Nas - I Gave You Power (Music Video)

[idahbomb]

Man This is a sweet Video.. You nailed it man was dope

[aguilerajorden]

i didnt kno u shot videoz....pretty dope!!

[thepolodon21]

ill video dunn

[chilllil777]

ok...nice work on a classic

[MrTroublocc]

great job on the vid

[Knodtreal]

Yo this video was fucking dope man! Such a classic song... Wish new rappers would actually listen and learn from the visuals Nas paints in his songs...

[Levination]

nice vid bro

[Smokeherbs718215]

in my opinion is the greatest hip hop track of all time. props for the video bro philly 215 all days

[sugarye1]

keep doin your thing dude, this shits hot

[Audeezi]

Nas is WAY Under-estimated.

He'll kill Wayne on the track ANYDAY.. Guaranteed.

[xXMojoProductionsXx]

Damn man. This is tight, you deserve that A+

[nl794]

you put a face to one of my favorite songs...

[salvayshunn]

The vid is dope homie, keep this coming, this is actually the nas song that got me hooked on his music.

[t045tygh05t]

i don't know what i can say other than that i thought this was the official. good work.

[MyOnlyLoveMusic]

goood video good song 

[masihalex]

Nice! I like how you put the next song on the album right after

[DshankumMusic]

Whats good Youtube? Nas inspires me and is one of my #1 rappers!

►CarmaMusic - Acoustic Rapper◄ Something different; guitar + rap.

Appreciate any comments etc.

[artificialsweetner1]

dedicating an entire track to a specific, followable story rap narrative - a skill not many rappers possess

[trequizzle34]

Dope video man. One of my favorite Nas songs.

[AgentsAnonymous]

I'm a white male gun rights activist. I think this song is something every gun owner should hear.

[DonLeoMarin]

Damn dawg if I were to ever need a music video I would try and give you a call.... This shit is gonna take you places.... Keep making vids bro!!!

[thaspydaman21]

good shit fam

[covr687]

badass fan video, good job, shit was illl, whats the song by nas at the end?

[MainEvent628]

@covr687 watch dem niggas...the next track off of the album



[MuuusicLover96]

Your ace

[CapoCuch15]

Got a 105/A+ on the project. Which was surprising because no1 in the class nor my professor was into hiphop lol

[suuperstylin]

@CapoCuch15 this is fucking awesome bro!

[blaqdiemenz]

@CapoCuch15

yo man i hope nas can see this video one day u killed this man. u and your whole team man

[DMCoolivision]

@CapoCuch15 That's the power of hip hop homie. Very nice job!

[Igi1477]

@CapoCuch15 great job on the vid! i never play this song without watchin your video...thanks

[CapoCuch15]

@Igi1477 Thanks man, appreciate that.

[shakattak100]

what a great song with a great video. you must f got good feedback in the FMA class.

[Dnh3one]

FUCKIN GREAT JOB

[DaAlphaOmega]

moral of the story kids,always test fire your gun to make sure it works.

[ave383]

dope song,and the video went along. Nas the great!

[southsideStrong]

Surprised your class let you play this..

Nas is a legend.

[MrNikoBellEnd]

what you use final cut pro?

[malik1646]

nasty mann... ohdeeee hardd!!!

[SM3RK2o4]

yo check my version of this song ... go to my page..its called "Life We Chose" please leave a comment...thanks i appriciate it

[TheRapResurrection]

Good video my man. Thank You

[benuddin]

sick video brother

[blacktiePRESENTS]

this is really good!!! i go to a film highschool called Actvf i think im gunna do this for my final as well.

[CVplayaya321]

alright my nigga, this a nice video, but were you really bangin that chick????

[TheGuyWhoIsNotRacist]

damn good

[slickpulla07]

quality shit

[shmantiks]

haha wawa! that's how you know it's in the tri state delaware valley area.

[TheVisionXLII]

That video was dope. One of my favorite nas tracks ever. Originality at its best, a clever story wit beginning middle and end. Todays rappers need 2 take notes on what makes a good song.

[ninjarain1022]

Great job on the video, very creative

[camius1]

ill stuff right here.

[EarthlyEclipse]

i always wanted to see a video for this good job

[tyvianc]

Loved the video man, it was visual and the point that the class should have gotten is that guns don't have a voice when it comes to violence, black on black or otherwise. Hope you got an A for this project.

[mrstixx666]

sick vid for this song.....only thing is sudda used blank guns seeing that mussle blast would have been just that much much better

[mrstixx666]

good vid for this song.....guns dont look to real tho should got blank guns so you can see them being shot

[cokojin]

Two thumbs up!!!! You did ya thing bruh... I wish you nothing but blessings...

