{"id":177324,"date":"2023-02-02T10:11:08","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T09:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=177324"},"modified":"2023-02-01T23:21:35","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T22:21:35","slug":"video-el-gant-leave-it-alone-prod-by-dj-premier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/video-el-gant-leave-it-alone-prod-by-dj-premier\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: El Gant \u2013 Leave It Alone (Prod. by DJ Premier)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JKbZvCVPJeY\" width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>El Gant<\/strong> delivers a scathing look at the downside of the information age in his new video for<em> \u201cLeave It Alone,\u201d<\/em> which plays out like a mini-action movie featuring none other than <strong>DJ Premier<\/strong> who produced the track.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The video is directed by <strong>The Last American B-Boy<\/strong>, who brings his unique vision to the narrative-driven single off <strong>El Gant\u2019s<\/strong> latest album, <em>O.S.L.O.<\/em> With the New York emcee\u2019s words as his blueprint, the director captured the spirit of<em> <a rel=\"noreferrer\">\u201cLeave It Alone\u201d<\/a><\/em> by turning it into the soundtrack for a rescue mission.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The visuals center on <strong>El Gant<\/strong> in the role of \u201890s action hero, a tortured soul looking to make things right for the children and save them from the ills of the world. In this case, the ills are all the screens that so many of us are inundated with on a daily basis, from TVs and smartphones to computer monitors and tablets. For the emcee, it\u2019s keeping us from thinking for ourselves, instead succumbing to being trained by what we see. It makes for a stirring viewing experience, and one that couldn\u2019t be more timely.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Check out the visuals and head over to your preferred digital retailer or streaming platform to support <strong>El Gant\u2019s<\/strong> <em>O.S.L.O. <\/em>LP. It\u2019s also available in vinyl in both <a href=\"https:\/\/email.cloud.secureclick.net\/c\/7043?id=793503.2426.1.6f96885ba844eace962ccd9c36e517fe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/email.cloud.secureclick.net\/c\/7043?id%3D793503.2426.1.6f96885ba844eace962ccd9c36e517fe&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1675375874291000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2h7Rbkhg_kEDba_Vd5e0tJ\">classic black<\/a> along with a <a href=\"https:\/\/email.cloud.secureclick.net\/c\/7043?id=793503.2427.1.8f730ce4d36cbf684cfd59ae3f1a6def\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/email.cloud.secureclick.net\/c\/7043?id%3D793503.2427.1.8f730ce4d36cbf684cfd59ae3f1a6def&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1675375874291000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1nY9czlQ-OQepIgovP-oQz\">Fat Beats Exclusive<\/a> variant in translucent light blue (limited to 100 copies). In addition to Preemo, the 10-track LP boasts guest appearances and production by<strong> Ras Kass, Planet Asia, Killah Priest, Bobby J<\/strong> From <strong>Rockaway<\/strong>, <strong>Marco Polo, J57<\/strong> and more!<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"177326\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/video-el-gant-leave-it-alone-prod-by-dj-premier\/unnamed-598\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/unnamed.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"unnamed\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/unnamed.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-177326 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/unnamed.jpg?fit=640%2C540&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/unnamed.jpg?resize=540%2C540&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/unnamed.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/unnamed.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/unnamed.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff El Gant delivers a scathing look at the downside of the information age in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-177324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-K84","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177324\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}