Brother Ali "Ottomans" (Official Video)
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- čas přidán 15. 02. 2024
- Stream here: songwhip.com/brotherali/ottomans
From the forthcoming album and animated film “Love & Service" coming April 2024 on Travelers Media
Produced, Illustrated, Animated, and Arranged by Justin “unJUST” Herman
Written, Recorded, and Arranged by Brother Ali in Istanbul Türkiye
Mixed by Eddie Sancho, Kenny Segal, and Brother Ali
Mastered by Dave Cooley
Lyrics:
“KNOW YOURSELF”
FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE METROPOLITAN TO THE HOME OF THE OTTOMANS
THE GLOBE IS MY OTTOMAN TOES UP ON EVERY PART OF IT
I AIN'T DROP A DOLLAR ON MY DOCTORATE I PROBABLY GOT A SCHOLARSHIP
COPPED OUT THE YARD WHERE THE ROCK IS CHIPPED
WE ALL LIVE WITH GENERATIONAL TRAUMA
WITH FOREFATHERS THAT BEEN RAPING ENSLAVED MAMAS
THEY TOSS A ROBE AROUND EM AND THEY CALL EM YOUR HONOR
HE’S HANDING OUT SENTENCES NO PERIODS OR COMMAS
JUST PUBLIC DEFENDERS MEANING THE OPPOSITE ARE OFFICERS GOVERNMENT OFFENDERS
BUT ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT ALLAH’S GONNA REMEMBER
LIKE HOW’S A PIMP A SINNER IF DOLLARS ARE LEGAL TENDER
THEY JUST WANNA LET THAT LOCK CLICK IN A BOX LIST YOU LIKE SCHINDLER
THE CHANCE FOR YOU TO WIN AGAIN IS SLIMMER THAN VIRGINIA
BUT THE AKH’S A LOCKSMITH WHEN I'M IN THAT COCKPIT
MY BETA 58 IT’S GOT A RUBBER GLOCK GRIP
OPS POPPING S**T GOTTA ADMIT I'M NOT CONVINCED
I USE TO KINDA WONDER I'M NO LONGER ON THE FENCE
I'M ICONOCLASTIC MY NOVELS ARE GRAPHIC
USING MY RIVAL'S IDOLS AS TARGET PRACTICE
STATEMENT SO SACRED THEY SCRAPING IT ON A TABLET
REMEMBER WE WERE BABIES WE PISSED AND FLIPPED THE MATTRESS
NEVERMIND THE ELITE SEATS THAT I SIT IN
BELIEVE ME THESE JEANS STILL SMELL LIKE FRIED CHI-KEN
IF YOU'RE MUMBLING WHEN YOU'RE RHYMING THEN WHY LISTEN
MY OWN LINES RUNNING THROUGH MY MIND WHEN Y'ALL SPITTIN'
IF YOU’RE GONNA SKAT DON’T CAP JUST CALL IT SINGING
BILLIE HOLIDAY DID THAT BUT IT SOUNDED DIFFERENT
THE CLOCK TICKING THE PLOT THICKEN SHOTS RINGING OUT ON DARK-TINTED BLOCK FROM HARD LIVING
I’M ONE OF THE MOST AUTHENTIC THAT EVER DID IT
TO SPIT THE INTIMATE INNER VISION
I DIP MY PEN IN A WELL OF TEARS AND SCRIBBLE TILL HELL APPEARS
THEN I REPENT AND SMEAR MY RECORD CLEAR UNTIL HEAVEN HEARS
IT'S BEEN TWENTY YEARS ENGENDERING CHEERS
THEY KNOW THE LOAN IS INTEREST BEARING WHENEVER THEY LEND ME EARS
LIKE GIVE ME THREE MINUTES AND TWENTY SECONDS AND HERE’S
MY HIGHS LOWS JOYS WOES AND ANY PENT-UP FEARS
I DON’T HAVE MANY PEERS ON ANY HEMISPHERE
THE ONLY THING I APPEAR TO BRING TO THEM IS FEAR
VIOLATOR SEE I DONE MADE THE MESSAGE PLENTY CLEAR
MY OMEGA MY ALPHA CLAP IT ALL IN THE CHAPTER
I’M ABSOLUTELY NOT A PASTOR I’M JUST PASSIONATE ABOUT THE SOUGHT-AFTER HEART OF THE MATTER
YOU ARE NOW ROCKING WITH A TRUE AND LIVING MASTER
WELCOME TO THE EXTRAVAGANZA
#BrotherAli #HipHop #NewMusic #Rap #officialvideo #officialmusicvideo #animation #animator #shortfilm #handdrawing #art #single - Hudba
Get this on the algorithm, this is wild that it’s only 1.7k in two days. They don’t want Brother Ali to speak the truth, but this energy reverberates in ways that can’t always be seen. Keep it up Brother
Really appreciate that my friend
Truth
Masses can't take TRUTH and Ali only spits from the HEART and the HEART always SPEAKS TRUTH
@@BrotherAli_Travelerspersonal thank u BROTHER for having the courage to bring REAL HIP HOP to us all🙏🙏🙏 grateful for each perk into your soul. OUR SOUP. WE ARE ALL ONE, SEPARATED LIKE RAYS OF THE SUN, YET ALL THE SAME SOURCE OF LIGHT,SHADOW,OR DARKNESS. The choice is OURS. May we COLLECTIVELY make the RIGHT DECISIONS. Much LOVE AND RESPECT BROTHER ❤
