This is from the actual broadcast of the premiere of my first MTV Video.
HD version is here:
vimeo.com/10956333
Some Comments about the Video:
"Shit is dope. Vintage reality rap music video."
Maurice Garland (of Ozone Magazine)
"This video feels a lot like a midwest version of Juvenile’s “Ha” that dropped over a decade ago. It’s honest, street and paints a detailed picture of the artist’s hood in jarring fashion. ....this was about as perfectly
directed as you’re going to get for a music video. Dope edits. It matched the lyrics down to a tee"
The Smoking Section
"Freddie Gibbs' new video for "The Ghetto", which debuted on mtvU this morning, works as a travelogue of the Rising MC's devastated Gary, Indiana hometown"
Pitchfork.com
"The track itself was already strong enough, but this video takes it and its mid-'90s vibes to another level."
Prefixmag.com
"The video itself depicts Gibbs' Gary, Indiana roots but my favorite visual was of Gibbs in the empty theater. Good look for the 2010 Freshman (and director Brandon Riley)!"
ChicagoNow.com
Freddie Gibbs’ “Ghetto” and its video remind us of....classic ’80s and early ’90s East Coast dudes like Ed OG, OC and Rakim"
The Fader
"the track and video put a lot of the subject matter of recent popular hip hop into perspective."
Mypoproks.com
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