[23mjay]

Raw video  (Y)

[ImNotBehindUrCouch]

see that phillys hat in the room phillys all day! just thought id call this out! nas one of the greats! hip hop is alive in his image

[CapoCuch15]

@ImNotBehindUrCouch haha yessur. Shot in Philly @ Temple

[flameable7]

@ImNotBehindUrCouch yes west philly...@arsin215

[babybark2]

Yo, dope vid , my man.

[MKSHFTmasta102]

yo awesome video but what song is that at the very end?

[UptownChamps]

Good Work! A+ from the Hip Hop Facilitator! Another piece or urban art that compliments this (Song) Master Piece is a movie called "Strapped" starring Fredro from Onxy. I forgot the Director, but should definitely be used with this song to raise awareness on the gun violence issues destroying inner cities all over the world! Great Job and thanks for contributing to the culture.

[CVplayaya321]

@UptownChamps strapped, directed by forest whittaker, fredro and bookime woodbine from dead presidents is in it, its a ill ass movie i agree with you bro

[CardiacArrest82]

Nas is my favorite rapper of all time! He speaks the truth. He needs to be awarded an honorary PhD in black studies and teaching black history at somebody's university!

[Smileyfacedkiller]

@CardiacArrest82 lol hell yeah, man. He comes real as fuck with the it. some foul, real shit. Who else can introduce the public to to and depict the harsh realties of the very volatile relationship of a black man in the hood and his relationship with his gun, which is often his god, his protector, his best friend in ways.

[walshynoscar]

wow these lyrics are fkn deep

[nas1on1]

Nas is the king!

[Gahmeih]

Respect! Classic tracks need classic videos by competant directors...1,Gahmeih

[looseondagoose420]

sick video sick song

[worthlessburger7]

......was u actually fuckin her?

[jos241]

I beg for my next owner to be a thoroughbred

Keep me full up with hollow heads! How you like me NOw!

[dakidsprings]

SMH...THIS VIDEO IS BULLSHIT YOU FUCKED MY FAVORITE SONG UP!!!!!

BUT THE END WASN'T THAT BAD..

[TheReal6ix]

Peace G.... great work

[CTPJK]

the fuggin best lyrics . smoke wan and jus listen is street storys with nas

[mrairjosh1]

great video and song

[TheGeewilikers]

yeah that sex scene made it hard for me to take the rest of the video seriously. It didn't capture the mood the song was trying to portrait...It can be done I just think you need to mess with the camera angles a bit more and the lighting. And show that the story is being told from a guns point of you...I love all the street shots though. Good job!

[ThaOnlyKing23]

was u in that vid?

[rykertcowpeople]

One of my favourite rappers along with slick rick, Biggie, Az, wu tang and Gang starr

and im only 13

[pearlyglow]

He shows how a man can be turned into a bitch by force.... Love this rapper! Hes exceptional! Talks ´bout the real world. Strong ppl gets stronger by wading on the weak. Now, whats wrong with this pic?

[machothekid]

one of my all time favorite songs.. love ya video man, heard the song a million times but to see it acted out was real....

[skigh45]

ill make my self jam right in my owners hand.

[maluttr]

Great song, great job on the video!

[janowitsch]

i've never heard such a ill track. damn!!

[sinz]

coulda been better

[7dablueassassin]

yo very creative...dope video fam!!!

[mhm337]

Nas gets down.....this is a real methaphor.....the whole song...... not like the shit ones lil wayne does.

[QuoteNotes16]

@mhm337 word up man,just  the whole track is a metaphor,not many emcees got a gift too do that

[KronikKing94]

@mhm337 BAHAHAHAHAHAH LIL WAYNE o wait ur serious

[ForeignerInSouthend]

@mhm337

It's called personification, giving an object human qualities.

[bgc03c]

@mhm337 personification



[InfamousAct]

@mhm337 What is the metaphor?

[gavpac911]

@InfamousAct are you retarded?

[InfamousAct]

@gavpac911 Sure just tell me what the metaphor is. I know The story is in the first person view of a gun, but thats not a metaphor. So what Is the metaphor?

[darahmusic]

@InfamousAct the metaphor is that hip-hop music is powerful like a gun but it is being misused to kill Black people instead of being used to elevate Black people.

[dudemoya]

@InfamousAct ...the abdomen is my clip, the barrel my dick... the song is loaded with metaphors... r u serious?

[InfamousAct]

@dudemoya So he's shooting people with his dick? -_-

[dudemoya]

@InfamousAct pretty sure if u are a man your dick 'shoots' ...ejaculates... my dick sure shoots off... this is what makes it a metaphor...

