VIDEO: Brother Ali - “Good Lord”
*MP3: Jake One - “The Truth” (Feat. Freeway and Brother Ali)
Fresh off of his (and many others, so it would seem) triumphant set at this year’s Soundset ‘09, Minneapolis rapper Brother Ali puts the icing on the cake by releasing a video for the track “Good Lord,” which is taken from his 2009 EP The Truth Is Here. The video was shot at the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Center, named so because that is where the civil rights leader conducted his meetings (and where he was ultimately assassinated). About the song, Brother Ali says this on his MySpace Page:
The song is about spirituality and how it works alongside music. I get criticized from both angles on this issue. Some religious people say my music is too crude or obscene. People who hate religion say I talk about it too much. My feeling is that, when done right, spirituality and art are one and the same. The particular faith or medium of art almost doesn’t matter. That connection to each other is what we’re seeking. “Something spiritual happens when them hands get to clappin’.”
You can get religion either literally or figurtively speaking by watching the clip below:
(Jon Graef)
Posted 2 years ago
