Mos Def and Talib Kweli

[PhoenixxH345]

Two of the most slept on lyricists in the game yo. Holla. 1

Classik

[blupouncch]

I listened to Blackstar for the 1st time about 12 years ago & they instantly became my favorite artists. In the years that have come and gone since then, I've traveled most of the US, was in Japan for a few years, finally ended up back in NC. In all that time, all those places, that original album, literally the same CD from the 1st year of college, has been with me. And is still in my regular rotation... easily heard it, start to finish, 1000+ times w/o question... and it still blows me away.

[GraveyardSouljah]

they should have a video in better quality

[RobBrown822]

3:07 ...just a sip

=p

[pumpmastaflex3]

i mean how often does a classic video like this get uploaded by it's actual director?? Props man

[Baiju900]

this is the shhhiiit.... hot dayyuum this and not just this, but most of what ive heard so far of mos def is dope and talib kwelli is sick too

[EmileA266]

WHYYYYYY thefuck isnt there another Black Star album..

[Peter258]

@EmileA266 i mean they just reunited so i guess we can expect another album soon

[geovany3000]

no naked bitches...no stupid ass violent ill kill u and fuck your bitch lyrics...damn...wish i was born ealier so i could enjoy more yeats of good hip hop... =(

[VINCEJisSONiCtheMC]

If you like artists like Lupe Fiasco, Mos Def, and J. Cole, I think you'll like my music too. Check out my new singles "Rhythm & Poetry” (feat. Diem and eKZ) and “Dedication”, and my freestyle over J. Cole's "Before I’m Gone" and tell me what you think, any feedback is appreciated. And I promise I don't disappoint.

[starcb26]

The audio is bad in this video.

[Dr3day19]

Hip-Hop FOR LIFE!!!

[MarcoOrBust]

2:15 - twice inna lifetime

[Kcamneb1]

@Protozzz Mos Def And Talib Kweli is Black Star.

[Protozzz]

who black star is, Def or Kweli or both? :)

[youngsamurai55]

@Protozzz Both. They stopped collaborating a while ago though, sadly.

[scope281]

DOLLA CAB!!! RAHHH RAHHHH FLATBUSH..

[laprop]

Too hot.!! Where have I been for the last 19 years!! I'm getting to know what real music is now. I guess it's never too late. This is real talk.

[luramirezb]

fucking cobs.



[WiseYungSistah1]

Lmao.. Old People Never Seem To Want To Shake Hands..

[hiphopguy916]

This is what i'm talking about, real hip hop!! This shits on Lil Wayne, too bad more people don't listen to real hip hop! There is a new group called Dark Nirvana kind of reminds me of Mos Def because of their lyrical content. They are young and upcoming, check em out at youtube(dot)com/user/OFFICIALD­arkNirvana or just search Dark Nirvana on youtube or facebook. look for the smiley face! (Just a neighborhood good Samaratin bringing the future to you)

[PharaohDaniyal]

Mos Def represents the brook all day.

[gangstastatis619]

mc doesnt = misconception

[sageprophet2b2]

HIP HOP HOMIE

[xmp211]

crazy track

[maciasterence]

Was the cop a real scene, or just for effect?

[ern0]

@maciasterence i think that was tom morello. i dunno.

[maciasterence]

Bro Hastings, you need to submit this to an art group man. Hiphop isn't appreciated to it's full potential, it's not treated as art even. I'm sure in the future, documentaries will show the Brooklyn's finest, and this needs to be archived so my grandkids know what real hip hop is before it died.

[kaoss0515]

talib said it well: people thinkin MC is shorthand for misconception!

[77musica]

Only if you are from New York do you know about the Jamaican vans or the gypsies cabs.

[Marfysarfy]

DONCHA JUST LOVE Mos Def?

[six1fourayday]

i love this shit

[jayarscintilla]

ILL SON!

[77musica]

@jayarscintilla I bet most motherfuckers in this fucking country don't know what the ZuluNation is.

