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  • čas přidán 14. 08. 2024
  • "Blood of the Fang" from There Existed an Addiction to Blood, out 10/18/19
    Order: u.subpop.com/T...
    The "Blood of the Fang" video is inspired by a photo of Huey Newton - co-founder of The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense - hand-cuffed to a hospital gurney while being treated for a gunshot wound in the abdomen after a gun battle with Oakland police in October 1967.
    The song itself is built around a sample from Sam Waymon’s score to the 1973 experimental vampire film 'Ganja & Hess.' Daveed Diggs’s lyrics conjure an alternate history of black political struggle in the 1960s and 70s, name-dropping radical activists and reimagining them as a pantheon of undead superheroes fighting against systems of oppression.
    #BloodoftheFang #Clipping #TheExistedanAddictiontoBlood
    Director: Lars Jan @larsamerica
    Video Production House: Dalmatian Cow Productions @dalmatiancow
    Editor: Lee Bacak
    Director of Photography: Jeff Leed Cohn
    @see_frances
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  • @Weelum2001
    @Weelum2001 Před 4 lety +3486

    It amazes me how the Hamilton fan base is almost completely unaware of clipping’s existence and in some cases even vice versa

    • @vixxmixx3880
      @vixxmixx3880 Před 4 lety +137

      I listen to both 😂I also tried to get my best friend (She like a bunch of musicals) to listen to clipping but failed ._.

    • @josephstalin7506
      @josephstalin7506 Před 4 lety +87

      @@vixxmixx3880 have you tried splendor & misery? That album has great story telling and isn't as harsh as midcity

    • @babycakes1234
      @babycakes1234 Před 4 lety +90

      I listened to Clppng for like a year before I knew bout Hamilton lol

    • @SvrakaMagpie
      @SvrakaMagpie Před 4 lety +113

      I'm part of the vice versa, I was so confused by the Hamilton comments and I still don't know who Daveed was in the play...

    • @TeaInTheMorning-we2kh
      @TeaInTheMorning-we2kh Před 4 lety +18

      Ive been listening to clipping for a while and have only heard about hamilton from the comments

  • @rep0rter689
    @rep0rter689 Před 7 měsíci +48

    THIS is how you use the “fast” flow. Use it sparingly and for moments that actually make sense. Don’t just rap fast because you can.

  • @ryanhall7607
    @ryanhall7607 Před 4 lety +923

    Everyone rightly gives Daveed a lot of attention, and he’s incredible on this album, but I am in awe of the oppressive atmosphere and the insane noises that Bill and Jonathan are able to come up with.

    • @necromax13
      @necromax13 Před 3 lety +14

      "insane noises"
      Great reduction of what's stellar and groundbreaking musical production and sound design.

    • @kg7219
      @kg7219 Před 3 lety +106

      @@necromax13 lolol ur not wrong but the elitism in music fandoms is cringe bro how can u expect everyone to know terms beyond general knowledge especially if theyre not involved in music at all its rly incredible how yall can find someone saying something positive and still find something wrong with the comment jeez

    • @WinterReflections
      @WinterReflections Před 3 lety +16

      I agree, but they seem to prefer being in the background and having Daveed be the face of the act. They're conspicuously absent from most videos and visuals, that seems deliberate.

    • @bigpoorman3931
      @bigpoorman3931 Před 3 lety +3

      Pretty sure they both work in soundtracks and that brings some great elements to the music. They really shine in songs like He Dead, gave me chills when I first heard it.

    • @emyrgu6239
      @emyrgu6239 Před 3 lety +11

      @@necromax13 cringe

  • @heavyharris5580
    @heavyharris5580 Před 4 lety +659

    "Everybody want to kill a movement for the moment
    But, they cannot kill what cannot die
    There wasn't ever really an opponent
    For what they figured was only three fifth human"
    Damn.

  • @srsucioguapodelsur8845
    @srsucioguapodelsur8845 Před 4 lety +891

    WELP, here we are, riots poppin’ off against the police across many major cities, there’s never been a more perfect time for this song than now.

    • @caspianh.1926
      @caspianh.1926 Před 4 lety +35

      @@Camille-dq8qg Honestly, I feel like Blood of the Fang goes harder. Even after hearing chapter 319 this is the track I keep coming back to right now. Talking about elected officials is okay but it isn't as...revolutionary.

  • @darkfbk
    @darkfbk Před 4 lety +370

    I find it kinda weird that people are talking about how fast and technical Daveed is as a rapper, but nobody talks about the meaning of the song itself, which is IMHO much more important

