Saba - Few Good Things (A Short Film)

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Saba presents 'Few Good Things' The Short Film, directed by C.T. Robert
Artist's Note from Saba
The concept of Few Good Things is the realization of self after a search for exterior fulfillment. It is the satisfaction and completeness you gain by simply living a life that is yours. Few is a small number, but few is not lonely. In the face of all adversity, a few good things is recognizing and accepting blessings. Few is to count them, one by one. An empty glass is full of air. An empty bank is full of lessons. An empty heart is full of memories. Few good things is to grow comfortable with the empty, and despite that, finding your fullness.
Director's Note from C.T. Robert
As a storyteller, I've always been drawn to stories that attempt to identify what makes us who we are. The ones that ask questions like: What does having everything you need really look like? Is it sitting at a dinner table with your loved ones? Is it waking up next to the woman you love? Is it having cherished memories for all of those you care for, those still in the physical and those who passed on?
It's hard to pinpoint the exact answers to all these but we know that it's nothing that can be achieved from monetary fulfillment or anything materialistic. It's a weight that can only be carried with you through years of experiences and memories made from putting the time in with those around you. No amount of money could ever replace that. In this film we want to refocus the conversation surrounding these ideas and help shed light on what's really important in the grand scheme of it all.
Few Good Things, an album by Saba // orcd.co/fewgoodthings
• FEW GOOD THINGS
Director: C.T. Robert
Producers: Saba, C.T. Robert, Cristela Rodriguez, Rory Webb, Julie Fong
Co-Producers: Bryan Casallo, Jona Ward
Executive Producers: Pegah Farahmand, Mike Lobikis, Sara Nix
Written by: C.T. Robert, Kyra Andrews
Film Presented by: Saba/Pivot Gang
Production Company: Partizan Entertainment
Production In Association With: SoundCloud
Chicago Production Company: Pogi Studios
Director of Photography: Eric Vera
Production Designer: Natalie Bonanno
Editor: C.T. Robert
Film Composer: Daoud
Cast: Saba, Carl Lewis, Shaun Vaughns, Ahmir Peterson, Joy Monique, Frank McFadden, Consuella Hollins, Samuel Pugh, Lottie Geanes, Sanaii Brown
Casting Directors: Nachelle Pugh, Crystal Harris, Cristela Rodriguez, Jake Bloom, O’Connor Casting
Production Manager: Miles Royal
Partizan Coordinator: Koyote Meiners-Rios
Additional Coordinator: Mary Munez
Associate Producers: Pat Fischer, Michelle Tocash, Jonah Mueller
Post Production & VFX: Therapy Studios
Vine VFX: Digital Axis
Color: Omar Inguanzo
Color Assistant: Celene Curlee
Sound Designer & Mixer: Dillon Cahill
VFX Supervisor: Geoff Stephenson
Flame Artists: Wren Waters, Faby Zumarman, Phil Apostle
EP Therapy: Margaret Ward
Post Coordinator: Bogui Adjorlolo
1st AD: Saro Melero Bonnin
2nd AD: Mike Knauer
2nd 2nd AD: Loiselle Morco
Steadicam Ops: Austin Vinas, Jose Espinoza
1st AC: Cain Camacho
2nd AC: Bryan Wright
DIT: JP Quindara
Gaffer: Paskal Pawlicki
Best Boy: Chris Vergara
Electric: Steven Garcia, John White
Key Grip: Mayank Mishra
Grip: Q Worthy
Swing: Maurice Wade Jackson
Special Effects Tech: Linda Johnson
Special Effects Tech Asst: Randy Johnson
Location Audio: Joseph Vnuck
Set Decorator: Anna Chandler
Set Dresser: Diego Baltran
Shopper: Robin Lee, Taylor Zielinski, Isra
HMU: Jimeria Williams
HMU Asst: Kendall Bararchy
Wardrobe Stylist: Nadya Laska
Wardrobe Asst: Amanda Tan
Location Manager: Mary Munez
Location Scout: Clare Bisignano
Covid Compliance Manager: Lucia Agajanian
Covid-19 Testers: Felix Velez, Jaron Wilson
Fire Safety Officer: Mauricio Rodriquez
Security: Rudy Martinez, Cesar Siguenza
Key PA: Kayla Thomas
Photo PA: Reese Amaru
Production Assistants: Mark Capapas, Chris Totzke, Luis Casallo, Kevin Reodica, Julian Engle, Jon Gardner, Payton Fame Snell, Ricky Bustos, Courtney Johnson
Assistant to Julie Fong: Mackenzie Swaney
Catering: Raymond Luna
BTS: Jude Appleby
Clearance Rights: Kurator, Joel Wiebe
Archival Footage: CBS2 Chicago, Veritone, WNET Chicago, Heart of the City Films
Special Thanks: Tommy Jeans & People's Place Program, Li-Wei Chu
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Пікірлер: 378

