Represent: 15 Nas Songs That Should Have Videos

Classic Esco bangers that deserve visuals.

One More Time for Your Mind - Nas has been celebrating the 20th anniversary of the release of his classic debut Illmatic all year and recently gave fans the opportunity to bring one of the album's scriptures, "Represent," to life in the visual form. The lucky winner was Brian Katz, who directed the video along with Mass Appeal's Jason Goldwatch. Taking the song to new heights, the video takes a wild spin as it follows the plot of the soundtrack to 1924 film The Thief of Bagdad, which DJ Premier sampled for the heralded track.As Nas continues to look back on his masterpiece, let's take a look at some of his other songs that deserve a visual backdrop. — Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA)(Photo: Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
"Life's a B---h" - Nas and AZ traded rhymes brilliantly on Illmatic's third cut, and The Visualiza also cemented himself in history with arguably one of the best 16s of all time. Unfortunately, the gritty survival tale was never supplied with a visual canvas.(Photo: Johnny Nunez/WireImage)
"Black President" - Nas pulled out the political guns in 2008 when he recorded "Black President" from his ninth album, Untitled. On the cut, Nas celebrated President Obama's victory but also brought attention to government corruption. The song's lyrics give a glimpse of what many in America were thinking, too bad we didn't get a video reflection as well. (Photo: C Flanigan/FilmMagic)"I Gave You Power" - Nas showed his storytelling prowess when he told the first-person narrative of a used and abused gun who went through different owners and beefs throughout its life in the streets. A public service announcement embedded in the form of a cartoon would have been a good look to promote gun safety and bring further awareness to Black-on-Black murder.(Photo: Josh Brasted/WireImage)

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One More Time for Your Mind - Nas has been celebrating the 20th anniversary of the release of his classic debut Illmatic all year and recently gave fans the opportunity to bring one of the album's scriptures, "Represent," to life in the visual form. The lucky winner was Brian Katz, who directed the video along with Mass Appeal's Jason Goldwatch. Taking the song to new heights, the video takes a wild spin as it follows the plot of the soundtrack to 1924 film The Thief of Bagdad, which DJ Premier sampled for the heralded track.As Nas continues to look back on his masterpiece, let's take a look at some of his other songs that deserve a visual backdrop. — Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA)(Photo: Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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