@@JP-vs1wxman that sound like some perspective that struck me once when I was young always stuck with me... You said we are all one separated like rays of light but with the same source. I was tripping like. Each of us got a piece of the truth, the answer...maybe it's in us creatures or i dont see it in that detail while typing this but,like if some Omni-ense-ish somehow from its wholeness continues dividing between all our lives like as 2 parents have 3 kids there are more parts of it all spreading out, and it is like how light could travel between fractured pieces of an original sphere per say, that as the light travels through each piece we shape the reality between us as the light traversing from one pieces facet to the light-adjoined facet of another piece of the omniense ... And i tripped if all us coalesce into an Omni being what between all the dimensions of our plain of exists has set is in this motion to be separated as if there could be something beyond to surmount next in that moment we all come together beyond our dimensions... It is soke nicer to find it in the way that we are light pouring out to describe a constantly growing radiance.. it may take me some time to meditate and digest on this, much thank you, my bad if im trippin 😇
Brother Ali, your creative growth is inspiring. I will be first in line to scoop Love & Service. Peace!
Much appreciated good brother! I pray you’re well man!
Yo Chello! Hope you’re good man.. missing your show!
Thank You Brother! Was just revisiting some of your recent albums and was thinking "Damn I need another album". And 2 days later you post this!
I’m really grateful for this Love & Service album and can’t wait to share it
New listener! Been hearing your name for years, recently became a fan of the podcast and loving this new jam. Peace from Oakland!
I love Oakland like a second home.
Brother Ali a certified hero, this video is gorgeous, and the flow is gorgeous. Thanks and peace!
Good old days vibes - LOVE in your music is transcending all my being essence
Yes! This is beautifully done! Thank you brother Ali. Soul love to you from Colorado mountains ✨🗻💜
Sending love back!
No doubt there’s love from the Rocky Mountains. Salute from Avon, CO.
I love you brother Ali. You drop classics that take months to decode. 😅🎉🎉🎉❤ What a pleasure to listen!!!! DANGEROUSSSSSS
Love back! This is just the beginning. So much to come
Been following you for years and been lucky enough to see you many times on different continents. Excited for the new joints!
❤
Thats a dope joint the legendary Brother Ali
Mad respect from the motherland Africa
In the villages of Malindi Kenya
Love & respect back ✊💚
@@BrotherAli_Travelers
Much love
Salute back my Role Model and A Great Teacher
🇰🇪! Niaje
Mzuka Sana kaka @@itzrayyo
Love from Malaysia. Keep rocking. Your music is one of the reason I went from listener to an artist independently making music myself.
That’s a beautiful thing
Beautiful bars, great artwork as well!
Much love! More to come
Thank you as always for sharing your creations with us!! Really looking forward to this album!!
Can’t wait to share. Thanks for being a part of it
Very excited... This is excellent. I cant wait to give it a listen with headphones tomorrow morning.
Enjoy! This is only the beginning. Check back often.
Track and visuals are dope!! Can't wait for that album to drop. Love, peace and blessings Brother Ali.