@asdnnnx 2 жыл бұрын

thank you for this album. thank you.

@beinerthchitivamachado9892 2 жыл бұрын

LOVE your pfp.

@vweeks181 2 жыл бұрын

this

@ethansmith3213 2 жыл бұрын

“I had everything I needed”…that really makes me stop and think man, my eyes are watering

@ethansmith3213 2 жыл бұрын

I take too much of this world for granted, I’m hurt and I’m losing my way. But I’m ready to hear something to change my perspective. The wait was worth it, Thank you.

@robtothejuice 2 жыл бұрын

@@ethansmith3213 bro I feel the same. It’s so hard to live in the moment but I’m trying! We take small moments for granite and cling onto them forever once they’ve passed and are no longer tangible. We worry so much about what will happen in a year we forget to live for today.

@kodaqgoldvisuals3127 2 жыл бұрын

2012 is one of my personal favorites really takes me back to a special moment in my life...there's a lot we should be grateful for.

@leonorteixeira8039 2 жыл бұрын

that part killed me I just started bawling out of nowehere damn

@lamceddo2275 2 жыл бұрын

You're about to make me tear up too. It's one of the most beautiful part of the album. Great message.

@TheOfficialFNG 2 жыл бұрын

i know it's early in the year but this is gonna be in top 3 albums of 2022, these visuals do it so much justice

@Stoichia 2 жыл бұрын

ayo FNG's a Saba fan??? thats so fire

@demothewikigod6297 2 жыл бұрын

Dead trim, Live taste!

@KP_6 2 жыл бұрын

SBW [ Saba this week ]

@Boi_X_Lonely 2 жыл бұрын

Saba literally changing rap. I aint seen no one put out any kind of art this beautiful and personal. Saba is the future.

@variantsnetwork 2 жыл бұрын

He is a modern great, but these visuals do resemble “never catch me” by flying lotus. Watch it if you haven’t seen it.

@nathmenclet8199 2 жыл бұрын

@@variantsnetwork love that clip this video's reminding me of Don't go tellin your mama by topaz jones, amazing piece to watch, highly recommend

@MrTjtre 2 жыл бұрын

Everything for sale by westside boogie is another good one

@LoneIndigo Жыл бұрын

Earl Sweatshirt is another artist that does the same.

@edwardkelly3280 2 жыл бұрын

I’m glad to see rappers like Saba,Twista and Lupe Fiasco describe West Side Chicago.We always hear about South Chicago

@maryannappiagyei4277 2 жыл бұрын

Miss Kanye west. Common.

@edwardkelly3280 2 жыл бұрын

@@maryannappiagyei4277 Kanye West and Common are South Chicago artists.I like both of them and they are the most important Chicago rappers.I just hear one part of Chicago which gotten most of the media attention I want to hear the other parts of the city.

@24POWERS 2 жыл бұрын

@@edwardkelly3280 musically Chicago can never be forgotten

@skillNshoot 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful album, one of my favorites!

@samw6712 2 жыл бұрын

One of the best lyrical story-tellers of our time.