    • @darkfbk
      @darkfbk Před 4 lety +9

      Here it is
      [Intro: Sam Waymon]
      By the Christians, it is written
      That in the black Myrthian age
      There existed an addiction to blood, blood, blood, blood
      [Verse 1: Daveed Diggs & Sam Waymon]
      Drink it up
      Fifty years 'bout enough, time to come back (Blood, blood)
      They want to call the bluff
      Okay then, time to come back (Whattup) (Blood)
      Hail King Huey, do it for fluid, you knew it was movin' forever
      Loop it, the truth is, the movement was really too clever
      Who is the newest to do it, pursuing a useless, polluted, agenda?
      Too long to get they bullshit together
      Fifty years 'bout enough (Blood)
      Patient, gave 'em a two year grace
      '66 came and they saw the true face
      Black on black on black, irate
      Had 'em all runnin' scared straight out the gate
      Skin do show you who kin, that's it though
      What's inside never been too simple
      Syrup, he sip, 'cause he can't taste his own (Blood)
      Drink it up, drink it up
      You belong in every milliliter of
      They tried to take out every military leader, but
      You was born to be a martyr
      And it doesn't mean a thing because that body really meat
      Fill it up, your history is one you might consider killin' fo'
      This ain't the shit they taught you when you went to kindergarten
      What you need to know is in the (Blood)
      [Bridge: Daveed Diggs]
      Queen Angela done told y'all, "Grasp at the root"
      So what y'all talkin' 'bout, "Hands up, don't shoot"?
      [Chorus: Bongili Girls' Chorus & Daveed Diggs]
      Aw deeyanga, aw deeyanga
      Look back, blood on the ground
      Aw deeyanga, aw deeyanga
      Look straight, they still shootin'
      Aw deeyanga, aw deeyanga
      Jump back, still here
      Aw deeyanga, aw deeyanga
      Now what that tell you 'bout death?
      Death ain't shit, you got to
      [Post-Chorus: Daveed Diggs & Sam Waymon]
      Drink it up, drink it up
      (There existed an addiction to blood, blood, blood)
      Drink it up, drink it up
      Drink it up, drink it up
      (There existed an addiction to blood, blood, blood)
      Drink it up, drink it up
      [Verse 2: Daveed Diggs & Sam Waymon]
      Fist in the sky if you ready, dice a ofay like confetti
      They thought you was playin'
      Though really the game was more trainin'
      There finna be (Blood)
      And much of it blues
      Time to fly, 'cause you know time fickle
      So cold, finna snow, swing a icicle
      Takin' out a police or a politician issuing a statement sayin'
      Turn it on a dime or get the nickel
      And it ain't just money, B, this ain't honey
      Sweet, but it's funny to think of them wantin' to speak
      When this pain is deep and ingrained in (Blood)
      Drink it up, dress it down, queen shit, wear the crown
      King shit, wear the wounds, new blood in the wombs
      Loose noose, clear the tombs, bubblegoose, suede shoes
      Lookin' like a who's who of the dead
      Come back, bust a head, run track to the red
      Black suit, black hair, black wings, black stare
      Blackout for the (Blood) (Button up, bruh)
      Actin' fool was just actin'
      You knew about adaptin' since dudes started tappin'
      And in the dark, flappin' the full moon askin'
      If you knew the passion that grew when unmasked
      Because they were never seein' the basics
      Geronimo, Erika, Gregory
      With they faces in every book, record, or CD
      Even made the MP3s laced with (Blood)
      [Bridge: Daveed Diggs]
      Brother Malcolm done told y'all, "By any means"
      So what y'all talkin' 'bout, "All on the same team"?
      [Chorus: Bongili Girls' Chorus & Daveed Diggs]
      Aw deeyanga, aw deeyanga
      Look back, blood on the ground
      Aw deeyanga, aw deeyanga
      Look straight, they still shootin'
      Aw deeyanga, aw deeyanga
      Jump back, still here
      Aw deeyanga, aw deeyanga
      Now what that tell you 'bout death?
      Death ain't shit, you got to
      [Post-Chorus: Daveed Diggs & Sam Waymon]
      Drink it up, drink it up
      (There existed an addiction to blood, blood, blood)
      Drink it up, drink it up
      Drink it up, drink it up
      (There existed an addiction to blood, blood, blood)
      Drink it up, drink it up
      [Verse 3: Daveed Diggs]
      Everybody wanna kill a movement 'fore the moment
      But they cannot kill what cannot die
      There wasn't ever really an opponent
      For what they figured was only three-fifth human
      And they thought they could enslave
      By disconnecting from the truth
      But look at Brother George
      He's back again and never did look finer
      Said it's time to gather up another meeting of the Ina
      Said that Quentin couldn't kill him and America can't either
      And he been sleepin' since '71
      Ain't it time to feed or at least sip a little sum'
      He up in the Cadillac with little Bobby Hutton
      Ridin' shotty with the shotty, swoopin' up the cousins
      They soo-woopin' for your blood
      That Bobby Seale is on the door when they regroup up at the club
      And Brother Eldridge is keepin' souls on ice
      'Til the time was just right, now suffices
      Emory got the scene drawn up nice
      And Afeni here with Pac, yup, thug life
      Kathleen, "Black and Beautiful" as the motto
      Assata up in here sippin' a bloody cafe cubano
      With Hilliard on the seat next to her babysittin' the ralo
      Waitin' for Heron to say somethin' fly for them all to follow
      Into the night, let it swallow, eyes on the sparrow tomorrow
      You know the marrow is hollow and light as air
      And the call is out to the rest
      And this model of effervescence when all of it manifested
      They never bothered to question
      While calling for the arrest and murder
      Guess they never knew it was a test
      To best assess the way to move in
      And digest the flesh of every wicked human
      'Til the best and blackest blood is back to rulin'
      [Bridge: Daveed Diggs]
      Prince Stokely done told y'all, "Have no fear"
      So how come every time they be like "YAWK! YAWK! YAWK!"
      Y'all look scared?
      [Chorus: Bongili Girls' Chorus & Daveed Diggs]
      Aw deeyanga, aw deeyanga
      Look back, blood on the ground
      Aw deeyanga, aw deeyanga
      Look straight, they still shootin'
      Aw deeyanga, aw deeyanga
      Jump back, still here
      Aw deeyanga, aw deeyanga
      Now what that tell you 'bout death?
      Death ain't shit, you got to
      [Post-Chorus: Daveed Diggs & Sam Waymon]
      Drink it up, drink it up
      (There existed an addiction to blood, blood, blood)
      Drink it up, drink it up
      Drink it up, drink it up
      (There existed an addiction to blood, blood, blood)
      Drink it up, drink it up
      Drink it up, drink it up
      (There existed an addiction to blood, blood, blood, among its people)
      Drink it up, drink it up