[STRoida]

me and talib close like bethlehem and nazareth!

[BIGPLANTEA]

this shit here is real hip hop not that new shit now, that shit is shitty ass garbage

[mjkucharski]

shit, the cop is tom morello from rage

[sidso1o]

Yo! If u're down with that ILL HIP HOP and/or that GANJAH, then u need 2 peep the ORIGINAL vids on my channel, like "Pass The Fluffy", "Let Me Be Free", & "Roll It Up"! They will have you LUNCHIN', especially if u're BLAZED UP!!!!

[ThisIsLoozyWoozy]

If you're not digging Mos Def then you're most definitely the most deaf!

[corthen03217]

"And Hi-Tek make the beat drop, wayohhh"

[Iriecarver]

Fat tune. Done

[dominikjrgwwa]

10 mies. temu

what song is playing 3:42

[Ferriswheeljunky]

@dominikjrgwwa The remix.

[dominikjrgwwa]

10 mies. temu

what song is playing 3:42

[MRM53]

Classic. . . I remember I cut school (Erasmus) when they did this video on Flatbush Ave

[DietAfro]

"my name is in the middle of equality" -Kweli

damn!

[MrStephensmitty]

This is Sic stuff. freewill expression mixed with great base and beat

[turkishmade]

they got pulled over and harrased by the police doing this video yeah hip hop will never die YOU LISTIENIN NAS YOU FUCK WE STILL HERE

[Madtits]

@turkishmade You totally missed the premise of Nas' song "Hip-Hop is Dead". It was an exaggeration of the state that hip hop is in. Like if you were to throw a house party without your parents knowing and accidentally burn the house down. You'd say, "Man I'm dead" or "My dad is going to kill me". He's not actually going to kill you(probably).

[NW49ERFAITHFUL]

@Madtits you never met my dad! Yes he would literally kill me.

[danielhastings]

I'm glad you guys like the video.. i directed 12 years ago and I'm very proud of it.

You can check more of my videos here and my new movie I'm working on at: THE LOVE POTION MOVIE dot COM

[maxibhoy]

@danielhastings Yeah you didnt direct this video man XD

[danielhastings]

@maxibhoy Yes, I directed this video in 1998 and was produced by Betsy Blakemore. dh

[MrMegaMonster]

@danielhastings Dude, I can research the year, producer's name, and director's name and claim I directed it. Go fuck yourself.

[CarcinogenicRaccoon]

@danielhastings i call bullshit :D

[PioYPK]

@maxibhoy man why is everyone so cynical these days? if he said he directed it pretty sure he did, why would he lie about that.

[TheDrgreenthump]

@danielhastings was that tom morello?

[DjDafader]

@danielhastings Time to upload a new version with better quality..

[babybigboy1]

yooooo ! this dat shit.... they need ta make a notha Black Star album

[bjktiryaki]

1.2.3. Mos Def and Talib Kweli

[Donnomercy]

i and i.....

[babyphat4t]

shout out to dead prez in the video!

[greyhater]

i hate it when u leave a comment even if its a good comment, some jackass has to say something stupid back, I LIKE BLACK STAR !! dumb fucks and i dont care if u think theres better out im not comparing dumb shits

[sweetmuthachucka]

Holy crap! I thought that was Tom Morrello at 2:00 when I first glanced at it!

[MyBorrito]

this is whats up for real

[Yesh628]

hope i'm not sounding homo or anything but mos as an attractive dude, this song is the ish, black star should do another album

[jesseven]

thats that shit

[hansanity]

is this zunguzunguzunguzunguzeng, KING YELLOWMAN he's everywhere

[Marin3snipr]

this is the rap kids of today should hear on the radio not that other crap that makes my ears bleed

[YourLocalMenudo]

@Marin3snipr i'm 14 and i dont even listen to the fake shit they put on the radio.

[MacklinReed]

Re-up better quality! plus there's a lotta typos in the description.

Great job though, its sweet.

[o0brewcrew0o]

Man i would kill to kick it wit these two one night!

