Video: Big K.R.I.T. - Multi Till the Sun Die

One of my favorite up-and-coming rappers, but I'm sure you've figured that out already. More than anything else I appreciate his humility and honesty.

Video: BIG K.R.I.T - R.E.M

KRIZZLE!

Video: Big KRIT - Rich Dad, Poor Dad

I liked this song when I first heard it but not as much as most people I know. The video enhances the song by helping to bring out what he's saying with visuals and this is definitely one of those tracks that should be on the radio but likely won't be.

BIG K.R.I.T. - 2000 & Beyond

Off KRIT's Big Krit Wuz Here from 2010 (seems like such a long time ago). Lyrics are below.


Tricks and hoes, bitches and stripper poles
Shake it for dollar signs, let me see from behind
The ghetto's a fairytale, pimps and jezebells
Dealers with chrome rims with products for you to sell
Chemistry in the kitchen, alleys with rubbers in it
Tires go round and round, windows heavy tinted
Kush is scented inside, pull me over
Now they talkin bout a K9. Black man face down
Charge it to game, bums warm their weary souls over open flames
Junkie can't find God watch him find his vein
Preacher walk by like he ain't seen a thang
Pass the collection plate
Niggas thought shit was gon' change on election day
Healthcare H1N1 nasal spray
Got me scared to hit the block
Wear my flag as a mask, tote a Glock, in 2000 and beyond

In 2000 and beyond x2

Poor folk scrape dollars and spend the last of their income tax
On impalas with the S-S, church gives awards to the best dressed
Pastor drive a bentley, got me thinkin, I was the less blessed
Cause I let a middle man, he was cappin what I'm askin'
I dont understand, how you fit that many rings on a healthy hand
Tired of deception, but I pay his kid's tuition cause I'm tryna get to heaven
Ain't it crazy, scared to have a baby
How can I protect it from the same streets that made me?
Concrete gladiator blood shed overflow
In real life some places Russell Crowe will never go
Pimp tight flossin, look at what it cost me
Peace of mind no sleep late night tossin and turnin
Waitin' on the end, pray to god forgive me for my sins, in 2000 and beyond

In 2000 and beyond x2

As a child I was cold with a chip on my shoulder
Grandma told me be careful cause ther're sharks in the water
They will kill you, let the good Lord steer you
Don't worry bout the government
Cause baby they dont feel you
Martin Luther King had dream, we was right there
I wonder what he saw when up and had nightmares
Quite scared, all the work he had done
Couldn't stop what we've become, in 2000 and beyond

In 2000 and beyond x2

Video: Phonte feat. Evidence & Big K.R.I.T. - Life of Kings

[Not so new] Tigallo-Tigallo-Tigallo!!!

One of my favorite joints off of Phonte's "Charity Starts at Home".

Big K.R.I.T. Concert at the Fillmore in Silver Spring, MD (March 23, 2012)

I went to see Big K.R.I.T. last Friday and just like the last time, his show was great! Phil Ade, Smoke DZA (riiiiiiiiiiight), and Fat Trell opened for him. There may have actually been another opening act but those are the three that I saw. The *somewhat* audible video I took during the performance of a few of my favorite KRIT tracks is below:

Boobie Miles & Return of 4Eva


1986


Players Ballad (feat. Raheem Devaughn)


Time Machine

Video: Big K.R.I.T. talks 4Eva N A Day mixtape

K.R.I.T. gives the background on his mixtape that just dropped, 4Eva N A Day. The mixtape is dope and the interview gives some really good insight into what was going through his mind as he crafted the songs and the mixtape. As previously mentioned here, he is one of my favorite new hip-hop artists.


The video was spotted at NahRight.com and you can grab the mixtape here.

Big K.R.I.T - Boobie Miles & Hometown Hero

Just caught KRIT's "Boobie Miles" over on Nahright.com and realized that this is the second time KRIT's used Boobie as a theme or central figure in one of his tracks. Boobie Miles is below and it's pretty good but I like the first song I heard KRIT use Boobie in a lot more than this one. Check 'em out for yourself.

Boobie Miles


Hometown Hero


Actually, now that I think about it, "Hometown Hero" is a lot better.

"Coulda bought my way to heaven but I blow it on my neck instead/What you expect when you ain't have shit/And they ain't paying half of what you asking... The rap game is high school, and life's a hallway/Like what clique you in/The Beamer or the Benz/The Bentley or the Lambo/Like here we go again/Don't sit at my table/VIP, I got this/If you ain't popping champagne after every game then don't pop shyt"

Video: Big K.R.I.T. - The Vent

Finally, a video for my favorite song off KRIT's Returnof4va.

"Sent my mind on a journey to the outermost/To document what it had seen and CC me the notes"

More Big K.R.I.T. from this blog.

Big K.R.I.T. in Baltimore April 28, 2011

I'm dumb late posting this footage but back in late April me, @RipRock81, @Antmonology, and my man Woo went to see Big K.R.I.T. at the Quarter at Bourbon Street in Baltimore.

Honestly, I didn't really have high expectations for the show. KRIT's a relatively new artist and though I like his music I was sure he wouldn't have the backing (financially) to put on a real big-time show. But that's actually fine as long as his stage presence and ability to get the crowd involved was decent. It turns out he was actually more than decent.

From the moment he came out and opened up with "Return of 4Eva" he had control of the crowd and rocked the stage. There were a lot of serious KRIT fans in the crowd because you could hear him telling people "ok ok I got ya homie, Imma get to that song, let me keep moving through my set". That is to say, that people had favorites they wanted to hear right then and now. That's a good sign for KRIT.