    • @nigelthornberry5375
      @nigelthornberry5375 Před 2 lety +63

      yeah, the rhyme schemes and speed are the quickest thing to pull ppl's heads out their rap-god bling-era asses tho. Grabs attention immediately.
      on the meaning tho, this song alone's radicalized me towards protest. If peaceful protest is silenced, then arson. If arson is silenced, then death. If death is silenced, then death ain't shit- you GOT to. Thank god where I live is peaceful.

    • @luminaspargo4630
      @luminaspargo4630 Před 2 lety

      Gross and if in wrong ears is just corpse soup.

    • @user-of2cn1yp2r
      @user-of2cn1yp2r Před rokem +12

      @@nigelthornberry5375 I’m in the exact same boat. This song as been the anthem of radicalization for me

  • @haydenkline7836
    @haydenkline7836 Před 4 lety +1318

    It’s insane how good rap and hip hop has been this year like holy crap. But clipping. Might just take it to a new level with this album. This has to be one of the Songs if the year.

    • @TheClever69
      @TheClever69 Před 4 lety +99

      I've been saying for years now that the 2010s have been like a Renaissance for Hip Hop music. Almost like a second Golden Age if you look past the shit and listen to how unique, experimental and forward thinking so much of it is

    • @sammieslaterjr.8982
      @sammieslaterjr.8982 Před 4 lety +7

      they did take it to a new level, AOTY most certainly

    • @martis4951
      @martis4951 Před 4 lety +17

      @@TheClever69 it's "Because of the internet." Hahaha

    • @teratoma.
      @teratoma. Před 4 lety

      exactly

    • @FiReMaKeR
      @FiReMaKeR Před 4 lety +18

      Clipping is just next level shit. He's really miles ahead

  • @seviha
    @seviha Před 4 lety +2111

    I don't know dude, I just...I just drink blood dude

    • @nem6952
      @nem6952 Před 4 lety +239

      I don't know dude, I just eat gun dude

    • @gradono4967
      @gradono4967 Před 4 lety +162

      T H E F E A R

    • @wrytte
      @wrytte Před 4 lety +126

      Death Grips x Clipping? Yes please

    • @lemonadka__8972
      @lemonadka__8972 Před 4 lety +49

      jump, jump, jump

    • @seviha
      @seviha Před 4 lety +15

      @@lemonadka__8972 I STRONGLY ADVISE NOT JUMPING!!!!

  • @tasillk2824
    @tasillk2824 Před 2 lety +178

    I really hope that everyone who enjoys this song takes the time to really dive into the theory and history behind it. There are so many overt references to different radical figures and works here that remain worryingly relevant to the modern world

    • @Sebastian-qt4tz
      @Sebastian-qt4tz Před 2 lety +6

      mind sharing some of them? sounds interesting as hell

    • @getoffthetabledavid7793
      @getoffthetabledavid7793 Před 2 lety +20

      @@Sebastian-qt4tz well the song samples and plays heavy reference to the film “Ganja & Hess”. Much of the song’s themes and vampiric imagery is endowed to that film.

    • @funnehman
      @funnehman Před 2 lety +29

      @@Sebastian-qt4tz You can also look into basically every figure he references if you look up the lyrics. I hate to speak for the artist, but this seems to be(to me) a song about being proud, even militantly proud of who you are, specifically for black folks. He's basically talking about how the black movement has waited long enough to rise the fuck up. Especially if you consider the years before this came out, even before the protests after king george floyd, it's self explanitory if you actually listen. In a way, it's a call to arms.

  • @benschmie.8975
    @benschmie.8975 Před 4 lety +650

    This is one of the hardest tracks they have ever made holy shiiiit. Also Daveed looks hot.

    • @Beunibster
      @Beunibster Před 4 lety +54

      das gey and also I agree

    • @fish5215
      @fish5215 Před 4 lety +34

      He always did but okay.

    • @2122Hellfire
      @2122Hellfire Před 4 lety +87

      He looks like if Donald Glover ate another, smaller, Donald Glover.

