaK]

look at Jeremy Piven ! look so different of his character in the movie !

[chiquitalovaK]

I love that song so much ! And Smokin' Aces is one of the best movie of the world !!!

[Ferrari360Spyder]

Common one of the greatest musician!!!!

[kaytaysimons]

very nice jeremy piven! that man's legit hahaha and common's fuckin incredible as usual!

[DynamiteT]

Common is a living Legend. This is real Hip Hop. Forget Jay-Z

Common and Nas are the real Vet's

[DrDocking]

as if i needed another reason to love Entourage !

[djsleepy77]

sorry dont mean to bother love jazz serach this on youtube!!!!!!!!! sampled jazz

JayL -cloudcity (ft. punchline)

[JaneMelly1]

common actually has one of the best flows ever

[slatz20]

motherfucking idiots who banned all music videos !

[rws34real]

2 steppin lol

[intrepidpooch]

Jason Palmer at the trumpet on here, go ahead!!!!!

[eightiesbaby07]

Bilal warmed it up and started getting live around 2:17, and it started to get me inspired for a minute

[freeyourselfpower]

Amazing Common ! it's a wonderful pleasure moment to watch this video !!!

[yung25berg]

bilal looks tired in this vid not his best vocal showing but hes ill nonetheless as for the rest of the performance, it was dope vintage common classic vibration everytime

[shawnski2]

Very Nice Commn ..! Well Done..! Check me out Shawn Holloway Singing on Youtube..! I always liked your music..!

[the1mightygod]

the guy in the white suite isnt that good - but everything else is good

[Alaner777]

Surprisingly good !! was surprised especially since I hate new artist being uncreative using past master sounds & samplings from original genuises...

" Still does not come close to Joe's street lamps though but there's something "

[streetpoetry123]

LLOYD!!!

[streetpoetry123]

loyd!

[WLMJTunes]

What's up with the band?

[reklessMC]

OH Yes

this music

this movie

sum of my fav sht..

[sumosounds]

GO KARRIEM ON THE DRUMS!

[kippkeyes]

Thats Why Common's My Fav Rapper!!!

[da4jays]

@kippkeyes  You sound just like me

[kippkeyes]

@da4jays I have all his albums and never get bored and i cant wait for his new album, whats ur fav common album and fav common track?

[da4jays]

@kippkeyes Me 2 and my fav album is Like Water for Chocolate 2 many tracks just to have 1 fav

[kottto22]

@kippkeyes - favourite common album HAS to be...BE.

Finding forever was still hot, water for chocolate is classic

[sagitte777]

bilal!!

[iLL271]

LOL Jeremy Piven on the Bongo's yall!

iLL .

[MoManny]

This is some random shiii.. lol...Jeremy Piven on Congas??...Jeremy Piven??...Ari Gold, you never seize to amaze!

[e22378]

so sick!!!!

[renxo05]

yes, is jeremy piven lol

[renxo05]

Ain't that the actor who played the magician-son-of-the-mobster at the congas? lol

[EOJARJARBINX]

KARRIEM FUCKING RIGGINS

[jkhgsdhgdhgjklsdhfgj]

fuck yeah

[pisspimp]

--GO.CITY ruling hollywood and musiq SUNN....... Common, J Piv, Kanye, Lupe, Twista, Vince Vaughn, Obama, Quincy Jones, Chaka, Hugh Hef, Harrison Ford, Curtis Mayfield, Oprah, Michael Mann,...should I keep going?.......b.easy and stop playin'----- GO-ILL!!! chicaGO ILLinois, all's well since '77

[BAGAKOOS]

such a tight beat and it sounds so good live!

[jonathan2002ga]

Amen to that Bagakoos!

[Ella580]

Common is so sexy!!!!

[JustGod7]

lmao! look at jeremy piven on the bongos! he really know how to play them?

[SLPK360]

theyre really not hard to play...

[Cambrand]

@JustGod7 He's a drummer so I'd guess he knows how to hold a rhythm.

[Derlicte]

@JustGod7 Piven has a well-known feature in his house near LA...the "Bongo Room".

[speedy2922]

Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!

[speedy2922]

Common + Bilal = Awesome!!!!!!!!!

[SiFi18]

love piven

[CoesTree]

wow, didn't know that one, superdope!

[CoesTree]

and like "the food", the live version is much better than the studio track.

