Thu 9 Feb 2012
Kanye West & Jay-Z ‘Go CRAY’ In “Ni**as In Paris” (New Video)
Posted by Mr.North under Concerts , Fashion , Performances , Videos[46] Comments
After a little extended wait, Kanye West and Jay-Z bring their live show to the video screen in “Ni**as In Paris.” The Hit-Boy-produced (and now certified double-platinum) smash single off Watch The Throne gets the video treatment featuring footage of their tour stop at L.A.’s Staples Center back in December. While it isn’t exactly Paris, go cray with The Throne in the City of Angels.
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Previously:
Meet Viral Sensation, “N—as In Paris” Subway Rapper, Terrane Hicks!
Only In NYC: Insane “N***as In Paris” Subway Singer Has Officially Made It
Watch The Throne Overkill? Jay-Z & Kanye Perform ‘Paris’ 9 Times in LA
Kanye West & Jay-Z – “Otis” (Video)
February 9th, 2012 at 11:50 am
MissInfo if you don’t just wait for VEVO/YouTube to premiere this ish -__- The 1080p on YouTube looks so much better http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG_dA32oH44 🙂
February 9th, 2012 at 11:56 am
THAT SHIT CRAY!!!!
February 9th, 2012 at 11:57 am
not what I expected. could have been more epic
February 9th, 2012 at 12:19 pm
This video is beyond DOPE. That is all.
Cue the Illuminati historians and conspiracy theorists…
February 9th, 2012 at 12:26 pm
decent song, good video
February 9th, 2012 at 12:32 pm
now come on, the photograph in that was amazing. dre was right it could’ve been more epic.
@mike s. im a strong jay n ye fan (the conspiracy theories are utter bs), but did you not clearly visibly see the freemason symbol at the end of the video?
February 9th, 2012 at 12:33 pm
@mike s. im a strong jay n ye fan (the conspiracy theories are utter bs), but did you not clearly visibly see the freemason symbol at the end of the video?
February 9th, 2012 at 12:37 pm
Very dope video, nicely done from mostly concert footage
February 9th, 2012 at 1:32 pm
freemason? lol, dont ya’ll see these dudes just messing with ya’ll heads. Did dame get kicked out the freemason. Oh, let me guess, the freemason came to jay and told him its either them or dame and he picked them. When did Kanye become a member? before or after the taylor swift incident. I guess when you’re not successful at anything in life you figure it’s because of some secret society who refuse to let you in. Is Chris Brown freemason cause I thought he was done after the who rihanna beat down. Did he have to become a member to get his old spot back or was it just hard work?
February 9th, 2012 at 1:40 pm
Love the song, hate the video
February 9th, 2012 at 1:57 pm
The video was dope, But i wanna to see a much better video for this song. Hey im still listening to the throne baby. Giants all day bitch.
February 9th, 2012 at 2:12 pm
Of course I did, but I’ve done a lot of reading on the topic so I’m more conscious to such things. Have you ever done any reading/research on Freemason/Illuminati symbolism? If you do you’ll realize fairly quickly that almost anything can be considered part of the Illuminati at this point.. ANYTHING.
(Animal print, the “OK” hand gesture, one eye covered, pale skin, certain colors, certain shapes, even fuckin Mikey Mouse ears (yes, I’m serious).. and the list goes on and on).
The point isn’t whether or not certain images can be perceived as Illuminati symbolism, it’s whether or not the intended usage was some sort of secret communication from the director of this video to the people that secretly run the world. Do you really believe that that’s what this was? Really?
There are certain things I believe were definitely intended to symbolize the Illuminati (or Freemasons in general), like The Statue of Liberty for example.. but shit like a Lady Gaga photo shoot for Cosmopolitan Magazine? Nah..
February 9th, 2012 at 2:14 pm
That Video was a dud. seriously any who likes that is blinded by their Standom. Curren$y puts out better “concert show videos” than this and he doesn’t have 1/16th of their budget
February 9th, 2012 at 2:32 pm
shit is weak and lazy.
February 9th, 2012 at 2:50 pm
+1
February 9th, 2012 at 2:57 pm
Absolutely perfect…..
