55 Responses to “Video: K’NAAN – The Great Depression”

1. Yung Ho Says:
   February 19th, 2009 at 5:03 pm

   this is chea’s mans and ‘em

2. AmpGeez a.k.a. Hate Is The New Love Says:
   February 19th, 2009 at 5:03 pm

   ^not to mention that looks mad corny as well. having the red stripe on ur black pumas perfectly juxtapose with the red lining of a black tee that says puma on it. why don’t u hold puma’s CEO’s dick while ur at it, that shit would match real good.

   ^^

   LMAO.

   *gets mauled by a real puma*

   ROFL!!

3. pockets Says:
   February 19th, 2009 at 5:04 pm

   him and mos def shop at the same hat store in Bangkok

4. PW Says:
   February 19th, 2009 at 5:04 pm

   What machine does this dude have behind him?

   I first heard of this cat 2 weeks ago and I’ve seen him or heard his name every day since then.

5. Big_Seth Says:
   February 19th, 2009 at 5:04 pm

   *Rocks black Jordan’s with a black LRG shirt*

6. Big_Seth Says:
   February 19th, 2009 at 5:06 pm

   No Homo foreel, but I missed the hilarity in pockets’ posts.

7. BabyDoll Says:
   February 19th, 2009 at 5:06 pm

   *sees K’Naan’s outfit*

   *wonders who’s attention he has*

8. pockets Says:
   February 19th, 2009 at 5:06 pm

   u would never catch k’naan rocking red polka dotted kicks that match his blazer in that video. he knows.

9. Geronimo P aka Chase Says:
   February 19th, 2009 at 5:06 pm

   I’m going to see this cat perform at the steve madden concert series next week.

10. AmpGeez a.k.a. Hate Is The New Love Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:07 pm

    I remember I was fucking with this chick from Detroit. I was wearing some Eddie Bower slacks, a Polo button up & some Vasquez’s on & she was like…

    “Nigga, you perpin! If you gonna wear a Polo shirt, everything else got to be Polo.”

    Needless to say, I beat & bounced, never to call again.

    I mean, fuck I look like? Young Dro?

11. Prince Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:07 pm

    Geronimo P aka Chase Says:

    February 19th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
    I’m going to see this cat perform at the steve madden concert series next week.

    ^fuck this wierd nigga.. lol

12. pockets Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:08 pm

    I’m going to see this cat perform at the steve madden concert series next week.

    ^steve madden thought k’naan was a refugee at one of his sweatshops…ur talking about the shoe guy right

13. Prince Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:08 pm

    AmpGeez a.k.a. Hate Is The New Love Says:

    February 19th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
    I remember I was fucking with this chick from Detroit. I was wearing some Eddie Bower slacks, a Polo button up & some Vasquez’s on & she was like…

    “Nigga, you perpin! If you gonna wear a Polo shirt, everything else got to be Polo.”

    Needless to say, I beat & bounced, never to call again.

    I mean, fuck I look like? Young Dro?

    ^ matching labels is so gay

14. BabyDoll Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:08 pm

    I mean, fuck I look like? Young Dro?

    ^depends on your complexion and the color of your ensemble at the time

15. pockets Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:09 pm

    “Nigga, you perpin!

    ^LMAO wtf

16. AmpGeez a.k.a. Hate Is The New Love Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:09 pm

    Prince Says:

    February 19th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
    Geronimo P aka Chase Says:

    February 19th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
    I’m going to see this cat perform at the steve madden concert series next week.

    ^fuck this wierd nigga.. lol

    I hate to be that dude, but yeah, this is a strange lil dude. Looking like a black Willy Wonka & shit.

17. green eyes Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:09 pm

    “Nigga, you perpin! If you gonna wear a Polo shirt, everything else got to be Polo.”

    ^ ive never heard “perpin” before

18. Geronimo P aka Chase Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:09 pm

    I’m going to see this cat perform at the steve madden concert series next week.

