While the title for Nas’ upcoming album is no longer “Nigger,” the Queens rapper isn’t shying away from controversy surrounding the project.
According to an entry on Miss Info’s blog, the Queens emcee is taking a “politically incorrect, unsubtle approach” for the video for the album’s recently leaked song, “Be A Nigger Too.” The video is set to premiere at an exclusive viewing next week.
“Rik Cordero and Nas shot the video last week in LA (and some parts here in NY) and the concept will be very familiar to movie buffs,” Miss Info wrote. “I can’t give away any more, but I’ll say that there will be some celebrity cameos. And not the usual ‘Hey, these are random rappers that I don’t know that well but who will show up when I shoot a video and pretend to party with me in this rented space with the rest of my casted modeltypes’ cameos.”
The promo poster [click here to see] for the video shows a person’s feet in the air and bound by rope, with a forest area as the backdrop.
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“There will be more preview posters [today], but this one is especially striking, and horrifying, and powerful,” Miss Info said.
Nas made news last week when he announced that he was changing the title to his upcoming album. Initial reports said the album will be called “Nas,” while later reports have said it will simply be untitled.
“It’s important to me that this album gets to the fans,” Nas reportedly said in a statement. “It’s been a long time coming. I want my fans to know that creatively and lyrically, they can expect the same content and the same messages. It’s that important. The streets have been waiting for this for a long time. The people will always know what the real title of this album is and what to call it.”
Rik Cordero has had a busy 2008 as well. Along with the upcoming Nas video, he has also directed all four videos for The Roots’ latest project, Snoop Dogg’s “Neva Have 2 Worry,” and 9th Wonder and Buckshot’s “Hold It Down.”
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