Posted February 6, 2012 by Eddie "STATS" 21 comments

Video: Pharoahe Monch “Still Standing” f/ Jill Scott

What you really need to know about this new video is: it’s Pharoahe Monch featuring Jill Scott. It’s also important to note that Pharoahe did not draw for Jilly’s big guns (pipes) for just any old track. No, you only call up the vocal National Guard in a real state of emergency–in this case a highly personal track that takes the viewer through not one but two near-death experiences. The video, directed by Terence Nance, likewise makes excellent use of strong camera-work and some very simple visual elements to make the out-of-body moment real for the viewer. Watch and you may know more about how the world looks from behind Pharoahe’s eyes than you ever thought possible. His LP W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) is available on iTunes now.

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http://www.youtube.com/user/DobroBad DoBro

WoWonderful Nuff Respect Mr.Pha & amazing Jill !!!
Great Work ready always Okplayer !!!
Jehsyn

So good. Thank you!
KD06

It’s been a while but I haven’t seen a video that has made me like a song more when I saw the video. This is it. Always rocked with the lyrics I just got tired on the singing hook format on WAR. May need to revisit this…
The SoapBox Killer

Ok I needed that.! Thank you.
Brooke

Wow!!! I haven’t listened to Pharoahe Monch in years but the song and visuals revives my interest in his music.
O.S.

Pharoahe and the lady Jilly from Philly showing how beautiful a hip hop song can be…..I encourage everyone out there who has a young one listening to trash music to show them this video as well as Clap….Much Respect
Jericho Drumm

Loving it!!!
Drew

Sometimes you need the extra visuals to appreciate a song. This is pure Pharoahe, at his norm, and the soulful Jill Scott just adds to the purity! Hip-hop that we all need to listen to and help us get thru our day – thank you P. Monch!
http://www.myspace.com/GAIAearthpeace GAIAearthpeace.

SOUL-STIRRING!>>>this one hits you straight in the heart, YOU FEEL IT WHEN IT’S REAL!
POAAU78

I agree with S.B. Killer, i need some inspiration on this tuesday morning and that just came at the time it was meant to come to me. I’m going to bang this when i get up @ 440 A to go to wrk. Thanks a million Pharoe and Queen Jill.
http://terence.mvmt.com Terence Nance

Thanks for posting! Can you do me a favor and correct the spelling of my name? It’s Terence Nance as opposed to Terrance
- http://www.okayplayer.com Eddie “STATS”
  
  corrected! and my apologies for that…
The SoapBox Killer

Yeah I just wanted to say “OK, I still need that!”
Ama

I absolutely love this. The beat rocks, the rhymes are tight and the message is fortifying.
sstretch

one of the best songs on that great album and the visuals just made it better, PHAROAH and JILL, great combination.

check out the beats at http://www.soundcloud.com/sstretch68323
http://www.fix-computers.net Fix Manchester

Brilliant track, loving Jill on this
D.Hogg

is this off of W.A.R.? going to buy it right now.
DJ Awethentic

I don’t understand why ARTISTS like Mr. Monch get absolutely NO pub. It’s really sad; this man has an incredible catalog of songs/albums and hardly anyone knows who he is. Sad. Probably the most underrated MC of all time. He’s delivered classic after classic…don’t make me list them. “When The Gun Draws”…whoo! Even from the days w/ Prince Po it was evident that Monch was an upper echelon type of MC. He’s in a class w/ Black Thought, Common & Phonte; extremely versatile. Damn, talk about a supergroup…
Dr. Boogie

LYRICS-TRACK-VOCALS-VIDEO SUPREME…..

This is how it should be done…
Kenneth P. Garnier

Way too nice…
http://KiNCAMELL(GOOGLETHAT) KiN CAMELL

LOVE !