February 9th, 2012 at 3:15 pm
i dnt understand the hate just for the sake of hating itsa music video , yall acting like its some art project, that shit was dope, if you dnt like it keep it moving
February 9th, 2012 at 3:32 pm
I was at the 12/11 WTT concert in LA. Stood on the chairs on the floor during the 8x Na’s in Paris performance. I tried to see if I was in the video, but I almost went cock-eyed due to all the flashes and cut-ins!
February 9th, 2012 at 3:38 pm
Wait “the point is whether or not the intended usage was some sort of secret communication from the director of this video to the people that secretly run the world” lol u think that’s the point?
I mean I don’t believe that’s what this video was but I don’t think that’s what the symbolism is about in this day and age either.
My perception of the symbolism is that it represents power on the highest level, we can get over the fact of if the illuminati/free mason symbolism is there, we know its there and we see it but what does it mean? It has to symbolize power, them letting the ones privy to the symbolism know that they have their hand in this or that and they are in some way in control of that. That’s my take at least.
I knew I would catch some illuminati shit in the video but I am used to that now… The video was good otherwise though.
February 9th, 2012 at 3:42 pm
I liked the video for what it is… I also loved the fact that they used the audio from the performance and not just the regular song. It gives it a different feel.
February 9th, 2012 at 3:50 pm
Hard to watch. I’m a fan of the song but the video seemed a bit too much. I would’ve preferred straight concert footage without all the double screens.
February 9th, 2012 at 4:25 pm
Agreed,great song but how is filming a concert considered a video is beyond me. No visual concepts or nothing. **Thumbs down from me
February 9th, 2012 at 4:32 pm
ok for what it was, but what i had imagined was actual niggas in paris, i wanted to see Ye, Jay, Diddy, Will Smith, and Kobe and even Barack(HAHA) in Paris ballin the fuck out. Pullin Up to the Lourve or Eiffel Tower 5 maybachs deep. Pullin up on fashion week, at a chateau with royals, on a boat going thru the citys’ main river, with hella models!
February 9th, 2012 at 5:18 pm
The problem with hip hop is that any negative criticism is automatically considered hate. It is an art project. Music is an art form and the videos are supposed to help you visualize what the artist is trying to say. People were actually looking forward to the video so they have every right to be disappointed when a sub par video is put out. Let me ask you what was dope about it? the mirror affects? or the flashing lights because I’m sure i can do both of those on my windows pc and I’ve never made a video in my life.
February 9th, 2012 at 5:27 pm
This video cray, it almost gave me a seizure……
February 9th, 2012 at 5:27 pm
lol word
February 9th, 2012 at 5:49 pm
the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convicing the world he didnt exist. I see he fooled one of us.
February 9th, 2012 at 6:45 pm
I was just being sarcastic with shit about communicating to the people that secretly run the world, but that was really besides the point. All I’m saying is just because these images can relate to, or are similar to, Illuminati symbolism that it doesn’t automatically mean that that’s what was intended. Because you can literally find Freemason/Illuminati symbols in EVERYTHING.
February 9th, 2012 at 7:32 pm
I agree with everything Mike S. said.
would also like to add, not all masons are illuminati! I know a mason who works for the transit authority! lol he doesn’t secretly run the world! he lives in a modest household with a wife & one kid! he proudly sports a shit load of those “Masonic symbols” all around the license plate of his Nissan Max! sure he probably has a few connects in high places here & there, but I think the over-reacting & equating all masons to illuminati is ridiculous & makes black people (who the main ones bitching about it these days because they think Jay Z is set to doom us smh) look WEAK AS FUCK
February 9th, 2012 at 7:36 pm
wtf hate? it’s just a critique! def have the right to say i love the song but thought the vid was wack and THEN keep it movin!
February 9th, 2012 at 7:38 pm
hell yea even in a recession era world we live in, people would’ve loved to see the video JUST LIKE YOU EXPLAINED!
February 9th, 2012 at 7:50 pm
Very well put.. I find it a little refreshing to read someone not being sucked in to a world driven by hype and a (oh did you see that) moment..
The more a person reads the better they understand choices are in large part what we live by.. Not the thing sitting waiting to scare you under your bed.. Let alone the fact over these past few years Jay has been doing this just to keep people talking..
