Dreamville Records released the emotional video for Sacrifices on Monday, featuring label artists J. Cole and Olu (EarthGang) alongside Smino and Saba. The clip is dedicated to Olus late father and features an appearance from the rappers mother.
The Scott Lazer, David Peters and Chad Tennies-directed video shows the four artists laying out the various individual and collective sacrifices they have made, both personal and political. The six-minute clip spans everything from police shooting unarmed black men to romantic dedication, with all sacrifices great and small in between.
Sacrifices is the final track on Dreamvilles latest compilation, Revenge of the Dreamers III, which was released in July and debuted atop the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart. J. Cole founded Dreamville in 2007 and the labels first two compilations were released in 2014 and 2015. J. Coles last solo record, KOD, arrived last April, while he recently appeared alongsideTy Dolla $ign in the latters Purple Emoji video.
Earlier this year, Smino and Saba both appeared with Chicago-based rapper Noname on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon for a performance of Ace, from Nonames debut albumRoom 25.Meanwhile, Olus EarthGang will release their new album, Mirrorland, later this year.