Backatcha
Had to hit rewind on this one a few times, dropped a classic here, no doubt! I’m looking forward to hearing it bump in the car. Thank you Brother Ali!!!! Peace and love from Chicago
Can’t wait for you to hear and see the full project. Stay tuned!
The Brother!
Much love from Nigeria! ❤
You are such a great source of inspiration for me.
Sending love back🙏🌹
Brother Ali - A journey I just went on !!! So amazing with the graphics - SUPER DOPE!
Thank you 🙌
From the singles I've heard from Love & Service, I can tell Brother Ali is back. I love this sound, the sampling, all of it. Especially Ali's lyrics. His verses are poignant, timely, and timeless. In my 20s when I copped Undisputed Truth bc of blurb in XXL mag and then US, i wouldnt have appreciated this new style. I grew and so did Ali. Thank you, Brother Ali for speaking Truth.
this is beautiful and all the stunning hand drawn animation is just the chef's kiss it made me engage even more
Thanks so much! There’s an entire album to roll out with animated shorts for each song it will culminate in a 1340 minute animated film
This record and video are dope as hell, Brother Ali. Can’t wait for the project to drop in April. 🫡
That makes two of us 😝 Much more to come. Much love and I hope you enjoy.
Everything about this is fantastic! A true master of ceremonies indeed! Lyrics and flow of the highest magnitude. Just a dope authentic and organic beat. And this visual, just wow! Can't wait to purchase the album, and hopefully catch you on your next tour if you can make it to MI.
Really appreciate it man. So blessed to have this creative brotherhood with unJUST on the beats and did the animation.
These bars tho….but that beat is too 🔥. Dropped on Jummah & I’m listening as I head to the masjid 🤲🏾
Yeah the brother unJUST brought it ALL on the beats and visuals Masha’Allah
New album!
Yes indeed! Love & Service coming in April!
@@BrotherAli_Travelers a week or two ago I started thinking to myself, "Ali's gotta be comin out with a new album... gotta be"
Glad we were on the same wavelength!
I appreciate you so much. Much love from Seattle.
Love back. I spent a really important part of my life in 206
@@BrotherAli_Travelers oh man, I don't think I knew that! 😂 I also didn't know India Arie had lived here too. 😊 I saw you perform probably 10 years back at Nemos I think, but glad to have you back anytime my friend. 💯🙏✊
Have a blessed New Year's!
Musically and visually lush, rich, gorgeous.
Many thanks. This is just the beginning. Excited to share more.
I needed to hear this, always all love and peace thank you for the truth and all the wisdom! Appericate you very much, Brother Ali, Always & Forever growing in your music even my toddler loves your music she is only 3 and ready spread the music.
Aw that’s beautiful
So grateful I got to see you in FL. Can’t wait for the new new
Know urself !!
Dope material as usual, thought provoking lyrics and killer visuals
This is just the beginning. So much more to come! Stay tuned!
This track is a bop for my body and my brain. Love it!
Lots more where this comes from. Stick around. 👊
Say that. Love from Vallejo California
Love back
everyone stay safe wherever you are. mush love for drop! 🙏🙏
Love back!
Tough, tough, tough! 🔥🔥🔥🤌🏽
🌊🌊🌊 Thankya Thankya
CRAZYYYYYY
unJUST did his THING on this whole project. The beats, the animated film. All of it
Its crazy how this man continues to inspire me. Thank you brother ali for everything🔥🔥
That’s a gift. Much love and appreciation. Can’t wait for you to see and hear the entire project. Stay tuned!
@@BrotherAli_Travelers Im tapped in!! thank you from the bottom of my heart
Gorgeous.
Love the chill jazzy beat!
unJUST did his THING on this project.
Criminally underrated 🔥
Love your music bro
Thanks my friend. Stay tuned we’ve got a lot coming.
new Brother Ali track😍😍😍😍😍
Stay tuned, this is only the beginning!
@@BrotherAli_Travelers ❤️❤️❤️
YESSSS!!!
Much love 🫡💚
FIRE AS ALWAYS 🔥🔥🔥
MUCH LOVE FROM INDIA
Love back !
This is dope - can't wait for the album!
New drop, let's go!!
I've been listening to you since 2004 and I never really liked your songs that much but I knew you had potential to make super bangers & this proves it. its my favorite one by far. and im not even muslim.
❤😊
🌹💚🌊
This is so fresh, can't wait to share this with my people.
