Posted October 11, 2011 by Eddie "STATS" 17 comments

Video: Nas “Nasty”

When it rains it pours, y’all, another thing we have been waiting for with bated breath, Nas drops his video for “Nasty.” With its Queensbridge on-location shoot and looming towers, this visually echoes previous vids and photos but with a more conceptual twist as Nasir strips away the layers of floss to get back to the raw essence of his sound. As I’ve stated in these pages (pixels) I am such a stan for this song that almost any vid would be disappointing compared with the Wild Style/Warriors/Belly movie that is playing in my head, but director Jason Goldwatch definitely did his thing. Instead of making a bare bones video like every other broke-pocket director in 2011, he laid bare the bones one by one on camera.

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http://myjestikblog.com myjestik

i was there when nas dropped the nasty.
josh

what is a ‘broke-pocket director”?
- http://www.okayplayer.com Eddie “STATS”
  
  A: most video directors in 2011. As people who been in this industry for a minute (hi!) know, the current financial situation of labels and artists simply doesn’t add up to the video budgets of yesteryear. what i like about this vid is that Goldwatch basically makes a liability into an asset because he made the video ABOUT stripping away all the bling and trappings we have been conditioned to expect from rap videos. we seem to be experiencing a little moment or back to the essence rap, of which this song is the ultimate example and i think thats what the vid is about, at least thats how i read it…
RealTalker

Video brought to you by DIDDY and “Ciroc” SHAKE MY DAM HEAD . . .
datNIGGAJ

on the real doe…how many rappers u know could walk through their projects flossin’ like dat and not get ROBBED on principle? on the flipside, i could see a funny spoof of the video done where some cat walks through his old hood and gets robbed for his shit while he’s spittin’…ha ha…
zubrainz on twitter

wow!!!! nasty …nas bout to show em….lmao he killed that shit tho….
sstretch

Those lyrics were definitely on point, beat was cool, but hopefully NAS got more gutter and better beats on this album.

Check out the beats at http://www.soundcloud.com/sstretch68323
http://Gardenstatehiphop.com @RodGstatehiphop

@Eddie Stats I agree with you 100%. But this should come as no surprise to anyone, Goldwatch has been creating meaningful work for years.

Peace,

Rodney C. (Gardenstatehiphop.com)
KD06

Good concept. Looking forward to the final product as always…
don kwon

Nas.. you’re capable of so much more. W A C K.
POAAU78

Glad to Nas get back to that Nasty Nas ill spitter shit.
.com

dope!
Terrence

I like this it looks like hip-hop is taking it back to its roots(I made a funny).With Nas setting it.
Ojos22555

Nas proving he’s easily one of the best lyrisists in the game. But I gotta agree w/ RealTalker; the shameless product placement is a disappointment.
Opinionated13

Hard beats even harder rhymes ..can’t seem 2 remember where this guy goes wrong at ..every album can’t B classic but which 1 was not worth buyin (from the store) even his c grade albums are betta than alotta niggas collection ………
Dj ashyknuckles

its about damn time…why it take so long for him to drop some respectable shit?? he just need to get rid of his fade and i just might consider mildly fu*kin with him again…he been wack for too long for me to do that right now
Dj ashyknuckles

the roots are on the verge of doing the same…that nonsense fu*kery of an album called how i got over was some straight up dog shit…i felt disrespected from that ish…i’m just waiting to hate on this next joint like a daddy waitin on his kid who snuck out the house to come home…shit better not be wack yo…