    • @benschmie.8975
      @benschmie.8975 Před 4 lety +29

      @@fish5215 yeah but I've never seen him without a shirt or that nice a beard so it felt like good a time as any to say it

    • @trashypunkman7559
      @trashypunkman7559 Před 4 lety +11

      @@benschmie.8975 The beard is god like

  • @mabeldaowlx517
    @mabeldaowlx517 Před 4 lety +416

    Syllables per second (3:05-3:20):
    139 syllables/13.66 seconds
    10.1/second

    • @tyrannicalthesaurus4672
      @tyrannicalthesaurus4672 Před 4 lety +145

      I think the most impressive part is how effortless it sounds. He has insanely good diction even when rapping that fast which is really hard to do

    • @lazyshoggy
      @lazyshoggy Před 4 lety +49

      The friend who made me listen to this told me that he couldn't read the lyrics as fast as the song ...

    • @rhysdenno5993
      @rhysdenno5993 Před 3 lety +6

      *Intense guns and ships flashbacks ensue*

    • @lepurpleboi3266
      @lepurpleboi3266 Před 3 lety +2

      Wow I found the syllables per second in the comments more easily than a google search

  • @shrimpy420
    @shrimpy420 Před 4 lety +87

    There existed an addiction to this album

  • @EmbartSynth
    @EmbartSynth Před 4 lety +664

    Should i remind you that this guy sang a song about rubber ducky in Sesame Street?

    • @UltimateDrDoom
      @UltimateDrDoom Před 4 lety +118

      This man is for the people.
      He gonna hold everyone's hand.
      Dead or alive. Felt or flesh.

    • @user-xm3gp9zs5v
      @user-xm3gp9zs5v Před 4 lety +5

      Shut up

    • @ConvincingPeople
      @ConvincingPeople Před 4 lety +52

      Maździeg That just makes this better. Also he was the Marquis de Lafayette in a smash hit musical and co-wrote a hip-hop opera that was nominated for a Hugo Award. Also one of the producers here was in Captain Ahab and both have done renowned soundtrack work.
      Pitchfork, naturally, has never given one of their albums a 5.0 or higher. Because Pitchfork have no taste.

    • @fuckingcircles8638
      @fuckingcircles8638 Před 4 lety +8

      @@ConvincingPeople don't forget Jefferson

    • @maverickREAL
      @maverickREAL Před 4 lety +7

      @@ConvincingPeople go fuck yourself pitchfork

  • @mabeldaowlx517
    @mabeldaowlx517 Před 4 lety +571

    Nobody:
    Daveed: Imagine breathing lmao

    • @Daichifan1
      @Daichifan1 Před 4 lety +80

      That's a concept he is not familiar with. It's a scientifically proven fact that Daveed Diggs breathes through his hair. Each individual strand of hair has its own set of lungs, so he can never run out of air

    • @mabeldaowlx517
      @mabeldaowlx517 Před 4 lety +26

      @@Daichifan1 Ohh my mistake. Thank you for your insight. Very cool.

  • @durianhead
    @durianhead Před 4 lety +571

    yeah from this track the main takeaway is that i dont think daveed needs to breathe honestly. man doesnt have flow, he has the whole torrent

  • @elvecxz
    @elvecxz Před 4 lety +116

    I don't understand how this thing hasn't caught fire. I'm honestly trying to figure out how to work this video into every conversation I have right now.

    • @JuneAnne-Tifa-jz7fg
      @JuneAnne-Tifa-jz7fg Před 4 lety +15

      Too empowering lmao. It's telling black people to unite and fight back against oppression, of course it's not picking up.

  • @deadchannel507
    @deadchannel507 Před 4 lety +362

    Just remember this guy played the teacher in wonder

  • @kevinlong4657
    @kevinlong4657 Před 4 lety +196

    I'm no rap expert, but the third verse of this track might be the illest flow of all time

  • @dancegrape7368
    @dancegrape7368 Před 4 lety +65

    Finding the sample on the chorus must’ve been like finding gold. That sample sounds incredible and they utilized it incredibly

  • @alajsun7191
    @alajsun7191 Před 4 lety +70

    This song is so relevant right now, this has been on repeat for like the past week.

  • @shinohidanzetsu
    @shinohidanzetsu Před 4 lety +3337

    The "This is America" cinematic universe is really getting weird.

    • @notevenironicallyfunny204
      @notevenironicallyfunny204 Před 4 lety +166

      Stephen Smith cr cring crine cri SHUT THE FUCK UP!

    • @deejaybundst1671
      @deejaybundst1671 Před 4 lety +225

      "oh no, theres politics in my music" cringe i cant stop cringing at these things that i dont relate to!!

    • @bigexruss
      @bigexruss Před 4 lety +13

      The TiACU been weird

    • @gregorysanders3757
      @gregorysanders3757 Před 4 lety +70

      Shooter came out first. If anything it's the Shooter universe.

    • @karinamaloney1033
      @karinamaloney1033 Před 4 lety +35

      @@gregorysanders3757 I know, I've been telling people that "this is america" feels so much like "shooter". I'm glad I'm not the only one.

  • @CultureDTCTV
    @CultureDTCTV Před 4 lety +494

    Got my yellow flannel ready

  • @Verdugothewatcher
    @Verdugothewatcher Před 4 lety +54

    Unbelievably chilling during these times.

  • @noahchancer6450
    @noahchancer6450 Před 4 lety +97

    We get it Daveed, you've been hitting the gym.

