New Video: Jay-Z “Picasso Baby”

If you draw, better be Picasso. After Jay-Z’s appearance on Real Time, came the premiere of his video, “Picasso Baby”. The clip was directed by Mark Romanek at the Pace art gallery in NYC. Cameos include, well, damn near everyone. Download Magna Carta Holy Grail here.

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  1. Black Shady says:

    #Newrules

  2. eliceo says:

    This is what you call bringing art to life. Jay Z New Rules. Thats why he is the greatest ever.

  3. itsMe says:

    Sure the energy in the room for the performance was crazy but the footage shown was just meeehhhh

  4. Black Shady says:

    this was super dope

  5. Jav says:

    Boo boo. Tight concept but I don’t see how this is a video for a song. More like a mini documentary.

  6. BEEAST says:

    this is too dope for earth.

  7. STINKMEANER says:

    yeah this is an awesome video. people were really getting into it. lots of different ages and all sorts of different people dancing and celebrating rap music.

  8. Lil Majer The Cartune says:

    Dat energy…

  9. 7thEmerson says:

    All-around dope piece…….

  10. Yeah! says:

    Smell the aroma! Uh

  11. KoldCase says:

    this was fucking awesome

  12. Midsize Jerm says:

    The credits are longer than the music part of this “music video”.

    More music, Less video
    http://bkjames.bandcamp.com/

  13. bumpy johnson says:

    don’t kno wat to make of it yet … but it’s definitely new rules …………………..this guy sean basically made a behind the scenes footage the actual video ………………….

  14. 1234 says:

    Kanye has more and more of an influence on Jay everyday.

  15. ROK says:

    IM DA ONE THAT U SAID AINT GO BE NOTHIN BOY,NOW IM THUMIN THEW A CHECK LIKE DA POSTAL BOY!!!I WANT IT ALL LYRICS!!!CHECK OUT MY NEW VIDEO!!!I BROUGHT THE LAMBO,MASERATI & BOAT OUT 4 DIS 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idiBH0RUz7s

  16. Toy t says:

    And I’m sorry miss Rosie Perez I call a spade a spade it just is what it is

  17. It's the roc says:

    This video was great. It was feel good, raw, and executed perfectly.

  18. JDot says:

    BDot throwing up the Roc!!!!!!!

  19. JDot says:

    Yo B.Dot. Who is the old white lady who fucks up Hov’s flow in the vid?

    She has to be a somebody…

  20. Magna Cartoon Holy Fail says:

    wtf is this bullshit lmao is this nicca 45 or something lyrics and album wack as fuk holy fail lol

  21. Nangamboko says:

    No Jay haters in RR’s Forum? Where y’all @? Asleep already? Cry babies, can’t stay up late already?

  22. Tev Milli says:

    This video was dope tbh….
    U can feel that energy throughout the entire performance….
    That’s all I got 2 say

  23. MaddarK says:

    probably the best Jay video… well that cause might be cause im extremely high… hahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaa

  24. Community Against Racism says:

    Dope video. Can’t Shout.

  25. B.Dot says:

    @J.Dot that’s Marina Abramovi. She’s a world renowned performing artist

  26. Nickey Black says:

    Maybe other comments will shed light on this video. But I’m not there.

    I understand it. Just don’t like it much.

  27. Bo N@tion says:

    Video was ehhhh…not really feelin it. Too many white folks in this video. But I guess its #NewRules.

  28. dickinyamom says:

    I’m a huge Jay-Z fan but this video was horrible just like that mediocre ass CD

  29. bcro28 says:

    huh! i’m on the phone. jay-z new video, that shit light.

  30. mac DIESEL says:

    B.DOT IS SUCH A CORNBALL!!!! I DON’T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I GOTTA TELL THIS FOOL THAT HIS FACE AIN’T BUILT FOR THE CAMERA!!!!

    ……OH, AND ARE U PART OF MMG OR THE ROC??? MAKE UP YOUR MIND U WHORE!!!!! HA!!!!