    ^fuck this wierd nigga.. lol

    ^Chill son. No homo, but son got a smooth vibe. Not too nerdy/emo, but far from the thuggery that we have come to know from artists such as Unc Murda

19. pockets Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:09 pm

    I mean, fuck I look like? Young Dro?

    ^never seen ur picture so i can’t call it.

20. Yung Ho Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:10 pm

    ive never heard “perpin” before

    ^^^^

    I think I have but I chose to overlook it

21. pockets Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:10 pm

    @ green_eyes @ReyTheHussein U perpin’!

22. BabyDoll Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:10 pm

    Yung Ho Says:

    February 19th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
    ive never heard “perpin” before

    ^^^^

    I think I have but I chose to overlook it

    ^co-sign…lol

23. TheCo!!inB Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:11 pm

    @ Babydoll
    true story: I was at the IHOP on the Norfolk end of Military Hwy super late one night after gettin super drunk in Mojo’s @ Jillian’s…..i’m sittin waitin to get seated and these two females were commenting on how pretty my shoes were to each other. So I, drunk as George W at an Inauguration Ball, proceed to put my legs up on the girls lap mid conversation. Needless to say she wasn’t feeling that move. I apologized for my drunk attempt at rude flirting and bought their meal…..about a month later she touched it at Wesleyan.

24. Yung Ho Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:11 pm

    on that kryptoniteeeeeeeeeeeee on it on it yeahhhhhhh

25. pockets Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:11 pm

    but I chose to overlook it

    ^*smashes keyboard over head*

26. Geronimo P aka Chase Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:11 pm

    ^steve madden thought k’naan was a refugee at one of his sweatshops…ur talking about the shoe guy right

    ^yeah. He’s been having free concerts in his soho store. Free liqs and mad bitches. Plus its free entry, as long as you get there before its too crowded.

    I saw jazmine sullivan in there over the summer. There was mad bitches in there.

27. Big_Seth Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:12 pm

    perpin – (v) to “got that perp”,
    “to perpetrate”, or “to turn purple”

28. AmpGeez a.k.a. Hate Is The New Love Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:12 pm

    Perpin = perpertrating , as in perpertrating a front, like I was being fraudulent or some shit.

    Fuck it.

    Pussy was good tho.

29. CiCi The Intern Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:12 pm

    He’s coming to Philly in two weeks, I think. Def going to check K’Naan out.

    Fux, pockets, Chase, green, AmpGeez, Prince, PW…*daps for all*

30. pockets Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:13 pm

    There was mad bitches in there.

    ^say word. im literally a ten minute train ride right now. hit me on the pager.

31. Geronimo P aka Chase Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:13 pm

    CiCi, whats good

32. green eyes Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:13 pm

    # pockets Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:10 pm

    @ green_eyes @ReyTheHussein U perpin’!

    ^ are you twitting pockets? cos id follow you if you are

33. BabyDoll Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:14 pm

    TheCo!!inB Says:

    February 19th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
    @ Babydoll
    true story: I was at the IHOP on the Norfolk end of Military Hwy super late one night after gettin super drunk in Mojo’s @ Jillian’s…..i’m sittin waitin to get seated and these two females were commenting on how pretty my shoes were to each other. So I, drunk as George W at an Inauguration Ball, proceed to put my legs up on the girls lap mid conversation. Needless to say she wasn’t feeling that move. I apologized for my drunk attempt at rude flirting and bought their meal…..about a month later she touched it at Wesleyan.

    ^LMAO & SMH

34. Yung Ho Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:15 pm

    hit me on the pager.

    ^^^^
    no Fam-Lay

    *

35. pockets Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:15 pm

    @ green_eyes @ReyTheHussein U perpin’!

    ^ are you twitting pockets? cos id follow you if you are

    ^^kinky. but nah, i would but i would be spending time on that stuff so i just twit via nah cmon lemme feel ur twits b

36. Yung Ho Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:16 pm

    *daps/hugs CiCi*

37. Mac Brown Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:17 pm

    Diddy bops into NR rockin “Pantaloons” and knee high striped socks!

38. TheCo!!inB Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:17 pm

    *pages pockets alphanumerically*
    8 737746

39. Geronimo P aka Chase Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:18 pm

    @Pockets: That steve madden show is next week thursday from 7 to 9. Son mad chicks be in there.

40. AmpGeez a.k.a. Hate Is The New Love Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:19 pm

    *daps CiCi*

    What’s crackin’ lol?

41. green eyes Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:19 pm

    hi mac brown. bye mac brown

    pece folks

42. Rockabye Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:20 pm

    The ABCs instrumental is something serious.

43. CiCi The Intern Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:20 pm

    AmpGeez a.k.a. Hate Is The New Love Says:

    February 19th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
    *daps CiCi*

    What’s crackin’ lol?
    ^^^

    Ain’t shit. Finals week for me. Stressing out.

44. AmpGeez a.k.a. Hate Is The New Love Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:25 pm

    Ain’t shit. Finals week for me. Stressing out.

    I’ve been there lol. Hang in there, ma.

45. Rockabye Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:26 pm

    Since then, he has been on tour promoting his album and working on his follow-up release, “Troubadour,” his debut album for new label A&M/Octone Records. He has also been working with artists like Nelly Furtado, Mos Def, The Roots, Dead Prez, and Pharoahe Monch on tours such as Live 8 and Breedlove Odyssey. He also collaborated with Damian Marley on the “Welcome to Jamrock” touring session.

    In 2005, the Canadian music scene featured a low-key feud between K’naan and k-os, one of the most prominent Canadian hip-hop artists. Following the release of the music video for the song Soobax, which was shot by K’naan and a film crew in Kenya, k-os released a track B-Boy Stance attacking K’naan (a Muslim): “They took cameras to Africa for pictures to rhyme / Over; Oh, yes, the great pretenders [...] Religious entertainers who want to be life savers.” Though the feud never became high-profile, with K’naan expressing confusion at the attack and respect for k-os, he nonetheless responded with the mixtape Revolutionary Avocado which argued “You the all-knowing with a beer bottle / Wishing you was Plato and me Aristotle? / …Suburban negro turned hip-hop hero / Is there a reason he really hates me, though?” — a rebuttal CBC’s Matthew McKinnon called “cold-cocking the champ”. He recently released The Dusty Foot on the Road, a collection of recording made during his recent world tour on Wrasse Records.

    His second studio album, Troubadour, is set for release on February 24, 2009 on A&M/Octone Records, and will be distributed through Universal Music Group worldwide. The album’s first single, “ABC’s”, was released to radio in late 2008, and is featured in the videogame Madden NFL 09. The song “If Rap Gets Jealous”, a rerecording of a track from The Dusty Foot Philosopher, features Metallica lead guitarist Kirk Hammett. K’naan was also the first featured artist on X3, a collaborative project between CBC Radio 3, Exclaim! magazine and aux.tv to promote new Canadian music.

    ^

    From the K’Naan wiki.

46. embark Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:31 pm

    just finished playing his album….. for the last time

47. Yung Ho Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:35 pm

    I just traded a worker for a 2nd round pick and salary cap relief

48. embark Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:37 pm

    Knicks >

49. Geronimo P aka Chase Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:39 pm

    Knicks > The clippers and the clippers only

50. embark Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:41 pm

    Knicks > the Bulls
    Walsh > Paxon

51. Geronimo P aka Chase Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:44 pm

    Shit at this pointss;

    Isaiah Thomas = Paxson

52. Rockabye Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:45 pm

    Knicks > The clippers and the clippers only

    ^

    Prime Tahitian dope you’re smoking.

53. BARPAN MUSIC Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 6:17 pm

    this will be the only CD i actually will buy since GRODT

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55. Roam Says:
    July 14th, 2009 at 9:10 pm

    Yo, K’naan is smart, smarter than anyone posting messages here inculding me…we all need to wake up and see we are living wrong and we need to change and K’naan is a musical verison of the need to wake up…

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