  • @tescobesco
    @tescobesco Před 4 lety +154

    I enjoy drinking it up mr clipping

  • @MooseEatsBears
    @MooseEatsBears Před 5 měsíci +3

    I found this song from the movie this song samples. The child's chanting and the "There's existing an addiction to blood" are from the 1973 movie Ganja & Hess, a movie about a man cursed by an ancient artefact and becomes addicted to blood. Powerful movie about power, sex, religion, death, and race in America. I'd recommend it.

    • @elliesanders5525
      @elliesanders5525 Před 3 měsíci

      Is that that movie where the last 4th of the entirety of the movie is the director staring into the camera smoking a joint and just kind of talking about philosophy or something. There is a movie like that if this if this isn't the one then it reminds me of it I'll have to find it

  • @gerritsevereid4657
    @gerritsevereid4657 Před 4 lety +473

    when they said 'a boy is a gun' i didn't know it meant literally

    • @Nick_Rowlett
      @Nick_Rowlett Před 4 lety +49

      Boy eat gun. Boy turn gun into basic elements. Boy generate new cells from elements. Boy is now a gun.

    • @Crabgar
      @Crabgar Před 4 lety +19

      @@Nick_Rowlett like spider-man but he ate a gun
      gun-man

    • @xalener
      @xalener Před 4 lety +5

      @@Crabgar tetsuo the bullet man

    • @klolz4509
      @klolz4509 Před 4 lety +1

      Pfffft ha-

    • @ConvincingPeople
      @ConvincingPeople Před 4 lety +4

      Daveed Diggs gonna headline the Eat-Man movie.

  • @Champiness
    @Champiness Před 4 lety +60

    Periodic reminder that this dude played the cool English teacher in the 2017 feelgood family film “Wonder”

    • @kimsechrist4139
      @kimsechrist4139 Před 4 lety +3

      reminder that he substitute taught IN REAL LIFE

  • @ajchromatic
    @ajchromatic Před 4 lety +34

    Me: wow this music video is so moving.
    My last two brain cells: the gun is cake.

  • @bigrips7734
    @bigrips7734 Před 10 měsíci +9

    the fake crucifixion shot in the beginning is so fucking brilliant, shout out to the cinematographer

  • @GeniTLK
    @GeniTLK Před 4 lety +606

    I know y'all ain't ignoring the black history/empowerment commentary of the lyrics. Right? Right??

    • @melodyredacted1015
      @melodyredacted1015 Před 4 lety +89

      This track is an entire history and politics essay
      Lots to unpack and chew on

    • @Yet.Another.Rapper.KiG.V2
      @Yet.Another.Rapper.KiG.V2 Před 4 lety +86

      Hey, for every person who bumps it just because they think it sounds cool, someone actually pauses and says, "wait, what is he saying?"
      The Revolution spreads, even on the backs of the unwitting and yet-to-be enlightened.

    • @TeknoSquirrel
      @TeknoSquirrel Před 4 lety +49

      Even the imagery in the video - Daveed being handcuffed to a medical bed with an abdominal injury in reference to Huey Newton.

    • @insertname8889
      @insertname8889 Před 4 lety +5

      None is ignoring it

    • @backwardsbandit8094
      @backwardsbandit8094 Před 4 lety +15

      It's impossible to ignore imo and it's what makes this track so awesome

  • @mmitchelldaviss
    @mmitchelldaviss Před 4 lety +129

    GOOD.

  • @crashingspectacular
    @crashingspectacular Před 4 lety +35

    If there was ever a time to bump this....

  • @BubblesTheBard
    @BubblesTheBard Před 4 lety +178

    "Brother Malcom done told y'all by any means, so what y'all talking about "on the same team"" goddamn.

  • @michaelcristoferi6845
    @michaelcristoferi6845 Před 4 lety +121

    I can't wait for everyone to hear this full album. The stream has been incredible.

    • @AggroNoobs
      @AggroNoobs Před 4 lety +1

      My jaw was on the floor the entire time and I STILL have the Sub Pop tab open to go back to randomly.

    • @wrytte
      @wrytte Před 4 lety +5

      @@edgarolvera5046 story 7 is by far the best story yet and we haven't even heard 3 or 6...

    • @trini9887
      @trini9887 Před 4 lety

      W-where'd you hear it??

    • @AggroNoobs
      @AggroNoobs Před 4 lety

      @@trini9887 if you pre-ordered the album through sub pop you can stream it there early.

    • @virtualfreek7712
      @virtualfreek7712 Před 4 lety

      @@trini9887 I can email you a link for it, if you'd like

  • @melodiehutchins2499
    @melodiehutchins2499 Před 3 lety +38

    Anyone who says Eminem is a rap god obviously never heard our man daveed 🖤

  • @Missjunebugfreak
    @Missjunebugfreak Před 4 lety +34

    This is genuinely one of the most fantastic hip hop songs I've heard in a while. Just insane levels of talent.

    • @spopydude69
      @spopydude69 Před rokem +3

      Probably one of the most fantastic songs I’ve heard period

  • @anuel3780
    @anuel3780 Před 4 lety +261

    wait, the ending shows Daveed, gun in hand, with a halo behind him
    Nothing is Safe had the lyrics:
    *"You look and see a gun, a man with no face
    A golden halo that could be the sun"*

    • @GravelordNEETo
      @GravelordNEETo Před 4 lety +10

      Daveed has face

    • @anuel3780
      @anuel3780 Před 4 lety +4

      @@GravelordNEETo right up in your face
      Face it

    • @WinterReflections
      @WinterReflections Před 4 lety +14

      Yes, but that song was about drug dealers in the trap getting taken out, and this song is about violent revolution, so I'm not so sure about the connection.