Very nice. Keeping bringing it and reppin MN!!
Wow
🌹💚
I heard the song Collapse on Democracy Now! News podcast. Highly recommend for all things REVOLUTIONARY ❤❤❤
MY DUDE! KEEP GOING.
You already know family
Tryna keep up with you and that new heat rock you’re about to unleash on the world
Dope brother
Any rhymeSayers artists featured on the new album.
Track list and features announcement coming soon
Thank you brother 🤝
💞🤝💞 👑 💪💞🫴🎙 💝✌️🇺🇸
We appreciate you. We love you so 🎩👌🕊
Damn. This is an incredible work of art!
Much love. unJUST did the music and animation for the entire Love & Service album.
@@BrotherAli_Travelers 🙌 everyone involved in this album has done an amazing job. Thank you for your music and unmatched talent and humanity ❤️ big love for Australia 🇦🇺
Very dope!
Blam! 🎤 it’s amazing how many layers these shorts add to music that is already on fire! Your voice hits the intensity that I love so much halfway through this song. SWAG
Enjoying this on the 1st day of the 19 day Baha'i Fast. Looking forward to doing the Muslim family with their fast next weekend. Then in April Brother Ali's new album! Thankful. Extravaganza!
FRESH FRESH FRESH 🌪
You still got it! You’re an inspiration for people everyone who are struggling and want to better themselves ❤
🔊🔊🔊
Amazing
yeah man.
Been a fan since day 1 brother, Dont take this the wrong way, i love all of your work and understand an appreciate an artist evolving but. please back that passion and raw energy of tracks like, victory!, pay them back, room with a view, self taught, sleepwalker, watcha' got, lookin' at me sideways, freedom aint free, bad ma fuka, tight rope, breakin dawn, the travellers, babygirl, round here, pen to paper, own light, never learn and tremble. infact going back through them i realised most of your albums have got me through some of the darkest times of my journey. thank you brother and love always!
the breathe of GOD that was left in charge
They dread the second we remember what we ARE!
80th like! WOOT WOOT! I love it Brother Ali!
ALI!!!!
👊💚
KPFT 90.1 FM HOUSTON TEXAS 4PM SATURDAYS TILL 6P
Embaçado 📼🎸
Love you brother but in these times and the state of the world I really need MORE BALLS & GUTS...
And I know if anyone can do it... it's YOU!!!
but brother you have not so much time left, sadly...
What artists are inspiring you now?
@@BrotherAli_Travelers Balls: You still do with your epic older stuff, Uncle Sam, Mourning... Guts: Daniel Norgren, such a burning and beautiful soul!
New drop gold on Friday
bars
if people dont believe gang stalking exist ask brotha ali now lives in Istanbul ... reference father figures off the secrets and escapes album
5th!
Asalam Alaikum Wah Rahmatulah Wah Barakatuh, Sidi Brother Ali. why is it that white American listeners have not historically embraced Islam en masse despite immense love for African American culture and hip hop, and mass appeal of Malcolm X (RA)? I guess something’s need to be experienced experientially. But I wonder how people cannot see how Islam brings us past race into ihsan, into honoring lineage without supremacy, and into God consciousness n love for creation. inshaAllah your full animated feature speaks to people’s hearts. inshaAllah u show every raindrop and drum beat r making dhikr. Islam is the shife that “would cure us all, la illaha il Allah”, murmuring the cheatcode. 💚
My opps are poppin? Gotta admit I’m not convinced. I used to kinda wonder, I’m no longer on the fence. I’m iconoclastic, my novels are graphic. Using my rivals idols as target practice. Statements so sacred they scrappin’em on a tablet..
If uncle Joe could hear this, he would be smoking a fatty talking about how real this is. Cant wait for the album❤❤❤
Just an option: You and Just could transform all of the transitions between the original artwork scenes of the animated music videos into NFTs for the community. Then that might be a way to generate intergenerational wealth or endowments for scholarship and ongoing charities. You may have already considered this option, I just thought the transitions between symbols in the animated videos were poignant and artistic.
Everyone is a victim these days. 😣
Hi/morjens from Finland🫶How is things?
I wish you luck🎉
Brother Ali a certified hero, this video is gorgeous, and the flow is gorgeous. Thanks and peace!
Peace and many thanks