[gojoego1912]

Awesome

[nilss10]

I think that´s Common 2:33

[AlsoKnownAsPedro]

@nilss10 Yes it must be man! Either that or his twin.

[BradBRAUNSTEIN]

redefinition, i turn your play into a tragedy.....

[realspool32]

audio is terrible on this.

[ali2i6]

2:02. Hahaha.

[thisisisaac]

i like when he drinks the water and the audio keeps going lol

[5555555user]

Terrible audio quality. Search Blackstar (Mos Def & Talib Kweli) - Definition

That is much better

[sellmus]

What ,Are You DEF??

[KormaCar]

No, no his Hi Tek :)))))

[vaba123]

best alliance in hip hop!!!

[hennylo68]

"it's kind of dangerous to be an mc"

[Mdouuu]

nice

[Mdouuu]

woow is so nice

[DTH620]

AHHHH BOTH OF MY NIGGAS CAME OUT FLOWIN HARD ON THIS ONE!!!

Damn man, I wish hip hop still had this same swag today. All this gucci and Young Money bullshit corrupted the shit out of the true culture of hip hop.

[thehoundsound]

He Must Know Karate

Much Love The Hounds

[netoman708]

LMAO!!! why di that old guy walk pass kweli when he tried to shake his hand at the end of the video???

[blacktopaz8]

classic hip hop! Two legends. Love to see them hook up for a new album.

[Christiangurl09]

LOL the ending is sooo funny Talib is trying to giv the old man a hi-five or handshake and the man completely ignores him and just keeps walking even though Def is trying to tell him Talib is trying to shke his hand....lol a east that is what it looks like :-)

[SandCmpbll]

one of the ILLEST hip hop records.

[superdanu]

hahahaa, "what are you, Def?---nonono, i'm hi-tek...he's Def"

[genjut33]

lol

[Echoejay]

@superdanu umm that is funny but it's actually "What are you deaf?" "No no he's Hi Tek" " He's Def"

[therealflamelit]

one of the best hip hop songs eva

[Daisy351]

He repped Sade, Sweet!

[chwarbek]

the Bosss

[chorbach]

fuck yea repping the 1 dollar van, brooklyn all the way!!!

[Laurenzo87]

fart

[moorecedric13]

ohio representing all day we dnt pick corn we represent real fuckin rap.........OHIO STAND DA FUCK UP!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LouReedsBooks]

...I'm from Ohio

[TMarche]

hashahah

Cop- are you deaf?

no he's def

hahahh

[maddog760jb]

this is the fuckin shit!!!! Just when I thought hip hop was getting weak, I was wrong!

[skipca]

this song was way back in 1998 but ure right 2009 has actualyy been a good year for hiphop mos defs new album back i njune Relfection Eternals new album raekwons new album KiD CuDis new album much much better compared to the last 4 years

[pophamquartet]

black star is mos def and talib kweli

[clonelmegaer]

y is he called black star his nme is mos def

[rosetowndown]

thee dopest duo

[sandra690000]

como la liaaaaa mi hermano negrooo coño!!!

[tucker4182]

man yall, that van for a buck from one end to the other!!! luv yall

[tucker4182]

brook luv, where u at ppl!!! get shit dun

[TMarche]

what song is playing when they get pulled over? 2:07

[knuckleskills]

One of the other songs on the *black on both sides* album I think.

Can't remember the track name, but get the whole damn album cuz it's one of the all-time greatest :)

[TMarche]

i found it its called 'twice inna lifetime' dope song...like always

[lacurvadevillena]

man , that whole entire album is sweet !!

one tracj that comes to my mind is Umi says ..woow ..Mos is the greatest peace friend

[EricRyanPeltier]

This isn't on Black On Both Sides it's on Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star

No offense, but if you had Black On Both Sides you'd know that... lol

[knuckleskills]

At some point I realized I was wrong, but since youtube posts can't be edited I didn't bother correcting myself. I figured Random Internet Guy would correct me soon enough.