@azy_t 2 жыл бұрын

One of the best introspective healing albums I've ever listened to...so it's like it gets better than care for me every single time I listen...that intro is so fucking good that I cried multiple times cuz my grandma died a few years ago and when he said " its been a while since the last time we saw you"...any way i thank you saba for his masta piece

@leonorteixeira8039 2 жыл бұрын

right, i thought i'd never like something from saba as much as care for me but this album is something special

@ProjectMayor 2 жыл бұрын

Really does get better every listen

@ccruz456 2 жыл бұрын

“All the small things about being broke I never got to notice” got me to appreciate a lot

@BausJWetman 2 жыл бұрын

This film really made me nostalgic in every which way, I wasn’t expecting this to hit me as hard. Saba has an extreme sense of artistic integrity

@lilhavin 2 жыл бұрын

15:26 Sankofa means to “retrieve”; literally “go back and get”; san - to return; ko - to go; fa - to fetch, to seek and take. Sankofa is often associated with the proverb, “Se wo were fi na wosankofa a yenkyi,” or “Sankofa w’onkyir” which translates as: “It is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten.”

@NinaAngelina25 2 жыл бұрын

Whew! Beautiful!! Thank you so much for sharing!!

@charlesosafo2668 Жыл бұрын

I didn’t know saba had Ghanaian roots!

@Mr9 2 жыл бұрын

No lie I didn't know what to think the first couple singles cause I was such a fan of Care For Me and they sounded nothing like it. Then I heard a piece of the Bone record and thought it sounded great. I'm glad I waited till the album dropped to hear it. I'm not sure if Saba is in a better space than he was in during care for me but it does sound like it on this record, even with the deep subject matter. This is definitely an album we will be talking about for a while now, and I hope it brings even more fans your way cause it's incredible. Sorry for ever doubting it.

@Cmac5612 2 жыл бұрын

Same here. Still enjoy Care for me better since it’s so nostalgic for me but this album was fantastic.

@rjndegwa 2 жыл бұрын

I am touched. Learn to make peace with your past and your heritage! Learn to appreciate the little everyday good things in the present, however few they may be! Much love from Nairobi, Kenya.

@leonorteixeira8039 2 жыл бұрын

@maryannappiagyei4277 2 жыл бұрын

Too me

@heyg0ld Жыл бұрын

I’m working on it. Thank you and blessings 🙏🏽

@joeyseidel8890 2 жыл бұрын

this album will be looked back on as a benchmark. you’re special man.

@woe6994 Жыл бұрын

This album is so special to me, like the songs just mean so much to me, like I FEEL THIS SH*T!

@kimberlyescobar6958 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing talent, visionary! You can see when people genuinely care about the art they put out

@paltro8977 2 жыл бұрын

Saba really went all out, he made art in every form

@noeliavalverde1 2 жыл бұрын

I love everything about this record, not just the music but the ideas a d visuals behind it. You are an artist, got into Saba a bit late but I am happy I was here for the release of this one

@claurellim 2 жыл бұрын

This album is a work of art, thank you 🤍

@russellrobinson6404 2 жыл бұрын

Its beautiful. The sound I've been waiting for 💯

@mider-spanman5577 2 жыл бұрын

This album deserve the Grammy this year! Get better at least get a nomination, but it definitely deserves the win!

@maryannappiagyei4277 2 жыл бұрын

Yes. He deserves him win hope wish nominees list

@HipHopUnrapped 2 жыл бұрын

We can tell you put your soul in this one. Grateful for your art.

@maryannappiagyei4277 2 жыл бұрын

Too me man. feel good Only listen album “I’m relate. That.

@iamjshep3 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Saba. What for? For trusting your gut and pursuing your calling. For having the confidence to release your music knowing not everyone is gonna love it. Most of all, for telling not just your story, but everyone’s story. Thank you.

@lanjoskhembo 2 жыл бұрын

When he said “I had everything I needed “ I felt that 👊🏾 2012 is my favorite 😍

@BeeDubyew 2 жыл бұрын

So that panned shot with the plant blooming... That was magic.

