Greatness comes in many forms: athleticism, philosophy, leadership, artistry, and more; Ace Hood and Killer Mike choose to celebrate them all. The final music video off his recent M.I.N.D. EP, “Greatness” ft Killer Mike dropped today via Hoodnation/EMPIRE. Black excellence is the theme of today’s lesson, and Ace Hood enlisted rapper and activist Killer Mike to help teach it. Paintings depicting some of the brightest Black icons, stylized in black and gold, line the walls and shine in the light in the video. Clips of the cultural icons appear as well: from late, influential musician Young Dolph, trailblazing politician Shirley Chisholm, to the ceiling-shattering athlete Arthur Ashe raising a clenched fist. Each bar from Ace and Killer Mike, irregardless if it’s a punchline, is filled with such emotion and depth that it turns this track into a street sermon. Ace’s signature true-to-this rap style, full of hard stops and calculated pauses, flourishes as he spits, “Them folk gon’ underestimate you, play you like you dumb, I nod my head and get my bread, you will not feed me crumbs.” Killer Mike, a philosophical poet in his own right, raps, “Judas to Jesus, even true to believers, Brutus to Caesars, backstab and deceive us.” “Greatness” is an homage to the black excellence that came before us and a resounding cry that there’s only more greatness to come.