[InfamousAct]

@dudemoya Wow now i have to listen to the song from now on picturing Nas jackin off on dudes XD wtf

[dudemoya]

@InfamousAct no... he's not speaking in the first person... its the gun speaking... obviously you dont get the song...

[InfamousAct]

@dudemoya yea the first person view of a gun but the metaphor is the barre; is his dick i bust off... so lol when he compares it too his dick its just fuckin wierd lol

[dudemoya]

@InfamousAct well you get it, just he's comparing the gun busting off the way he busts off in a chick... not jackin off lol

[kennboy1]

Sick!!

[Bcather]

YO this video was fucking dope son.

[DcodeAlliance]

I gotta promote this, free real video, this how videos usta be, REAL

[DcodeAlliance]

LOve how u paid hommage for real, this is RAW

[k21w]

yeahhhh kid... dis wuz ILL!!!! i like

[desmesnae]

This scenery was certainly in accordance to the visual atmosphere the lyrics were attempting to convey. Great job to all involved in the portrayal o' this tall tale. 1r'z!

[uniiadrenaline]

Dudeeee this is one of my favorite fuckiing songs.... Wayyyy Legiit i thiink this joint is raw as a motha fucka.. stay upppp.. one question.... why didnt you use a desert eagle?

[XXWoILIFXX]

Mate Real Hip-Hop shit Love His Storytelling Flow>.....

[doumerville]

well done!!!!

[WESTcoast2PACoutlawz]

pac & would be sick in team game...that would be dope..

[jmart755000]

lol...ill shit kid...not bad for a week' s work!

[Smileyfacedkiller]

Shit, dude, you should show this shit to Nas. He would be proud of this video.

[HipHopPolooza]

Damn bro this video is dope

[Smileyfacedkiller]

Hell of a video, man.

[EatWatYouKill]

pretty fuckin good for a unofficial video, first i though it was the real video but i didnt see nas and read the description nice shit man.

[180strategy]

mad

[24dgking]

Yo dis shit went hard!!!

[jdoggybizzle]

Excellent.

Love the robbery scene.

[floetry30303]

lol he grabed the gun at the end

[McGatts]

This a raw video man u get mad props!!!!

[gedbeat15]

this is great

[maddose69]

sick vid bro

[mcsuchnsuch]

good shit. one of my top 5 Nas tracks, of course Nas is Like is number 1.

[Cmay68]

why would u grab a hot gun.. especially wen a murder just happened 2 feet away and the cops were coming...

[CapoCuch15]

haha ask Nas

[DcodeAlliance]

@Cmay68 Yo the degree of ignorance in the hood, you know them lil wild niggas that just want a strap, look like it a lil dude who picked up it and ran

[shutyamouf87]

@Cmay68 probably Tyrone Biggums thought he could exchange it for a rock.

[ShowTimewithApollo]

@Cmay68 Who gives a fuck.. thats a free toy whether you got one for yourself or you got one to sell its a free toy and thats wahts up

[blue1161]

@Cmay68 he probably doesn't literally mean that another person grabbed him right after the murder. He's probably trying to say that even if the gun was taken by the police into custody, it doesn't get kept forever or destroyed. It ends up in the streets again and it starts all over again...

[sorryunlucky]

@Cmay68

Because the story's about the ghetto and poverty and drug dealings and murders is what happens in the really rough areas and the one who "grabbed" the gun was a poor person and needed protection.

[TheFreddyrap]

great video

[hennylo68]

Nice

[EseRizzla]

awesome

[Clarence901]

The last third was brilliant.

[JerseySean666]

Nice video man I love the bit at the end. I gotta agree Nas is probably the best lyricist out there only rivalled by Slick and Biggie. I just have one question did you show the sex scence in front of your class lol?

[ltschr1s]

biggy could have never created poetry like this

[dominickmckesson]

it would be rakim as the best lyricalist then raekwon then the game

[CapoCuch15]

Ya showed it in class and it was weird. I wish the message of that scene had come out better, don't think too many people got it.

[EatWatYouKill]

@JerseySean666 mos def is very lyrical to

[MrAfroGuys]

@JerseySean666 lupe fiasco can rival him. he may not be better but he's up there in lyrics

[bonkermcsteelo]

@JerseySean666 imo i would nvr [icture biggie ever comparing to Nas. i mean just listen to them. nas has so much more emotion, intellect, and meaning in his song. but thats just me

[fmcneillii]

@bonkermcsteelo yeah biggies a flower not a lyricist (in the way nas is). Thats a mistake ppl make thinkin biggie is a lyrical type rapper. He uses wordplay and flow not metaphoric complex lyrics .