    • @anuel3780
      @anuel3780 Před 4 lety +34

      @@WinterReflections Nothing Is Safe does involve drug dealing but I thought it was mainly based on the terror of police portrayed as faceless monsters (to go with the halloween like atmosphere of the album), and that Blood of the Fang flips it on the head, as the race-based violence from police is now fought against (among general racism and white supremacy). The tables have turned. *(but that's just a theory. A MUSIC THEORY)*

    • @domestic_sausage8643
      @domestic_sausage8643 Před 4 lety +4

      The golden halo is a muzzle flash

  • @Sewblick
    @Sewblick Před 4 lety +34

    People are sleeping on this. Scandalous it doesn’t have millions of views already let alone 100k. This is fucking incredible

  • @fleur-chan5616
    @fleur-chan5616 Před 4 lety +79

    It turned from a rap to a mukbang

  • @alemmingsdeath
    @alemmingsdeath Před 4 lety +14

    @3:30 That flow is relentless!

  • @oscarh5439
    @oscarh5439 Před 3 lety +19

    These guys are definitely my second favourite trio of 2 white dudes and a black dude that make experimental rap music

  • @psychticambitin7987
    @psychticambitin7987 Před 4 lety +22

    If this dropped a few days ago about the protests i wouldn't even question it. Holy shit this couldn't be more relevant.

  • @austensg9596
    @austensg9596 Před rokem +5

    He just referenced so many revolutionaries I lost count

  • @JP-dw9tv
    @JP-dw9tv Před 4 lety +42

    Y’all outdo yourself every time you put something new out. Phenomenal

  • @j.ayd3388
    @j.ayd3388 Před 4 lety +20

    me: *bopping to this masterpiece of a song*
    also me: how the hell did they fit daveed's hair in that surgical net

  • @beargitta
    @beargitta Před 4 lety +25

    daveed looks so good 🥺

  • @xvi2383
    @xvi2383 Před 3 lety +7

    I'm glad those nice doctors provided a life staving procedure on that gun

  • @tinyybiceps
    @tinyybiceps Před 4 lety +62

    This song sounds like what my panic attacks feel like. but in a good way

  • @grahamkristensen9301
    @grahamkristensen9301 Před 4 lety +2653

    They did surgery on a gun.

  • @quan-dale
    @quan-dale Před 10 měsíci +3

    thank you daveed and co

  • @bambi6900
    @bambi6900 Před 4 lety +13

    The style of this is crazy, it’s so different but it’s also very clever. With everything going on we need something like this, literally such a good message.

  • @anesu4548
    @anesu4548 Před 2 lety +4

    I am blessed I got to know and listen to Clipping music. I'm only disappointed that the broader hip-hop community doesn't know Daveed Diggs' a dope rapper as good as Kendrick Lamar!

  • @TimTam60
    @TimTam60 Před rokem +4

    Might be one of the best rap songs ever created.

  • @angeliniac
    @angeliniac Před 4 lety +6

    "now what that tell ya 'bout death?"
    "i imagine death so much it feels more like a memory..."

  • @MitchGrogg
    @MitchGrogg Před 4 lety +150

    I needed this.
    WE needed this.

  • @MyKoreanBoyfriends
    @MyKoreanBoyfriends Před 4 lety +11

    I was speechless at first, because I felt every word you said. You brought my emotions to life. I was saying the hook with you by the middle. As to everything that was said. All I can say is Thank You

  • @georgebad4229
    @georgebad4229 Před 4 lety +19

    Bruh I always thought that Daveed digs just sounded like Jefferson/Lafayette form Hamilton I never actually looked it up until to today man that’s crazy.

  • @poproxycodone6409
    @poproxycodone6409 Před 4 lety +59

    if every album by them from this point on is a sci-fi twist on a civil rights movement im cool w/ dat

    • @pmshrevecomm
      @pmshrevecomm Před 3 lety +1

      Man, RTJ and clipping need to collab

  • @cinephilefromhell
    @cinephilefromhell Před 4 lety +412

    This seems like a response to “This is America” with more of their signature weirdness

    • @144avery
      @144avery Před 4 lety +30

      The lights in the beginning look like a Childish album cover too

    • @harrisonglenn6204
      @harrisonglenn6204 Před 4 lety +62

      And Daveed looks a lot like Gambino except somehow even sexier.
      But read the description though. There's plenty of references to Civil Rights Movement era black culture and figures that slipped by me at first that make it similar to This Is America too

    • @Molteniceee
      @Molteniceee Před 4 lety +14

      @@andreapiersanti7713 don't try to tell me This Is America had no thought put into the lyrics

    • @Molteniceee
      @Molteniceee Před 4 lety +20

      @@andreapiersanti7713 of course I'm not saying This Is America is super deep and this song isn't. but both songs have a lot to say, This Is America just chooses to use less words to convey the message
      i'd also like to point out that i think you're making this observation because both videos have shirtless black men with similar hairstyles

    • @bleakstk
      @bleakstk Před 4 lety +3

      lol this is america is absolute garbage, clipping are leagues better

  • @luny2nez281
    @luny2nez281 Před 4 lety +12

    This might be one of their best songs. This might also be the best album of this year

  • @andrewbeard5250
    @andrewbeard5250 Před 3 lety +13

    Those quiet bells in the background add so much to the track it's insane

  • @groverXIII
    @groverXIII Před 4 lety +81

    Me through most of the song: HOLEEEEEEEEE SHIT
    Me at the end: Did he really just... eat an AK?