    SIDEBAR: DOPE VID/DOCUMENTARY!!!! GOOD SHIT JAY!!!!!

    DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!

  31. tha OG says:

    Ok video NOT good & not bad ok

  32. 80griots says:

    @ 1234, Actually it is the other way round. The difference between Jay and Ye is, he has to come yap about his grievances to the public.

    Example: Jay Z recorded Oceans over a year ago and speaks on Billie Holidays Strange Fruit. Kanye then sample Strange Fruit on New Slaves and Blood on the Leaves and releases his album ahead of MCHG. If the tables were turned, he’d be out crying about how Jay stole his idea.

    Chill with your stannery, this video wan nothing kanyesque…

  33. TImeChange says:

    well,if this was just a music video,i think it’s wack, but it says it’s a performance art film,so i guess it gets a pass.

  34. prettynana43 says:

    #NewRules! #DopeVideo! #PicassoBaby #MCHG! THAT IS ALL LOVE RIGHT THERE! EVERYONE TOGETHER AND JUST DOIN THEIR OWN THING WHILE THE KING DROPPED HIS LYRICS! #Ilikeit!Ilikeitalot!!!!

  35. Respect says:

    lmao y’all niggas call any and everything amazing or genius

  36. JAY Z COPIED KANYE says:

    YO U NEED TO BLOG KANYES NEW SLAVES PERFORMANCE IN L.A …….YALL NIGGAS SLOW ON THAT ONE HUH… LOL 😉

    DEM NIGGAS IN L.A CATCHED THE HOLY GHOST

    KING KANYE

  37. bumpy johnson says:

    stupid dope …. nothing like wats out here …… fitted the piccasso theme perfect ………

  38. The Wise says:

    Video seemed aight..i was expectin more out if it..more people doin random shit but the old lady that thru jigga off his flow ..did it for me lol

  39. Obama says:

    And all the unenlightened ones will call this “art”.. what a joke…

  40. E! says:

    THIS IS STUPID DOPE!
    I’m more hyped about this than the album actually.
    Hov’s team is not joking AT ALL!!

  41. adrian says:

    I like any video where i see people genuinely enjoying each other. That’s harder to capture than people think #respect

  42. Tbones says:

    Ok video but the actual music is just WACK JUICE. Glory hunters will eat up anything Jay give em.

  43. IRVINGTON JAY says:

    AMAZIN…..fan or not

  44. The black robin thicke says:

    *yawn* this is hiphop? Bunch of old Jews gtfoh!!!

  45. STINKMEANER says:

    ^^^ bigot

  46. North West says:

    my name sucks

  47. premitive 25 says:

    yeah its that potrait of crime but what are u claiming the 9 from brooklyn [moses ]or the crime from the slang of atl
    picaso things

  48. The black robin thicke says:

    *jews* I wish hitler had finished his job haha!!!

  49. ^ says:

    How racist do you have to be to see white people and think “I hate Jews”?

  50. The black robin thicke says:

    *jews* stole from blacks in the music industry since the 30’s, do your homework chimp!!!

  51. Cemal says:

    he even got picasso’s granddaughter in the video… dope

  52. The black robin thicke says:

    Just got done watching Higher Learning on Crackle, great movie!!! Haha

  53. The black robin thicke says:

    *wealthy fucking monkey* u a fucking mascot to the real wealthy, a high paid bo jangles haha rubbing noses with the same people that called your wife’s pregnancy fake. And your relationship with her fake!! That little pocket money foh jiggaboo!!! Wheres the real Nas when ya need em, u signed him to keep him of your Coat tails and expose ya bitch ass, mark haha

  54. Loch says:

    Video is dope.ja stay 10 steps ahead.Performance art in a museum.Shit really off the cuff and natural.This actually was a genius idea
    Loch Jay-Z Picasso Baby Trayvon Martin/Zimmerman Freestyle: http://youtu.be/DlwwlUsrO54

  55. ^ says:

    Dumbass, there are no Jews in this video.