[yonkers43]

@fmcneillii idk bout that, nas is pretty lyrical, but i see what point you were trying to prove, cuz his flow overtakes his lyrics, but he is still in tune w/ his rhymes at the utmost level, . . . better than anyone i know of, bcuz u can be a lyricist w/ no flow . . .thats called a "Non Rapper"

[fmcneillii]

@yonkers43 Ok well wat i mean is when biggie rhymes he is lyrical but he is not

really more lyrical (IMO) than say a tupac. His rhyme and flow is more creative but when makes a rhyme the concept expressed is not more complex than a song like me against the world. I not knocking biggie (or pac) at all its just he not What I think of as lyrical like everyday struggle is a great song and juicy and suicide (one of his deepest)

[fmcneillii]

@yonkers43 but is it lyrical like NY state of mind? not really but the flow and cadence is remarkable he knows how to rhyme but he's not writing this detailed picture like nas(while still having flow) thats lyrical in my eyes. biggie does it with flow and witty word play dont get me wrong nas, big and pac are among the very best ever but nas In a class in his own like rakim and a couple other lyricist when it comes to that (IMO)

[fmcneillii]

@yonkers43 Dont get me wrong I know biggie is great lyricist in general. I mean I've heard his work but being lyrical to me is being detailed and maintain that flow. When nas raps its like he couldn't have been any more detailed similar to other lyricist. I hear biggie and its his timing and flow just knowing wat to do. He had charisma and great rhyming ability which flowers usually have but nas's rappin is about how well he paints a detailed picture u kno.

[fmcneillii]

@JerseySean666 Nah biggie is not lyrical hes a flower like method man...Big L, GZA, Rakim, inspectah deck and guru are examples of true lyricist. Biggie never really got lyrically he had great flow and creative ways of rapping but wasnt lyrical because his raps werent as complex and metaphoric as guys like nas. No doubt the greatest flower tho and a true MC.

[jabroniekid]

extraordinary video...don't know what to say only thing missing was nas and who could fault u for that.

[rudineze]

Nice Video...NAS IS THE GREATEST!!!

PEACE

[lefty0625]

wht was the sex scene for lol. was it neccessary

[CzeslawMeyer]

HAHAHAHAHA. yuh, i was wonderin the same question lefty0625.

[CapoCuch15]

dunno, lol. Needed a way to fill in that part so I figured to put a scene in there where it kind of foreshadow what was going to happen, that the gun knew what was coming next cause its a cycle.

[Bountybwoy]

i rate dis vid

[jay11989]

Hey i like your video.............

[Metamophisis]

Damn yo incredible video!

[DLCBeats]

This is a great Song, Lyrics are Flawless

[comonSense0728]

Great video it's better the most real music videos.Only way it could be better is if it had Nas

[es4800]

100% PROPs 4 DAT FAM U GOT A NEW subscriber 4 dat

[squamps]

Mad props bro, keep up the good work

[jdoggybizzle]

Excellent video. Really feeling it.

How did you pull off the robbery scene? Did you walk in like "hey were making a video we're not really going to rob you"

[CapoCuch15]

I used to work there and I knew the ladies working. Also I know a lot of the cops in my town. That wawa is open 24/7 so they shut and locked the door for 15minutes for me and 3 cops stood guard out front.

They said if I went in without asking them (which I was going to do at first) Their would have been swat team and FBI there in 5minutes.

[jdoggybizzle]

That's pretty cool. It looked VERY real.

Excellent work there on that video. Looks professional. Song is also dope, one of my favorite Nas tracks. The great thing about Nas is his songs tell a story as opposed to modern hip-hop "artists" with the same money, clothes, girls, etc. look at me look at what I have.

[CapoCuch15]

thats why Nas is my favorite rapper. He pretty much directs every music video. It makes the work easy for me, he is so visual its crazy.

[socrstreets]

dope vid, it was funny how you tripped into the car though. lol

[TheHellBoy100]

Nice video - U can become a great director.

The ending part is perfect.

[StainedPink1]

awesome video, no doubt. Went perfect with the words. I really liked how you portrayed the end

[Darrend1213]

Shit was nice.I was feelin the video, I dont think Hype Williams couldve done a better job than this.Keep up the good work,we'll see you on 106&Park in no time....614...Iget it in Ohio

[macdagod]

tight shit man

[theZodiacDigital]

whats with the sex scene? i mean, it was like half a minute and it had no relevance to the song at all. it wasnt even interesting to look at.

[iceboxedheart]

haha man did u see how he was on that girl

[malucocta]

Péssimo video. mas o som eh fodastico.

[shotta0121]

you put alot of effort in this video, well done. Nas is the best rapper.

[bcgeorge]

This video was well put together!! This is one of my favorite Nas songs as well.

[princejaa]

good vid. i always wanted to picture this song. word up.