    • @Skellington77
      @Skellington77 Před 4 lety +4

      I think "HOOOOOOOOOLEEEEEEEEEEEE SHIIIIIIT" is the only caliber of reaction that fits this song

    • @Mit852
      @Mit852 Před 4 lety +1

      @@Skellington77 haha caliber. Was it 7.62 or 5.45?

  • @loam_0
    @loam_0 Před 4 lety +59

    clppng most underrated rap group of all time

    • @goombalsded
      @goombalsded Před 4 lety +1

      Daveed is the only rapper tho, so not a rap group

    • @ChannelMan434
      @ChannelMan434 Před 4 lety +6

      LordGabbe it’s a trio of musicians who make rap music, thus rap group

    • @goombalsded
      @goombalsded Před 4 lety +9

      @@ChannelMan434 a rap group needs more rappers. When there is only one vocalist and the rest are producers/play instruments it's a band

    • @johnserrano8258
      @johnserrano8258 Před 4 lety +1

      LordGabbe
      Personally, I would classify clipping as a rap group, mainly because they are a group that primarily makes rap centric material.
      In my personal way of classification, I would consider a group of rappers as a rap collective.

  • @dasaniwater5073
    @dasaniwater5073 Před 4 lety +341

    Well isn't this song relevant to the times

    • @nstvntt7410
      @nstvntt7410 Před 4 lety +6

      drink it up drink it up

    • @toughdough
      @toughdough Před 4 lety +8

      And much of it blue

    • @TTOWN205
      @TTOWN205 Před 4 lety +10

      Queen Angela done told y'all grasp at the root. So what y'all talking 'bout "Hands up. Don't shoot."

    • @AProudDad
      @AProudDad Před 4 lety +3

      Indeed

  • @stanbai5263
    @stanbai5263 Před 3 lety +2

    Thanks, clipping, found a good movie to watch :)

  • @clppng
    @clppng  Před 4 lety +34

    There Existed an Addiction to Blood is out now!
    u.subpop.com/TEAABSPL

    • @B1K3R1N0
      @B1K3R1N0 Před 2 lety +5

      Yo kinda crazy how this only has 8 likes

  • @FeralWorker
    @FeralWorker Před 3 lety +10

    Google/CZcams seems to've made this unsearchable.

    • @camilaramos389
      @camilaramos389 Před 3 lety +1

      yeah, had to search it on clppng's youtube channel

  • @BRUNOAZIZ
    @BRUNOAZIZ Před 4 lety +4

    i think when Clipping is doing blow he speaks in slow motion and still can nail it!

  • @user-of2cn1yp2r
    @user-of2cn1yp2r Před rokem +5

    I’ve been listening to this song several times a day almost every day since mid July. I’ve also been learning about the black panthers during that time. I’m ready Revolutionary Suicide right now, but the context didn’t make sense for me until now and it’s shifted this whole video into perspective. Of course this is just my personal interpretation of it:
    I don’t think it’s necessary to point out that the song is about the Black Panther Party because that’s pretty obvious. I do think it’s worth mentioning that I think the context for the first scene makes sense being inspired by Huey Newton’s visit to Kaiser Hopsital after being accused of being in a police shootout that resulted in the death of officer John Frey. When Huey was stopped by police and being arrested, he was shot in the stomach by one of the officers. He was taken to Kaiser Hospital and was immediately chained to the examining table and beaten on by the police. According to Huey in his book, police also was continually harassed by police during his recovery but that’s all explained in Revolutionary Suicide. Taking that event into account and it all sort of clicks into perspective.

  • @OdieEsty
    @OdieEsty Před 4 lety +26

    I watched this like 6 times before I got the visual pun at the end
    he eats a gun

  • @moonhead5555
    @moonhead5555 Před rokem +9

    Holy fuck does this song make anybody else completely lose their mind? Unbelievably sick, especially the last verse, that had my jaw on the floor I s2g

  • @andreabustamante192
    @andreabustamante192 Před 4 lety +59

    I'm sure every trained muscle on his body only comes from rapping his soul off

    • @burntramen3167
      @burntramen3167 Před 4 lety +1

      He goes so hard that it's a work out!😁 have you seen videos of him after a show? He's sweating buckets and it's not the lights cause usually it's very dark!

  • @soadslut8440
    @soadslut8440 Před 4 lety +6

    This needs more recognition

  • @fai7hs
    @fai7hs Před 4 měsíci +1

    been obsessed with this song

  • @gregoniousjonkonious81
    @gregoniousjonkonious81 Před rokem +2

    Cant wait to see these guys at Lowlands this year

  • @jackward9016
    @jackward9016 Před 4 lety +10

    Jesus these guys are underrated

  • @otgregg3899
    @otgregg3899 Před 4 lety +6

    Daveed is fr one of the best lyricists in the GAME BRO!! Can’t wait to get my vinyl preorder!!

