Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) – N****s in Poorest (Video)

In honor of Malcolm X’s passing anniversary, Mos Def Yasiin Bey drops off a clip for his freestyle over Jay-Z and Kanye West’s “N****s in Paris.”

14 Responses to “Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) – N****s in Poorest (Video)”

  1. My Umi says Shine your light on the world.

    Mos Def said this on February 21st, 2012 at 2:36 pm

  2. wow

    stuyvesant said this on February 21st, 2012 at 2:48 pm

  3. damn this shit cray

    watsgood said this on February 21st, 2012 at 3:20 pm

  4. im sure this song gets hardly any of the play that it should. this is knowledge. this is hip hop.

    Fish said this on February 21st, 2012 at 4:04 pm

  5. 1000 times better than the original.

    excalibur said this on February 21st, 2012 at 4:54 pm

  6. ” Poor so hard, that shit craayy. Poor so hard that shit weird. ” some real shit right here

    Common sense said this on February 21st, 2012 at 5:17 pm

  7. @excalibur nah, its not better than the original. it has the complete opposite aim. Mos def put a message in here. Niggas in Paris is amazing at what it’s supposed to do, be a party track. Jus cuz a song has a message, it doesnt make it the best thing ever.

    Sylver21 said this on February 21st, 2012 at 6:22 pm

  8. and im not shitting on this track, its amazing as well.

    Sylver21 said this on February 21st, 2012 at 6:23 pm

  9. @Sylver21 nah. it’s better than the original. plenty better. the fact that it has a message that completely makes the original look frivolous is just a bonus.

    Tto said this on February 21st, 2012 at 6:44 pm

  10. It’s really not better tho. The production was terrible, and for the first third of the song there was no beat. I know it was intentional, but it still sounds bad.
    Not knocking the track at all tho. It is 1000 times smarter.

    Cameron said this on February 21st, 2012 at 9:18 pm

  11. lol @ the production was terrible. all he’s doing is rocking over the same beat Jay and Kanye used. it’s the same production so if it sounds bad for Yasiim it sounds bad for them too. smh

    jesuschristlordofmercy said this on February 21st, 2012 at 10:03 pm

  12. Not the production, but the quality he means. You know he just ripped some YouTube video with a loop that some kid made. And even the acapella sounds lo-fi as hell. Appreciate the message, but the execution is just horrible.

    MFJ said this on February 22nd, 2012 at 1:50 am

  13. this is terrible

    sybrand said this on February 23rd, 2012 at 8:56 am

  14. cutting the beat out is annoying as hell

    woooord said this on February 23rd, 2012 at 4:48 pm

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