Nearly two months after Raekwon dropping not only one of the best Hip-Hop albums of the year, but one of the best albums across all of music so far here in 2025 with his critically-acclaimed newest album, The Emperor’s New Clothes. He returns to said album today with the debut just a few short hours ago of the beautifully elegant and introspectively crisp new Jirard-directed video for the album’s most beautifully elegant and powerfully introspective record, 1 Life featuring Stacy Barthe.
The video opening with a beautifully stunning view of the sun rising from the mountains. Before then panning into Raekwon’s very beautifully stunning Los Angeles mansion, as Rae arrives in his car into his garage and unpacks his suitcase. Before heading into his house with blue screens of Stacy Barthe flashing as she sings the beautifully elegant and powerfully introspective chorus. Raekwon’s collection of all his very fly clothes, vinyls, jewelry, gear and such being shown off as he raps his very introspective and reflective verses. Rae and his crew also shown outside by a factory showing off their fly whips and just linking up together. Stacey also seen singing the beautifully elegant and powerfully introspective chorus in the mansion. While Raekwon is also shown getting his hair cut by his pool and then also shown sipping wine and looking out at the beautiful view from the mansion. Well spitting more of his very introspectively reflective verses on the track. The reflective view of Raekwon’s classic Only Built 4 Cuban Linx vinyl and matching silk shirt, his autobiography, Wu-Tang Air Force 1’s, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx championship belt and other memorabilia of his laid out on his table. Really bringing to life even more the introspectively reflective and elegant nature of the record. That makes you appreciate it even more too.