[SinceritySpeaks]

I loooooove Bilal!!!!! Sang it boy!

[GiantsOLB53]

this is hip hop

[UltraDOG17]

da live version is betta than da album version

[KnasiTaket]

Great song!

[lorcaliph514]

Common is a true poet. J piv is the coolest white boy in hollywood.

[Blarghargh]

gave it five stars just for piven on the bongos

[nunomaniche18atm]

muy buena cancion me encanta

[xer87]

where can i buy this song?

[ATLien174]

Its on the Smokin' Ace Soundtrack, and on his Finding Forever cd. Go to btjunkies, and download it for free...

[xer87]

thanks!

[funkazoid2511]

Common is one of the best rapper ever... the music is so funky...so tight...so 70s... Bilal is also great in this track...love that shit...keep the funk alive...thanks for posting

[Xone7]

Common is always pushing hip hop forward. Love it.

[ihatemyusername2008]

AMAZING

[wondiefive]

Damn, Bilal cut the dreads!!! This is one of my favorite Common songs eva!

[vetrix]

and comm kept it cleen

[Hellooli]

lmfao, Ari Gold on the drums!

[treydeezy]

well his real name is Jeremy piven, but you are still correct

[GeneralKnowledge]

this song will give u a eargasum!This is that shit and common is The Bloke!

[mikiy84]

Common again does what he do best, an hip-hop legend!

[Esco6698]

the movie and this beat are OFF THA CHAIN!!!!

[jushin3]

All kinds of celebrities, Patton Oswalt on the backup guitar.

[TeddyPalcer]

Shit, that is jeremy piven on the drrums lol

[ALesnick02]

Yeah, Not Bad at all! I posted two videos on this page, and whenever they show up, you'll see that I used this song in the movie, which is in two parts. Part 1 is on the right, and Part 2 is on the left. Enjoy! Good episode of the Tonight Show by the way!

[ktmworldwide]

jeremy piven on the congas? some one tell me its true

[DuDaX]

Everything about common is unique! My favourite rapper and artist, everything that's good about rap, comes mostly from this man. I just love his work! =D

[DerHalbeEuro]

Love that 70's Style ;)

[ItsAllReal718]

Damn what a song.

I wake up to this

Common got that SOUL

[sexysmack]

I fricken love that smokin ace's esspecially the ending...I wish i could find and download saveyourself tho... Good Song:)

[gilmore97]

Great Song, NOT so good MOVIE

[ringosh92]

fantastic song from fantastic movie

[JAYLIB03]

Karriem Riggins = The next Dilla.

[cjdawdj]

common seems so calm in his rap, but he looks he could straight up kill a man

[HitmanNr47]

Damn his style is unique!

[AlPapa7]

was fly and so is da song

[BeNicePlz]

Does anyone know who produced this?

[BeNicePlz]

Nevermind...I found out.

It's produced by Karriem Riggins.

[hexsil]

That's not Ari Gold - That's Jeremy Piven, unless it's a character of his or something

[ghandi87]

Yeah...his character in Entourage!!

[csfreak50]

damn the credits at the end of that movie (smokin' aces) was raw, i stayed in the theater just to hear this song

[ghandi87]

why didn't this joint make Finding Forever?

I know its off the Smokin Aces Sdtk.. but i heard it was suppose to be on Finding Forever, woulda' really propelled the album even further!!!!

[KrisHeath777]

I think it's a bonus track on the UK release.

[badrama]

por Dios .....Common es real.....

[kool4eva]

who knew Jermery could play the drums..

learn something new every day.

[qnznyc]

i know right, jermery held his own kool. a nice live performance

[mandrews91a]

great great stuff

[clevelandbulldogs99]

common was sweet in that movie

[wsj24]

haha yea ari gold is the shit!

[66crackers]

Ari Gold on the bongoes!

[MopeyMoe]

maaaan... I can dig it.

[corporallukemia]

looks like buddy isreal himself on the conga drums

[wdupar20]

Correctomando!

[dix0nyt]

this is a great sound, glad the film pointed it out to me in the credits ;)

[rihannafentyfan4life]

LOVE IT!!

[billionbucks86]

thats food fo your soul

[Bloodsport1]

Common should of sold 5 millions albums instead of 50 Cent and Kanye West.