@nhddd 2 жыл бұрын

I remember a time where i had so little yet had everything i ever needed, but as ive grown a little older i feel as though ive got nothing anymore. This has really helped me. Thank you Saba for everything. I hope there comes a day where everybody has peace within themselves.

@jeffjeffy7765 2 жыл бұрын

Anybody notice the reference when it shows Church and Liquor store back to back at 5:40 ?

@PaulSerwin234532453 2 жыл бұрын

This got me nostalgic about growing up on the westside in the early 90s. Thanks for bringing it back.

@mohearn720 2 жыл бұрын

Cry through at least half of this album because it’s so good. The last track in particular hits hard. Can’t wait to see you on May 5th.

@floatingworldusa 2 жыл бұрын

masterpiece

@ZimMill 2 жыл бұрын

Big Salute Fr Saba… You Paint Yo Story In A Masterful Way… I’m Coming Out The Same Region Of The City… See You At The Top 🥂

@hiphoptvwhy 2 жыл бұрын

This is So Dope Bro 🔥🔥🔥💯💯👏👏

@Billy6124 2 жыл бұрын

Album is amazing “Few Good Things” is now my favorite song by you just overtook “Photosynthesis” Thanks for the work G 💯

@therebellion96 2 жыл бұрын

Already, this deserves an award! Worldwide recognition at the very most! Positivity to the fullest!

@dtrill7565 2 жыл бұрын

Grateful to have experienced this

@reebelle5949 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Saba for your presentations of blackness in all of its beauty. You are both an artist and the art! Keep shining and putting the West Side back on the map!!! All my love

@earthtoditto 2 жыл бұрын

This was monumentally masterful! Saba thank you for pouring your soul into your art and sharing it to us all. You inspire the world

@hikari8921 2 жыл бұрын

The Album has so much more meaning now, Thank you Saba

@lilhavin 2 жыл бұрын

Man I wept watching this. It reminded me of so much, from my family to different experiences. I felt the love, pain and struggle throughout.

@ethanschmitt6409 2 жыл бұрын

Instant classic album. Thank you Saba!

@naiiago9414 2 жыл бұрын

Another great album. Your music is the best to get a day started, everyday motivation.

@universe91189 2 жыл бұрын

this is so powerful...Chicago is all through this film.....

@rheese12 2 жыл бұрын

Damn I almost cried listening to 2012 that song gets me everytime.

@nemo2327 2 жыл бұрын

this was an expierence. so beautiful what you guys created. timeless; the shots, the music, the direction, the storytelling, the actors. so amazing. you should all be super proud of this work of art. thank you for making it come to life.

@davionmoquete7143 2 жыл бұрын

NEEDED THIS ALBUM THANK YOU SABA‼️🙏

@mannyadewale8732 2 жыл бұрын

Few good things...it's all about the simple things sometimes. I really appreciate this album and this film -- PIVOT GANG 💙💚

@Jmurphfla 2 жыл бұрын

Bro gon be one of the greats of the newer generation of artists when it’s all said and done. The Chi is immensely talented

@JayyOptic 2 жыл бұрын

Story-telling was amazing. The director & film told his story fantastically. Shoutout to Cont4ct!

@TrippyVision220 2 жыл бұрын

Here we go again 🙌

@noiz.i 2 жыл бұрын

you can’t even go into words about how amazing this is. true artistry. continue to grow brother, hope i get to work with you in the future

@niklaspohlmann725 2 жыл бұрын

definitely gonna be on my list for the album of the year. will come back and listen to this a lot, i‘m 100% sure about that. great work, thank you Saba

@teddyntiri4828 2 жыл бұрын

This album gets better everytime I play it😍😍

@Jack-wp9rv 2 жыл бұрын

All of Saba's work is immaculate, been my favourite artist for a while now.