About halfway through his set I decided I should try to get some video footage, especially if he was gonna perform my song "Rotation". And wouldn't you know, not too long after I started recording, he goes right into "Rotation". Ride with me...


Overall, KRIT put on a good show and so did his opening acts though I can't remember the guy who was performing when we walked in. Smoke DZA and Freddie Gibbs held it down too. So much so that I had to go download some of their mixtapes to get more familiar with their music.

If you aren't already a fan of Big KRIT but you're a fan of southern hip-hop with that Scarface and UGK influence, you should get familiar.

"Take me waaaay back, Scarface in our tape deck!"

Big K.R.I.T. (feat. Chamillionaire) - Time Machine


Of K.R.I.T.'s Return of 4Eva. The first verse of this is trill. K.R.I.T.'s rapping about how riding in his car takes him back to some bonding he and his dad used to do. (Hopefully) everybody has something that reminds them of when they were a kid and something they did with their parents or family, just like this. K.R.I.T. reminisces a bit about his dad giving him some game as a youngin...

"Niggas out here flexxin', don't be stressing what you can't be"

"Don't believe in what you can't see, unless it's God..."

"You got yo family and your friends when you need relief/There 'll come a time when I can't be there when you need me"

"Forgive and forget your anger leave that/Don't be wasting time, cuz time is all you have/Don't be chasin hoes, boy just chase this cash"

This reminds me, I have some K.R.I.T. concert footage to post....

Re-visited: Big K.R.I.T. - The Vent

K.R.I.T. = King Remembered In Time

I did a post on "The Vent" Monday but I had to revisit this joint. The first time I heard this song it resonated with me. Then, I heard it live and it resonated with me even more. Now, just about every time I listen to it, I get chills. That might sound a little funny but the fact that it gives me chills exemplifies one of K.R.I.T.'s lines from the song: "If it don't touch my soul, I can't listen to it". Not sure what it is but something about a few of his lines in this track along with the beat really do it for me. Some of the lines I'm talking about are listed below

In the midst of all the glamour hope you find God

If it don't touch my soul, I can't listen to it.

Too much shine can dull the soul.

I saw love in the eyes of a perfect stranger. She overlooked what's in my heart in search of a gangsta

Trade my materials for a peace of mind

Who cares about life and its highs and lows, I guess I should write another rhyme about pimps and hoes

Tryna take heed what I say in my songs, forgive me if I ever ever steered you wrong

Radio don't play the shyt I used to love, or maybe I'm just growing up

Big K.R.I.T. - The Vent

I think this might be my favorite BIG K.R.I.T. song next to this one.

Live footage of "The Vent" from K.R.I.T.'s show in D.C.:

Video: Big K.R.I.T. - Children of the World

I've been a fan of K.R.I.T. since I heard his Big KRIT WUZ Here mixtape. This is probably my favorite track from that mixtape, I always have to run it back a couple times.

And they wonder why we bang
cause police do the same, that's the only rival gang
I'm just sitting here, praying to my father
Tired of today, forever scared of tomorrow
Where's a scale I could borrow? Cause living ain't cheap
I dropped out of school, pops, cause college ain't free
Plus college ain't me, sitting in the class
Questions rushing in my brain but I'm too proud to ask
Take it all in stride, teacher talking physics
And I just want to be fly
What good is a degree when there's no jobs to apply?
And fast food won't do 'cause you overqualified
I'm feeling like hustling
Tired of the foodstamps and budgeting
Running in so much work, the school buzz it in
God and our wrists the only things we be trusting in
All else fails, I'm in a casket like fuck it then
Either get rich or die poor
Nigga fell short and god jammed, but he tried though
I'm pretty sure my first words were "survival"
Looking for the answers to my problems in the Bible
Cause we just, try and decode all the secrets
My conversations with God always seem leave him speechless
And even when I was at my worst like "we got to make this work"
My girl found time to leave me, too broke to give a fuck though
My past relationships got me like "what up, ho?"
I'm just bitter, I ain't asking what you fuck for
It's disrespectful, I admit
I was just saying, if you wonder why I call you "bitch"
Cause we just, guess I looked up to the pimps
I ain't saying it wasn't wrong, but they had the freshest fits
The cars and the broads and the kicks
Is something to strive for when you ain't never had shit
I'm feeling like what the fuck, they want my soul
Like my ancestors' ain't enough
If I can't trust my own government, who can I trust?
If I abuse myself daily, who can I love?
Shorty might have AIDS like who can I fuck? Sure enough
That be the day that the rubber bust or I have a kid
Deprived of all the things that my father did
Cause the momma was a groupie and I was on some rapper shit
They gave me Hell like I asked for it
Signing everything under the sun but they ain't ask for K.R.I.T.
I guess I didn't swag enough
Stupid fruity pebble chain, Louis bag enough
Popping tags, model bitches, couldn't brag enough
Bubble kush, he stupid loud, jet lag enough
Steady acting like I ain't had enough
Ten chains on your neck like you ain't flashy enough
I wreck so many times, I guess I ain't crash enough
On the track like I'm pushing crack, bag it up
I tell these niggas to back it up
My bitch like scarves, gave the Louis rag to her
'Sace shades on my eyes like I ain't seeing the hate
Too fresh to death, I couldn't attend the wake
That's too lyrical, he been 'round busting
Mississippi? Where, he don't sound Southern
He been down cousin since '05, I swear
The game's a pound of Reggie
So anything I sell's a breath of air
Yeah, fuck with me