If you ever wanted to take a course on the history of NYC, like street knowledge history, just hit play below with a pen and pad handy. Smoke DZA runs through what makes his city so legendary and hard for some to digest, from Tha Dogg Pound’s “New York New York” to leather pants. But despite the unforgiving winters and crime in the streets, Smoke DZA can’t help but show love to his godfather, New York City. See if you can spot Dame, Cam’ron, and Jim Jones.

The video creatively plays off of the artwork for his upcoming album, Dream.Zone.Achieve, with the animated paintings. The canvas is set by Buda Da Future & Grandz Muzik on the boards.

Directed by: Damon Dash

Bryan Hahn (@notupstate)