And how exactly does mixing two titles mean I don't have the album?

[EricRyanPeltier]

"get the whole damn album cuz it's one of the all-time greatest"

No offense, but if you consider the album one of the all time greatest, you'd at least know the track listing :P

[jqb206]

please bring this type of rap back please

[ezes6zy]

love Kweli. ;-)

[RenegadeDj1200]

BLACK STAR PT.2 WHERE ARE YOU AT???

[youthlust]

black star keep shinin<3

[MikeAndIkes112]

Haha, nice. I go to school a block from Flatbush.

[mattafh]

A decade ago !.. Kweli and Mos... a decade of hits... like Guru and Preem !!!

[CRAZYTRACY4]

THIS MY SHYT

[Buttababy]

Gotta luv the bklyn dollar cabs!!!

[alexanderazukar]

yeiyeiyeiyeiyeiiiii fuking hiphop

[medaswho]

the old man in the end leaves him hangin when they try to give him dap,hahaaha

[Tiah2323]

I love this song!

[sososlippy]

best alliance in hip hop

[UbserdMusic]

wow you really directed all these videos? man your awesome these are some of my favs - psyche you fake fuck pussy ass bitch how dare you take credit for something you did not create you a superscrub ass nigga, go somewhere and die quietly as far as your photography the shit that is actually might be yours is garbage quit life

[froska07]

lol thats some funny shit u just said

[shaunarozonadona]

lol sips water and then starts singin again

[kngjames83]

Lmao at their response to the officer askin' "what are you deaf"..."No he's Hi tek, He's Def" lol!!!

[thugloyalty]

THE TITTLE MOTHAFUCKA

[BlackJack719]

The title is: Definition plus they got the beginning of Re:Definition at the end of this video.

[jealuffaguS]

You're saying you directed this video but you can't even spell pharoahe monch , or common right? You're a straight up scrub bro.

[typ555]

thanks

[eflip24]

it's "twice in a lifetime" from their album blackstar

[TubeGuest5178]

am i the only person that sees this or was Tupac and Biggie MURDERED to make way for DAMIEN? (AKA JAYzEE THE DEVIL worshiper)

DAMIEN WAS UNHEARD OF UNTIL AFTER THEIR MURDERS. HMMMM

[UbserdMusic]

your an idiot

[typ555]

Does someone knows that beat in 2:01 (in car)? I would be thankful.

[eflip24]

TWICE IN A LIFETIMe

[hanaaB]

Mos and Talib....one of the best alliances of artists in hip-hop history.....truly the lions of hip-hop...period.

[dontefitzgerald]

I wish they'd make another album.

[dzarecta]

aint this a remix of a krs-one song

[tmr2456]

was the scene with the cop real???

[ooollgaa]

don't think so

[MetalDraspin]

Like how Mos Def can rap and drink at the same time 3:06! He obviously has a sense of humour lol!

[duersaasej]

haha i was laughing my ass off when i saw it =]

[youfukincocoroch]

shit quality

[NotSoUniversal]

this songs so fucking good

[youngtwilight]

tnat was in my neighber hood

[fidgetmuffin333]

it's called definition

[Snoopylove407]

WATS THAT TITLE OF THIS SONG

[repugnare]

"Definition" by BlackStar

[Snoopylove407]

Thankzzz

[arcemadnes]

brooklyn baby what

[TRAEDONYATOURSTATION]

Yes Mos Def. You are really the most def. Love you like cooked food.

[fistjedi]

You directed this? Wow! Good job!

[sdelight]

cop" what are you deaf?"

mos def"no hes hi tek"

kweli"hes def"

mos"yea im def"

ahaha thats funny

[MiZzVe89]

yeah i love that part its so funny!

[2nekard0]

lmfao, I almost missed that, nice call. XD

Kweli and Mos have mad humour =P

[jinz27]

reeeeeeeeeeaaaaall hip hop

[mostvenerable]

mos def killed it... as usual