@SuperGreatPizza 2 жыл бұрын

this is amazing...the vision behind the album and film is so beautiful. Saba was goated for me after CFM but this project might top it. To the whole Pivot gang, thank you.

@jameseubanks3833 2 жыл бұрын

This Project is extraordinary to say the least!!! A real treasure GOLDEN!!

@dcwray7030 Жыл бұрын

This is for soul is not just music. this is pain sweat tears

@blackdonkykong1989 2 жыл бұрын

This album is a classic! Saba has grown so much as an artist and is one of the newer generation that is keeping hip hop intact. Can't wait to see him perform this live 🙏🏾

@gotworc 2 жыл бұрын

can y'all stop calling everything a classic. it can't be a classic when it just came out. a classic is something that's timeless and old

@blackdonkykong1989 2 жыл бұрын

@@gotworc lol, get off my comment. I have the right to call the album whatever I want to call it. Compared to albums that are deemed classics this album is up there. Stop worrying about other people's opinions 😂 and do you.

@PROD5VE 2 жыл бұрын

Saba is a huge inspiration to me and I WILL produce a song for him one day.

@ethansmith3213 2 жыл бұрын

Good stuff, im writing things up too, i hope we get what we want out of it

@diecody 2 жыл бұрын

y’all will. stay focused n driven brethren.

@hakaase 2 жыл бұрын

stop spamming this bro

@GoldenChildBH 2 жыл бұрын

Nah

@diecody 2 жыл бұрын

@@GoldenChildBH u niggas are haters 😂

@louarttt 2 жыл бұрын

Love how meaningful this album is, one of my favorite artists and just refreshing to see a work of art with this much substance especially nowadays

@alexanderwoods2055 2 жыл бұрын

Can't. Stop. Crying. This is beautiful. Fundamentally foundational to realistic maturity.

@tharealnytro69 2 жыл бұрын

The energy that this album gave me on first listen was different, and then upon a number of listens I felt what it was really propagating - contentment. Saba expressed this in the best way he could, and it's felt in every song. Now when I hear the intro and 2012 I'm moved into a different space and feel. To be and feel genuine in your messages from this album shows it takes time, and Saba does show us this very well with his raps on here. Few Good Things is for Saba, for the people, for the world. Ready to count your blessings? Cop this album. Also caught the Twi saying "Sankofa w'onkyie" in there. Wow!

@giurco91 2 жыл бұрын

Few Good Things

@henrywillreign9713 2 жыл бұрын

I Love the album. I Love the short film. This is a great work of art.

@kusica1605 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you again SABA!!!!!

@donk4781 2 жыл бұрын

this is so beautiful bro

@christopherdelvecchio1457 2 жыл бұрын

Album is just beautiful man, from lyrics to production to cover art… just beautiful

@chakaralorose 2 жыл бұрын

Very Profound take on life in Chicago...True art provokes thought and emotion...these visuals do just that....Ironically this album came out on my Grandma's funeral. Sounds morbid but it was actually comforting to listen to that day. Thank you for always having music that comforts

@drexkami8547 2 жыл бұрын

Masterpiece.

@SaraiPrayer 2 жыл бұрын

The greatest to ever do it.

@heyg0ld Жыл бұрын

Critical response to Saba just confounds me. I keep hearing how his sound “lulls” and his style “hasn’t outgrown his influences yet” and all I hear is sonic genius that takes me so many places. Maybe it’s my personal connection to music being so intense. Maybe I just let myself rejoice in each artist individually. But Saba’s work matters so much to me. I’m a Tulsan, and we’re kinda of an unspoken cousin of Chicago (many Black Tulsans fled to Chicago after the 1921 Race Massacre). I remember visiting Chicago for the first time in like 2004 and thinking, “This is like home. I know these people. I know their facial expressions.” Maybe that’s it. I don’t know. I’m just thankful that I get to hear it, and that he gets to do his work. 🙏🏽

