Showing posts with label New Orleans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Orleans. Show all posts

Friday, March 3, 2017

Video Bomb: What's Love|A.V. w/ Rate

         


 First and foremost shout out to A.V. for coming hard on a sample and further more channeling this weird Soulja Slim / B.G. vibe. I'll be honest and say I didn't expect this much raw and real rap on this track. The video is Directed by Motion Minds, and while most rappers do visuals where there are home scenes or studio scenes I thought it was appropriate for this video and made it more lovable. The fact that this is a Florida bred rapper sounding like he from New Orleans is a pleasant surprise.  I love finding hidden gems like this. The content is relatable to anyone living the street life or knows loss of someone who lives or lived that lifestyle. A.V. touches on personal accounts of dangerous situations he faced as an adolescent, as well as the all to familiar reality that a lot of young black male's face with incarceration. When I first heard the Tina sample I wasn't sure what to expect given Tina was recounting an abusive relationship in the original. Yet I love the twist the sample presented with a real rap feel. I feel like as powerful as the message was he and his videographer could have come up with a lot more as far as a story line. I did enjoy seeing A.V. in almost a reflective state when he was in the living room and the family portraits were being shown. I really like this song and can't wait to see what A.V. and Wynners Circle have up their sleeves. Connect with A.V. below through his social media accounts and check out my official rate for the video below! 

--M$C 


























 RATING:





Lyrics: 5
Instrumental:N/A
Visuals: 4.5
Star Potential:4.5
Overall:5

Favorite Line(s): "Shit crazy how the tables turn overnight, yesterday is straight today, And Niggas fake that's why I stay prayed up and out these niggas way. And ask the Lord not to let me and this AR catch a motherf*ckin murder case. " 




What's Love|Visuals

           



Connect w/ A.V.


Twitter: @2TheReal_AV8
IG: playrunna_av
SnapChat: playrunna_av
SOUNDCLOUD: PLAYRUNNAZ A.V.


Facebook: Wynners Circle Entertainment LLC
Email: PLAYRUNNAZAV@Gmail.com

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Video Bomb: Smurf The God|Seen It All w/ Rate



Taking place mainly at a local liquor store familiar to most St. Petersburg, FL natives, Smurf the God definitely played it safe and simple in this video. Though I am not a fan of beat jackers and admire original productions to accompany original lyrics, I loved his lyrical content. This is the type of music I could ride through the city and just vibe to.  The content was realistic and relatable to those living that type of life.  The visual content matched what he was talking about and the additional locations for the video were ok, again playing it safe. Due to the fact that I am a stickler for details I did notice that the editor of the video nor Smurf payed attention to the spelling of the song when it came on during the opening. Besides grammatical mistakes I enjoyed the visuals and even though this video dropped November of last year it's still worth a check out. Below get my rate for the video and connect with Smurf The God.

--M$C







Rating:

Lyrics:4.5
Instrumental:N/A
Visual:3
Star Potential:4
Overall: 4

Favorite Line: "Yeah, I must admit it never had a pot to piss in, but I always had a fork and a eye on the stove. " 










           





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IG: @smurfthegod