February 9th, 2012 at 8:38 pm
“visualise whaat they are trying to say” and so whats the message in that song , there is no deeper meaning to the song and just because you think you can do it on ur pc doesnt make it sub par. there is nothing wrong with simplicity
February 9th, 2012 at 9:26 pm
MY EYES HURT
February 9th, 2012 at 9:26 pm
i second that would have been epic .
February 10th, 2012 at 8:22 am
This video is a kaleidoscope. Hence definition. Hence Ye and Jays view of their tour.
A kaleidoscope is a circle of mirrors containing loose, colored objects such as beads or pebbles and bits of glass. As the viewer looks into one end, light entering the other end creates a colorful pattern, due to the reflection off the mirrors. Coined in 1817 by Scottish inventor Sir David Brewster,[1] the word “kaleidoscope” is derived from the Ancient Greek καλός (kalos), “beautiful, beauty”,[2] εἶδος (eidos), “that which is seen: form, shape”[3] and σκοπέω (skopeō), “to look to, to examine”,[4] hence “observer of beautiful forms.” [5]
And here is ya mason info if you know anything about angle and degrees:
Typically there are three rectangular lengthwise mirrors. Setting the mirrors at a 45-degree angle creates eight duplicate images of the objects, six at 60°, and four at 90°. As the tube is rotated, the tumbling of the coloured objects presents the viewer with varying colours and patterns. Any arbitrary pattern of objects shows up as a beautiful symmetrical pattern created by the reflections in the mirrors. A two-mirror model yields a pattern or patterns isolated against a solid black background, while a three-mirror (closed triangle) model yields a pattern that fills the entire field.
For a 2D-symmetry group, a kaleidoscopic point is a point of intersection of two or more lines of reflection symmetry. In a discrete group, the angle between consecutive lines is 180°/n for an integer n≥2. At this point there are n lines of reflection symmetry, and the point is a center of n-fold rotational symmetry.
February 10th, 2012 at 9:11 am
I didn’t say there was a deep message to the song but to me the song is about barging and showing off saying we came from nothing and look at all we have now. The song is call “N-words in Paris” but that’s never even said in the song they we just feeling themselves like you who’d though people like us would ever make it here.
Your 100% right there’s nothing wrong with simplicity but this video isn’t simple. there’s a lot going on it just not good to me.
February 10th, 2012 at 9:16 am
Disappointing video…Niggaz in Paris, yet shot in LA?? and in a concert.Kanye sounded terrible too. .waste of a decent song…oh well…..
February 10th, 2012 at 9:34 am
So that I understand your reasoning for copying and pasting this from the kaleidoscope Wiki page.. are you suggesting that because a kaleidoscope uses angles and degrees, and a mason uses angles and degrees, that they’re somehow related?
February 10th, 2012 at 11:22 am
Nah Ninja,
I posted it because everyone else was making it into more… SOOO… Fuel to the fire. Dont try to post up on me thinking you bout to school someone… It’s all numbers and relations. Wiki had the best definition… So i posted it.
February 10th, 2012 at 12:21 pm
I get the intended “term of endearment” but I would’ve lost my lunch if Obama came through to be a “ni**a” in Paris.
February 10th, 2012 at 5:14 pm
Oh.
February 10th, 2012 at 5:26 pm
LOL.. Cosign!
February 16th, 2012 at 9:45 pm
So, you’re all talking like you know stuff but you’re making the most common ignorant mistake…the ILLUMINATI is a seperate thing to FREEMASONRY.
February 16th, 2012 at 11:28 pm
Gee, thanks for the insight.. but you’re missing my point completely.
For the record, I mentioned “Illuminati historians and conspiracy theorists” then someone else mentioned Freemasons, I grouped them but I never actually said they were related. (On top of that we’re talking about symbolism so whether or not they’re related is really a moot point). Also besides the point but if you knew what you were talking about then you would know that CONSPIRACY THEORISTS have always connected the Illuminati and the New World Order to Freemasons.
In any case, I’m sorry you felt like I was talking like I “know stuff.”
February 17th, 2012 at 11:47 am
Nah mike. S i understand what you were trying to say