@YoungPuerto13 2 жыл бұрын

Immaculate vibes. PIVOT

@NeoMegaMan999 2 жыл бұрын

Such a great short film and perfectly the spirit of the record

@tshepangsello8128 2 жыл бұрын

This is fireeee! 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥

@de-plug 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely amazing album and visuals to go with it. Saba and the whole gang really made something classical here

@woomymichel514 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful project and album Saba

@BenJones1127 2 жыл бұрын

been listening on repeat for the past couple of days, great to come across a music video too

@SYLAMEDIA 2 жыл бұрын

AMAZING 🙆🏾‍♂️ absolutely amazing

@mztremias 2 жыл бұрын

This was so Amazing and so pit together. I felt your journey Saba. Please keep Giving us good Amazing artwork. You'll always will be legendary! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ #PivotGang

@rashondamorin3355 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Grammy nominated

@goyaguy 2 жыл бұрын

melanated love. So beautiful

@SSingh-nc8hb 2 жыл бұрын

This video made me once again appreciate my childhood, life and family. Love the energy!

@trevorkerr4103 4 ай бұрын

This album is so much bigger than just songs man. I remember how much i cried the first time i heard the last 3 songs. Sava you’re such an inspiration

@ShalamahBanYahu Жыл бұрын

If people know the history of Chicago you would know that alot of Renown Black men come from there... black businesses schools Families Housing etc. people dont know why Chicago the way it is now...... my boi Saba tapped in 🕊 #LongLiveWalt

@alexabundis 2 жыл бұрын

ÁLBUM OF THE YEAR 💿

@maryannappiagyei4277 2 жыл бұрын

Too me

@bohngy_nane733 2 жыл бұрын

Love your album SABA❤️🇿🇦

@CharmCityMediaMD 2 жыл бұрын

This album hit me hard! In the best way possible. I lost my grandparents within the last 6 years and the family was never the same… this was truly beautiful

@beinerthchitivamachado9892 2 жыл бұрын

BEAUTIFUL FILM! Few Good Things is a CLASSIC!!! Definitely worth the wait.

@izakzarco 2 жыл бұрын

The art is amazing

@milesgordy6389 2 жыл бұрын

Almost made me cry when 2012 came on. This was beautiful and so was that album. Hoping it get's the credit it deserves. Thank you.

@TheBnicoleee 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful album, it has literally been on repeat since it’s dropped. Thank you!!🤍✨✨

@iGoBiTurtle 2 жыл бұрын

When Saba said “I put my heart & my all in my art, I’m alternate” he meant that & it truly shows. This album & especially this visual makes me want to go look at old photo albums. I had a great convo with my “aunty cousins” yesterday & I feel like this made me appreciate it more & keep it going.

@JavierGonzalez-ef2yx 2 жыл бұрын

A mirror to the soul. Thanks for this album 🙏🏼🙌🏼

@JoshB100 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for blessing us with this king 🤴🏾 🙏

@tevintevin3765 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you am calm every time I listen to this album 🔥🔥👌🏿❤️

@KHATIUFO 2 жыл бұрын

Love Love Love it! Thank you!

@sharonscottbrooking7923 2 жыл бұрын

Loved the awesome film which was beautiful, deep and artistic with a fantastic soundtrack.

@nauticalrumble8795 2 жыл бұрын

this album is perfect. thank you

@JokChannel 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for being yourself. We are here listening.

@NinaAngelina25 2 жыл бұрын

Yo. This was so wholesome, beautiful and raw. 🥲 I love the storytelling and the imagery. I cried when you showed the abandoned building. All of those rich memories that took place there. I felt your pain and saw the hurt in your face. You are so brave for opening up your heart and creating a body of work based off of everything you ever loved and knew, and reflecting on the loss that you experienced. That's not an easy thing. Our first reaction is to run and hide from pain but you faced it and made beautiful art from it. You told our story as well as our grandparents because all of our grandparents did come from the South for a better life. You showed the world what life was like as a child growing up in Chicago. To us, it was a beautiful place despite all of the violence. Glad you did this. Got me all in my feels this morning. Rest in peace to everyone that was lost. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