GOMD Produced by
J. Cole and off his latest album 2014 Forest Hills Drive. This video is based in the olden times where African Americans were
slaves to the white. J. Cole is shown as the butler in the house overseeing the
work done, and gets treated like he’s changed probably because he has the
better job and serves the white in a different manner. In the intro he says “Hollywood
Cole, go. Ay Hollywood, ay. Hollywood Cole, go. My nigga done went Hollywood.” Stating
in his real life he’s changed because of his fame, and shows him transitioning
back to his old self just like in the video. He raps “I put my city on the map
but let me tell you 'bout it. They tryna say I can't come back, ay let me tell
you 'bout it.”There’s a moment where he says hi to the workers and gets yelled
at. Since he went famous and just like in the video changed, people from his
city don’t welcome him like they used to.
During the video he steals the keys to the cabinet
where the weapons are locked, and takes them with him and gives it to the
slaves. For all the mistreatment the whites gave them, they took revenge and
flipped the script on them. Tied them up and started dancing around a fire,
expressing their happiness of freedom they have now. GOMD stand for Get Off My
D-ck meaning all the people mistreating him should leave him alone; that he’s
come back to his old self the old J. Cole aka Jermaine Cole. I hope you enjoyed
my take on the track and music video; watch the video above and take a look and
understand it more.
Written by Kendrick Lamar,
Sounwave, and Fashions Designer, rapper, producer Pharrell Williams who also
says the hook. The video starts off black and white with a lady yelling “House
Keeping” and Kendrick Lamar screams; then says a short poem while visuals of
Compton are shown. The begins with the
Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) crew in the car Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Jay
Rock and Ab-soul jamming out to Kendrick. This is where Pharrell sings the hook “Ni--a, we gon' be alright. Ni--a, we gon'
be alright. We gon' be alright” stating that not only will you be “alright”
in life but with the faith of God, your plans to success will occur. The video goes through the city Los Angeles
fully shot in black & white; creative a different vibe compared to other
artist.
Kendrick Lamar is more of a poet incorporating
his lyrics with images of what he sees while he’s in the studio creating music;
he has the quality of Tupac wanting the listener to listen carefully to what he’s
saying, understand the true meaning of each word. Kendrick raps “I rap, I black on track so rest assured. My rights, my wrongs; I write
'til I'm right with God” a very powerful bar (Sentence) he expresses his good
deeds and repents his sins on songs, so he can be good with God. In the end, of
the song Kendrick Lamar says his poem, but you have to listen and watch the
music video to hear this. His album ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’ is a great work of
art, I say art because it’s different from other albums. Each track has a part
of a poem and the last song is something every Rap/Hip-hop would want to hear.
So check out the video above and feel free to write comments on what you think
the meaning and explanation is, behind the music video and track.
Energy is a track off his surprise mixtape, ‘If Your
Reading This Its Too Late’; which released on his five year anniversary of releasing
his famous mixtape So Far Gone. This music video was initially published on
Apple music, as Drake and Apple have agreed to put content on Apple Music (Apple’s
new streaming app) than competitors such as, Spotify and Tidal. In this music
video Drake portrays an array of influential and criticized celebrities such
as, Leonardo DiCaprio, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Opera, Kanye West, LeBron
James, Floy Money’ Mayweather, President Barack Obama and his young self. The
reason for portraying all these famous people, and showing his young self is because
of the hook “I got enemies, got a lot of
enemies. Got a lot of people tryna drain me of my energy. They tryna take the
wave from a ni—a. F--kin’ with the kid and pray for your ni—a”.Drake is
saying that there’s a lot of haters out here in these streets, and they want to
see us not succeed; wishing they could live our lives.
Now, the young Aubrey “Drake” Graham in the
beginning video is shown getting bothered by a couple of bullies, and seen
laying on the ground. Then the camera turns to present Drake rapping “I got enemies, got a lot of enemies”at
a young age he was bullied because he was different than everyone else in his
neighborhood and school. He is half Jewish and African American, and in his
neighborhood they weren’t accustomed to seeing this; which created enemies
because he was unique from everyone else in his neighborhood. Drake raps “I got girls in real life tryna fuck up my
day. Fuck goin’ online, that ain’t part of my day”. He was accused of
trying to talk to Porn Star Mia Khalifa; as his fame increased a lot of lower
level celebrities want to gain fame.
This track was published on Big
Sean’s official YouTube account; after his album ‘Dark Sky Paradise’ was released
on February 24, 2015. Big Sean is signed to GOODMusic a label owned
by Kanye West; who was featured on the track alongside John Legend. Video
begins with Big Sean sitting in the backseat of a car that has no wheels, and
held by bricks where a little child appears, when the camera zooms out. Video
continues with the child from his bedroom window seeing his older brother doing
drugs, and then goes on to show bullets on the ground. Next scene is at a
funeral home, where loved ones mourn the death of the brother.
Big Sean raps “My grandma told me, If you write your name in stone. You'll never get
the white out"his grandmother’s advice is make a legacy that cannot
be written over. Now as the video goes on you start to realize the hook “I hope you learn to make it on your own.And if you love yourself just know
you'll never be alone”, is a message to listeners who are striving to make
their dreams come to a reality. You will have doubts creep into your mind, but
don’t feel afraid to ask for help from your loved ones, or from people who are
experiencing identical behaviors. Also, the child portrays us the listeners in
the video, he will have to learn on how to make it on his own (Achieve his
dream) without guidance from his older brother.
Now the meaning of “One Man Can
Change The World” stats that if one man can change one thing in the world, then
any one man can change another part of the world. You just have to believe like
no other. In the end, I hope this piece of my knowledge of the track can help
you, and feel free to comment on what you feel I the meaning of the track.
Enjoy the video above, my friend.
This track was published on The Weeknd’s official YouTube
account a couple days prior to his album ‘Beauty Behind The Madness’ release;
promoting his album to listeners with a new single. The video begins with The
Weeknd burying himself; possibly burying his old self from his previous album ‘Kiss
Land’ which was more of a dark sided album. During the video he pulls out his
pistol and shoots an elder gentlemen who has a creepy look; he also appeared in
the music video called Can’t Feel My Face where he was seen sitting at a table
while The Weeknd performed. Now this seems as the elder gentlemen is a part of
The Weeknd’s story for this album, or maybe for just those two tracks. As well,
The Weeknd sings “I'm a villain in my
city, I just made another killin'” referring to that he believes this album
is also a great album like his previous two ‘Trilogy’ and ‘Kiss Land’. He also sings
“Drivin' by the streets I used to walk
through. When I had no crib, I guess you call that sh*t a miracle” he compares
his old days as a struggling singer to his recent success as a mainstream
artist. In addition, during the music video another part of a track plays
called ‘Real Life’ where he walks to his vehicle singing “I'll be the same, never changed for nothin'. It's all I know, never
learned much more”meaning that even though with his recent success he won’t
leave his hometown Toronto, Canada for any other city. In the end, watch the
video above; enjoy the two tracks and hopefully my words have helped you understand
the track a little more in-depth.