  56. Gambino says:

    hipster Jay Z

  57. Big Aristotle says:

    “Simply ingenious an masterful”….He pushes the envelope too further the culture. Do you not see his vision?….. “Futher proof the gene pool could use a little more chlorine” #Facts

  58. You ignorant Stans are beyond hilarious

    Let’s bypass the fact that Jay Z who’s “pushing the culture” did a show for rich people and their kids in a place that the hood doesn’t go to or can afford to unless they “know someone”

    Stick in the token dumb B Dot shot of him being a good servant boy & throwing up the ROC to appease the dumb fellas in the hood into the cauldron & you have a perfect mix of a rich guy who can only name drop the two famous painters ( who have nothing to do w/each other) names trying to pass himself as an “artist”

    Well, at least one of you may actually take time to learn about Picasso & perhaps other painters & eras of painting , but I doubt it.

    This is nothing more than a lift of Marina’s previous work which in itself is a gratuitous piece of self-indulgence done to give herself attention for rich people to stare at. EXACTLY what Jay Z did.
    Hilarious

    “The Culture”
    I don’t recall goofy upper west side Apartments blasting “it takes a nation of millions” but I guess I could be wrong

    @p0is0nedkoola on twitter
    Throw up the ROC cause your credibility has been thrown out…….

  59. vomit says:

    Advanced
    Reasoning
    Tool

  60. rillmerch says:

    “I ILL NOT LOSE… EVER!

    http://www.stillrill.com

  61. Hip-Hop says:

    @p0is0nedkoola stay reaching. the video is dope. I’m sure if you ever met jay-z you’d act like a groupie. LOL @ your 184 followers on Twitter. Ain’t no one thinking about you.

  62. eastpointvet says:

    @poisonedkoola
    u do know u can go to any of the pace galleries for free right?

  63. eastpointvet says:

    and the one that threw off jay was not marina it was sandra gering she runs several art galleries in NY

  64. Homie says:

    I liked hiphop better when it wasn’t for everybody.

  65. @HIP-Hop
    Take the hyphen off your name Stan
    & Yes, I am emasculating by having 184 followers. It’s important to me & the legacy I leave behind when I hit that last breath.

    Oh , YN/Rob Markman/Aqua all follow me & chat w/me about hip hop
    Thanks for the laughs

    @Eastpointvet
    Not for special events.

    @p0is0nedkoola on Twitter
    Follow me to discuss hip hop, oh wait.
    I mean to inflate my followers # and justify my existence
    Thanks

  66. Tone says:

    My God…..Rosie Perez can STILL GET IT

  67. Hip-Hop says:

    @p0is0nedkoola
    Oh , YN/Rob Markman/Aqua all follow me & chat w/me about hip hop
    ^^
    No, you say shit to get their attention in hopes for a retweet. Meanwhile, you diss RR everyday yet you name drop YN? Fuck outta here geek.

  68. j says:

    Awesome.

    Not typical.

    I like it a lot.

  69. ENDL3SS AMB1T10N says:

    Looks nice a min documentary/ video….like the style of it though….

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  70. SHAWNLEE says:

    THREE LETTERS SAD/BAD/SUS…ETC.

  71. SpaceGhost says:

    Real Talk….this is so different and refreshing for a hip hop video. I had to watch it….think about what I’d just witnessed. Process that and then decide whether I liked it or not.

    Ok…..I like it. I’m not gonna say #New Rules because it would be cliche at this juncture. Damn….I just said it, didn’t I? Oh well…PICASSO BABY!!! Dope, Period, no comma.

  72. jasonkimba says:

    A room full of NYC art elite + JAYZ = Hot garbage. It was so shitty that JAYZ peeled out 2 seconds after he finished. I want my 10 minutes back. The SNL JAYZ performance of shows his real talent, he crushed it then.

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