NaS brings grimey bootleg VHS/ghetto cable-access TV productions values to visualize his brilliant track "Queens Story," a stark contrast to the Marley-Marl-symphonics of the beat--or rather the score--produced by Salaam Remi. Easily one of the best tracks on easily one of the best albums of the year (in fact, a prime contender for best rap song of 2012 amongst the hip-hop literati I fux with). Not usually trying to post shaky-camera videos of strippers and club-fights on OKP but to every rule there is an exception, and this is it--we know Nas could've gone Black Bond with the production values for this oral history of his hometown if he chose to, making the urban legends of Queens into larger-than-life myths. But he chose to keep it grassroots, making the medium reflect the message in urgent and original fashion. Watch below:
