va$htie – "Us Placers" by Lupe, Kanye & Pharrell (CRS)
va$htie – "Us Placers" by Lupe, Kanye & Pharrell (CRS)
a spec video directed by VA$HTIE for the song “Us Placers” off Kanye’s mixtape “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” (which samples Thom Yorkes song “The Eraser” of his solo album “The Eraser”), using child versions of each artist. appearances by: Jamie, Plain Pat, Stephen SB WEAR Barr and Ruffy.
directed by Va$htie. dp’ed by Kira Kelly. edited by Scenario.
this video was shot for the love of the song on zero budget! ie: all the clothes and props were mine or a friends. thanks to everyone who helped out and worked for free 🙂
special thanks to: the crew, the cast (Jumaane Jr., Nigel, Boogie, Michael and Michaela), Anna Sumilat, Plain Pat, Ruffy (Marcella and Phillip), Elle Clay, Rob Young, JaVon Floyd, Oscar Wild, Erin Lennox, Ben Dickinson, Raul Lopez, Kareem Johnson, Aahmek Richards, Scott Williams, and Stephen Barr.
***please note this was not a commissioned video. none of the artists included on the piece had anything to do with the video***
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Classic
Fucking classic
WHY DID THEY NEVER RELEASE THIS ITS SO GOODDD
thom yorke and kanye west are my favorite artists
I miss these days… these were truly hip hop. I’m not gonna lie I sold a lot of bootlegs in HS lol. I miss those early hip hop blog days, seeing Wale, Kid Cudi get mixtapes sponsored by 10 deep, then blowing up. Seeing Drake(OVO) and Big Sean (uknowbigsean) keeping their small fan base, which I happened to be apart of updated on moves. 2004-2010
Is that when they were younger or did they have kids play as them?
Is it just me or does the Kanye kid look exactly like Don Toliver???
Is this a Radio head Sample or original lyrics?
Stumbled here after years of not listening to this song, dang it is still so good!
vashtie this video was really well done too 🙂
Put this on Spotify
Bro this song unlocked a long lost memory I remember the video more than the actual song tho
Child rebel soldier you ain’t orphan enough
super nice
music taste a1
please exuse me but ive got to ask
are you only being nice because you want something?
This music video so cheap lol
this definitely aged ngl. this is so 2007
Could of been the best trio
Slick Rick birthed all of their flows on this track. Respect Da Ruler
such a good song
lyfestyle of the rich and famous
How is this song mid but in a good way
Shout out to Calvin Harris during the days of MySpace. I remember a bulletin post he did where he shared this song whilst mentioning that Pharrell Williams had the best verse
Had to come back to this
I’m so late. 2021 soon 2022 first time hearing this.
[Intro: Lupe Fiasco]
Yeah, just a little bit
Just a little bit
And it goes…
[Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco]
Lifestyles of the rich and famous
Bought a big house and a whole lot of Ranges
A fresh new couch and a whole lot of trainers
A closet full of clothes and some brand new dangers
And, some Mexican floral arrangers
A great big TV that’ll entertain us
Some colorful commissions from some high-paid painters
Someone to take the rap so that I stay stainless
And, a new relationship with a banker
And two pinky rings for my manicured fingers
A trained German Shepherd that bark when it’s angered
To watch my possessions and look out for strangers
And, a fifty-foot yacht with an anchor
A young supermodel that shall remain nameless
Ups and the downs, the sames and the changes
All the money in the world don’t make it painless, no
[Hook: Lupe Fiasco & Thom Yorke]
But they love it, and they love it, the more
The more you try to erase me
And they love it, and they love it
The more, the more
And they love it, and they love it, the more
The more that I appear, oh
Ugh, and they love it, and they love it
The more, the more
And they love it and they love it the more
The more you try the eraser
And they love it and they love it
The more, the more
And they love it and they love it the more
The more that you appear
[Verse 2: Kanye West]
Plain Pat, what up?
Ugh, ugh, lifestyles of the broke and famous
Let you know how crazy this game is
Look at all the new, beautiful faces
At home, supermodel Myspaces
Long for they shot on the TV screens
American Idol never seen these dreams
Just last week, they want to see ID
Now, they got you in V.I.P., huh?
How many people almost famous?
You almost remember what they name is
Like "Hey, didn’t you play in?
No, it couldn’t be, quit playin’"
And tryna keep that balance after MTV
That’s a Real World Challenge
Back on that train
Never to be heard from again
[Hook: Lupe Fiasco & Thom Yorke]
But they love it, and they love it, the more
The more you try to erase me
And they love it, and they love it
The more, the more
And they love it, and they love it, the more
The more that I appear, oh
Ugh, and they love it, and they love it
The more, the more
And they love it and they love it the more
The more you try the eraser
And they love it and they love it
The more, the more
And they love it and they love it the more
The more that you appear
[Verse 3: Pharrell]
G-R-I-P, P-I-M-P
I, any spelling, bitch, come on, that’s me
I bring a burning sensation to the urban eye
Like an eye-drop of turpentine
You can listen to the serpent, fine
But the earth got gas; once it burps, it’s fine
Some around me, they talk about degrees
Not GHG, how to cook a quarter key (Ugh)
Talking all nasal, he ain’t over that cold
No glove, scrub, man, he just over that stove
Perfect paradigm, wrong place, wrong time
Should have been Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline
Number one chemist, look at him, no blemish
Eggshell off-white like a DuPont finish
Young, dumb, high-strung, who could handle us?
I wonder how God’s gon’ paint todays canvases
‘Cause who knew that day that man would just
Go to V.A. with a Tec and spray campuses?
What a way to see the cover of Time
I know that nigga wish he was standing in line
[Hook: Lupe Fiasco, Thom Yorke, & Pharrell]
But they love it, and they love it, the more (To see it)
The more you try to erase me (As if he didn’t do it)
And they love it, and they love it
The more, the more
And they love it, and they love it, the more
The more that I appear, oh
Ugh, and they love it, and they love it
The more, the more
And they love it and they love it the more
The more you try the eraser
And they love it and they love it
The more, the more
And they love it and they love it the more
The more that you appear
Bro they got kids throwing up the Illuminati smh
this lil kid sound like kanye
2021
do we understand the cultural impact of this??
nice tune
Vashtie is actually so cool
<3
☄
Thank you toastydigital for putting me on this
AYE YO THOM YORKE ON THIS TRACK??!!
Lupe teasing CRS in 2021!!!
Ayoo thommm!!!
I was rocking this in high school with my ice cream hoodie and BBC t shirt. Good times, still got the clothing, xl back then for baggi
Imagine how crazy this group would’ve been rn? I really wish this happened