December 14th, 2007

Common Testify (9 Minute Short Film)



via Street Knowledge

Testify” was the fourth single from rapper Common ’s 2005 album Be. The original song clocked in at just above two and a half minutes, it was the second shortest track on Be (after the albums intro). It is produced by Kanye West, whose beat heavily utilizes vocal samples from “Innocent Until Proven Guilty” by Honey Cone. A short film was directed by Anthony Mandler and produced by Boxfresh Pictures. It stars Taraji Henson, Wood Harris, Steve Harris, Kenny Burns and Kevin Black. The full length video premiered during a Making The Video segment and all subsequent airings were a scaled down to a three minute version. The song’s story is about a woman who manipulates a judge and jury to find her partner guilty of a crime she committed. After the case is settled, she starts laughing and reveals that she is the criminal. 2] The song was a critical hit garnering a nomination for Best Rap Solo Performance at the 48th Grammy Awards.



20 Responses to “Common Testify (9 Minute Short Film)”

  1. wow! Says:

    1st ……..she was trife!

  2. nessnice Says:

    common “be” album was the hottest album in like 10 years… classic material

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  4. White Bread.............................stewie griffin Says:

    common in the building

  5. Jaisaun Says:

    I miss videos with substance.

  6. santana Says:

    that was hot

  7. chosen2bfly Says:

    that’s why I love hip hop! give me an interesting story.. tell me something that makes me wanna listen to it til the end.. and if you also know how to put words together, like Common does, then I ma buy that album. Still bumpin BE

  8. Oh C'mon! Says:

    shit. Now I gotta listen to Hurricane Chris to even shit out. LOL!

  9. famousape Says:

    shit was hot

  10. Jozzy Says:

    love it…this iz just like “usual Suspects” the movie

  11. Im selling oranges papi Says:

    ”Common sense is not as common as it appears to be” Common.

    That shit was dope. The actual Album was dope. Song was serious. Loving with common makes sense.

  12. Stand Up Says:

    Yo I’m selling oranges, nice Vida Guerra picture in your avatar. Damn shes fine.

  13. Jigga Says:

    Hot Video

  14. Ahijah Says:

    I loved “Be” when it came out and I love Finding Forever, give me a video with substance anyday over some bullshit video with loads of sluts.

  15. DaWhan Ya Next Favorite Rappa Says:

    yo this shit was mad hot and i think that this is what hip hop is really about giving your audience somthing to think about and listen to at the same time with out clapping ands or cranking that anything(yes all of those songs are for retarded people if you like any of them please go kill yourself)

  16. LWonder Says:

    ill

    triflin

    but ill

  17. MiKE LuV Says:

    this is one of my favorite common videos dude is a genius yo

  18. african outlaw Says:

    This video was sick, and the song is tight too.

  19. Solid_F0X Says:

    That was hot, he’s doing his thing.

  20. Flippin-s Says:

    Crazy, was mad surprised first time I saw it

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