  • @samwaymon4354
    @samwaymon4354 Před 4 lety +20

    Great song! loved it! Ganja & Hess is still important. Love, Sam Waymon

    • @MrDoctorMabuse
      @MrDoctorMabuse Před 3 lety +1

      Sir, thank you for your work to make art with Bill Gunn and those many other legendary talents. Watching the film again on the Criterion Channel brought me here. Important = if anything an understatement.

  • @KidHellacious
    @KidHellacious Před 4 lety +3

    YESSSSSS NEW CLIPPING IM SO EXCITED THIS IS HAPPENING! For real! A year ago I wasn’t sure if new clipping would ever even happen or when... but now it’s here! Eek

  • @Yet.Another.Rapper.KiG.V2
    @Yet.Another.Rapper.KiG.V2 Před 4 lety +13

    Solidarity!
    WORKERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE! WE HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT OUR CHAINS!

  • @eis249
    @eis249 Před 4 lety +2

    PERFECT! *whistles and watches it again and again and again and...*

  • @z00pac
    @z00pac Před 4 lety +9

    The references in this are amazing. This the kinda shit i need rn

  • @kevinlong4657
    @kevinlong4657 Před 4 lety +1

    This has me stoked. I keep bumping this multiple times in a row and just wanting to turn it up. Love the video, the lyrics and the beat. Sick.

  • @amandahall4234
    @amandahall4234 Před 4 lety +4

    Love the power electronics elements to you tunes.

  • @Broppo
    @Broppo Před 4 lety +6

    I know we are here for the music and all but mannnn Diggs looks cut as hell 😱👌

  • @StringierHail56
    @StringierHail56 Před 4 lety +8

    Thank you, Mr Clip! Very cool!

  • @GossamerJedi
    @GossamerJedi Před 4 lety +3

    What a masterpiece of work on so many levels. Stunning.

  • @shrimpy420
    @shrimpy420 Před 4 lety +7

    daveed be making that gun look tasty af

  • @makannetflix9030
    @makannetflix9030 Před 3 lety +5

    CZcams algorithm doesn't let me watch this video for the 100th time.. I have to search it in clipping channel :3

    • @ThePersonNetwork
      @ThePersonNetwork Před 3 lety +1

      Same here, I think it's blacklisted.

    • @_jagger1407
      @_jagger1407 Před 3 lety +1

      Weird, this happens to me on 96 Neve Campbell too

  • @TheCynicalPinnacle
    @TheCynicalPinnacle Před 4 lety +1

    All three tracks teasing the album have been fucking stellar ⁠- thank you for uncompromisingly doing you, Clipping!

  • @alexhorbacz1547
    @alexhorbacz1547 Před 4 lety +2

    How does one go from Hamilton to this. It is mindboggling

  • @JoshuaMPatton
    @JoshuaMPatton Před 4 lety +12

    Now that I am watching this in summer 2020, it makes perfect sense that the gun is cake.

  • @bennie.379
    @bennie.379 Před 4 lety +7

    My most anticipated album of the year OMFFF
    EDIT: Just realized you can stream it if you preorder - it lives up to the hype fellas

  • @shutupheather2621
    @shutupheather2621 Před 4 lety +35

    ...oh
    Oh
    OH
    *OH*

  • @zarakamat1805
    @zarakamat1805 Před 4 lety +14

    This makes Guns and Ships look like a little baby.

  • @BlackishUniversity
    @BlackishUniversity Před 2 lety +5

    We do intellectual breakdowns on my CZcams channel and someone recommended Clipping - Blood Of The Fang. WOW! The one song took me over an hour to break down. lol. Excellent overall work!!

  • @przemysawornicz6608
    @przemysawornicz6608 Před 4 lety +144

    Ah, yes.
    It's AOTY time.

    • @GamingOS
      @GamingOS Před 4 lety +2

      IDK man, as much as I love clipping, i don't see this topping AMHAC, itll probably top the new danny brown project and maybe even IGOR but I guess i got to wait to see when its out.

    • @freezobreezo
      @freezobreezo Před 4 lety +7

      @@GamingOS Listened to the album due to pre-ordering the CD, I can tell you, The album beats out peggy's new album. Whilst AMHAC is an incredible album, this album be an absolute AOTY. Be prepared.

    • @przemysawornicz6608
      @przemysawornicz6608 Před 4 lety +3

      @@GamingOS While "Jesus Forgive Me..." is still my SOTY, I'd say this outshines the majority of Peggy's new material. Much as I respect him as an artist, I don't find myself coming back to AMHAC as frequently as I did to Veteran.

    • @GamingOS
      @GamingOS Před 4 lety +5

      @@przemysawornicz6608 I guess its just a difference in opinion then. I've listened to AMHAC almost every day since it came out and it still is getting better every listen. I find it much more interesting than Veteran tbh.

    • @devonhalford5522
      @devonhalford5522 Před 4 lety +1

      Ah, yes.
      Enslaved perfection

  • @petricolous
    @petricolous Před rokem +1

    this is so good i have goosebumbs, it's everything i was looking for in hip hop