For a long time, Hip-Hop heads have always wondered in their wildest rap fantasies how a Nas and Erykah Badu track would sound. Erykah Badu stars alongside Michael Kenneth Williams, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Moises Arias, Rafi Gavron, Ezri Walker, Linda Emond, Natalie Martinez, Colson Baker, and Kim Coates. It opens in Cleveland on August 5.
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Music from The Land has been releasing in recent weeks, and on Wednesday, we get another offering from Erkyah Badu and Nas called “This Bitter Land”.
The film is also set to feature new music from the likes of Ezzy, Machine Gun Kelly and a collection of other prominent names from the urban music community. The track, titled “The Bitter Land”, underscores the movie’s central theme of trying to overcome harsh circumstances.
As the neo-soul singer’s voice rifts with pain, Nas meets her vocals and says, “Running on the concrete, passed the train tracks/The devil is behind me and the ghetto’s where you’ll find me”. “I wanted it to be as authentic as possible, so we shot in tough neighborhoods”.
In the first, above, there’s a run-in with the a local drug dealer.
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In this nearly spoken-word-like tune, the two create one of the most chilling, hair-rising, and enchanting songs ever heard.
