Common Testify (9 Minute Short Film)
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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.
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December 14th, 2007 at 11:27 am
1st ……..she was trife!
December 14th, 2007 at 11:30 am
common “be” album was the hottest album in like 10 years… classic material
December 14th, 2007 at 11:44 am
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December 14th, 2007 at 11:50 am
common in the building
December 14th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
I miss videos with substance.
December 14th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
that was hot
December 14th, 2007 at 1:26 pm
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
December 14th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
shit. Now I gotta listen to Hurricane Chris to even shit out. LOL!
December 14th, 2007 at 2:32 pm
shit was hot
December 14th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
love it…this iz just like “usual Suspects” the movie
December 14th, 2007 at 3:39 pm
”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.
December 14th, 2007 at 3:47 pm
Yo I’m selling oranges, nice Vida Guerra picture in your avatar. Damn shes fine.
December 14th, 2007 at 4:38 pm
Hot Video
December 14th, 2007 at 4:41 pm
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.
December 14th, 2007 at 5:04 pm
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)
December 14th, 2007 at 5:58 pm
ill
triflin
but ill
December 14th, 2007 at 7:01 pm
this is one of my favorite common videos dude is a genius yo
December 14th, 2007 at 9:12 pm
This video was sick, and the song is tight too.
December 15th, 2007 at 2:10 am
That was hot, he’s doing his thing.
December 15th, 2007 at 10:10 am
Crazy, was mad surprised first time I saw it