[Youngandfocused]

This is why Common is one of my favorite artists. This song has that old-school thanks to Bilal and the drums and one of the intellectuanel artists in Common. This is real joint that you can just vibe to.

[supersoulbrother]

this song is an overnight hip-hop classic, and arguably common's baddest track to date. stay strong, brother rashid--don't let the system bitch you out, black man.

[Kayxzero]

My point for that little rant? Heres a little adiceL Dont look like what they were trying to do throughout the beat but at the final thing and how well it goes.

[Kayxzero]

That's why IMO "Be" and "Finding Forever" are just good albums instead of classics... too much Kanye -___-

Bilal sounded great, i hope he'll finally release a sophomore lp.

I miss these Soulquarian days :(

Wrong! There still classics. Just because you dont like a certain person dont deny the quality of the beats or lyrics. Kanyes a great producer by the way. Your one of those hip-hop heads who want everything to be exactly they WAY you want it right? Otherwise a hater.

[stopwhining1]

I never knew Bilial cut his dreads

[stopwhining1]

*correction Bilal

[ElCoconutV]

Common is amazing. True rap. Unbelievable lyrics and a good message in all of his songs.

[supersoulbrother]

this is one of common's sickest recordings--too bad it isn't on his new album "finding forever." bilal does a good smokey robinson stand-in even though he's seems kinda gay.

[twadz1966]

It is on the album finding forever!

[abstraact]

Too bad Karriem Riggins didn't provide this kinda beat on "Finding Forever"...

This one is on point, waaaay better than those ugly keyboards on "the people", where West tries so hard to sound like JDilla (RIP)..

That's why IMO "Be" and "Finding Forever" are just good albums instead of classics... too much Kanye -___-

Bilal sounded great, i hope he'll finally release a sophomore lp.

I miss these Soulquarian days :(

[cw2022]

you kno, thats a great point right there, and Bilal is fire! and the weird thing is I LOVE kanye to death as a producer and he did try to sound like dilla on a COUple of finding forever tracks, how you like will i am as a producer?

[twadz1966]

Its on the album this song.

[jarbon5]

Ah, this is cooler than a bag of ice:)

[deasum85]

Common is a genius,, his new cd will be one of the best to drop as well

[ghandi87]

the metaphors between cards and life "throughout" the second verse are sooo on point...

it almost sounds effortless..

Common's a genius!!

[ihiphopanonymous]

yea he came hard on the second verse...man i can't wait for the album, the advanced copy is sounding dope atm

[JBomber22]

holy shit, thats jeremy piven on the bongos, kick ass shit....common should get together with K-Os, they would make some saweeeeeeeet tunes

[Dee3BoobTube]

Gotta love Common

[2kings619]

naw tha song is called play your cards right

[nitraatboy92]

this is the titel song of SMOKIN ACCES? right .. this song izz sweet damnnnnn ..

[samvel87]

pause at 2:41-42...isnt it that guy who played Israel in the movie??? lol

[NielsGade]

Holy shit, it is!

[Dee3BoobTube]

I didn't see it, but I was thinkin that he was an actor, too.

[ketumile]

thats him

[carlair]

this song is that business, but its something about common's live performances that is simply amazing, Bilal handled the business on this performance too!

[TerraRyzinglives]

They should work this in on Entourage.

[abina316]

such a beautiful man, truly an inspiration

[wodney69]

common is one ov the most realest inspirational man in hop.This guy represents hip hop for what it shud be...not what it is...(that east/westcoast gun gangbanging comercial shit)

[trutexan21]

totally agree...i love him and the other okayplayers...very positive!!!

[Oceans87]

I really love this song. Plus it was like the iceing on the cake at the end of the movie. Great flick, great song.

[pogo56]

Thanks for posting this. I'm the trumpet player on the end. After we shot it, I was on a plane back to the east coast, so I didn't get to see the segment until now. Thanks again

[Renegade125]

nice upload man, i have this recorded..smooth performance, nice to see Bilal on national tv too

[trutexan21]

yeah he needs to hurry and put something out... and i can't believe he cut his hair!!!

[abasi]

this movie looks to good first

[babyb316]

Jeremy Piven pretty Random but good lol...

[MFSilverOxide]

"Jeremy Piven on the Coooongas." haha

[CfromTexas]

Random but AWESOME