Happy Monday to everyone! Yes I know the work week has started back up but only 4 more days left till the wknd. Have no fear though, Coleminers has got you covered on new updates and content to help this week go by a little quicker. In today's post, I have collected some of the latest videos to drop this past week or so and added my little review. Hope you all enjoy...
Chris Brown "Sweet Love" x "Till I die"
It is clear that Chris Brown is a hardworking star in the music industry. In fear that he will be asked the "water cooler through a window" questions, he has taken a hiatus from doing interviews and red carpet premieres to just working in the studio and putting out music and videos for the fans to enjoy. With his two latest videos "Sweet Love" and "Till I die" dt Big Sean and Wiz Khalifa off his Fortune album dropping later this summer, he shows two different sides to his eclectic personality. In the "Sweet Love" video, Brown goes for the softer, more generic appeal of R&B complete with rain and pseudo crying confessions of love. On the other hand in the "Till I die" video, he takes some notes from Cheech& Chong with a more modern hip-hop spin. The video is fun and filled with plenty of silly things, so nothing really to judge or review. I must give kudos though because Brown is one of the few artists that can still sell and win awards with very little publicity.
Wiz "Grinder"
With some new material and a return to the "old" Wiz with his last mixtape, Philly rapper Wiz khalifa released a new visual for his single "Grinder". At this point it is pretty clear that Wiz likes his home grown herb, so much so that he titled his latest single off of the item used to break the mary jane up into smaller parts (for those who didnt know). However I doubt that the video would be very interesting if thats all there was to see, so to keep the weedheads and nonweedheads entertained he took us on a little journey, or a night out. With fellow rapper Juicy J following in the background and a wide shot camera to take the viewer on a high night out.
cataracs x waka x kaskade "all you"
Blend lizard babes, a shoot out, LSD breast milk, water guns, and Waka Flocka riding a segway all set in a middle-of-nowhere old western bar and you have a sense of the hilarious randomness that takes place in the Cataracs visual for their single "All You" ft Kaskade and Waka Flocka. The rap/producer duo did something a little different and take a "Wrong turn" approach to this club friendly hit by playing two hitchikers stranded at a western themed bar somewhere off of some desert road. With all the imagery, I think director Mickey Finnegan was playing off the unusual and randomness of a duo white rapper group and the Waka Flocka feature. The video is funny in its randomness and I can appreciate the creativy of the two, plus the song is kinda dope. Oh and did I mention all takes place off a psychodelic trip from a shot of hallucinogenic breast milk?
No church in the wild-The Throne ft Frank Ocean
Long awaited and highly anticipated vid for Watch the Throne's "No Church in the Wild" was finally released this past week. I have been a fan of this song for awhile and lately it seems like you cant watch a movie trailer without hearing the 88-keys and Kanye West beat. This song should have been one of the first singles off the LP and the visual is nothing less than epic. Complete with a full scale riot in some foreign country and topped off with a random elephant (i guess to symbolize the wild or something), this video compacts all the intensity and rawness of the song but leaves out a cameo from Kanye West, Frank Ocean, and Jay-Z. I don't know if director Romain Gavris thought that it would be more powerful to not include the artists lip synching or appearing in the video but, regardles, it is a good watch.
Will.I.am ft Eva Simons "This is Love"
Previous reviews for Will.I.am havent been the best on this blog but I cant hate on dude because he is a great producer and talented artist. His latest solo efforts have not been greatly received, but that doesnt stop him from putting out new material. His latest video for his single "This is Love" ft Eva Simons has the makings of a dance-pop hit and the video is nothing too extraordinary. Director Rich Lee uses multiple Korean imagery and plenty of costume changes as he takes through the seasons. Simons offers the "weird" and oddly attractive element with her good looks and never moving, signature mohawk and Will.I.Am does his best sensitive guy role that comes across as a futuristic R&B singer with an old school piano. Complete with the generic "party crowd" that seems to come with every dance video like a prop for a movie and great shots of the London Bridge, Lee has all the elements for making an appealing visual.
Coldplay "Princess of China"
Sometimes when a single fails to hit the charts but has the potential to be a huge single, a dope video is made for it to help stir the buzz and get the masses to becoming addicted. It seems that the industry has done this tactic ever since they realized that with both visual and audio stimulation, the public can make a subpar song a hit, ie Rihanna's "Where Have You Been" song and video. Riding off the coattails of Rihanna's latest singles succes at number one on the billboard charts is Coldplay's latest visual for the single "Princess of China" ft Rihanna. The Adria Petty and Allen Bibby directed video takes some inspiration from one of my favorite movies, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and has the songstress and the lead singer Chris Martin doing their best ninja in feudal China inpersonations. With a little sword fighting and ancient Chinese dancing, this wuxia-inspired video is more on the CGI heavy interpretation of a song about a bad relationship and includes some special effects that we have seen before. It is a good effort but not one of their best videos.
Kid Ink "lost in the sauce"
LA rapper Kid iNK prepares for his debut LP Up and Away, dropping June 12th, by releasing his new video for the single "Lost in the Sauce". Doing his best to keep the kids off drugs and promote D.A.R.E., Brian Collins aka Kid iNK every scene with at least a different substance in hand. From alcohol to weed to vape, the video is basically him getting high and riding around town...by himself. The black and white vid looks pretty low budget and is basic, but I'm sure the fans will still love it. If this is going to be the future of Hip-Hop, consider me strictly an R&B and throwback junkie.
"Invincible" MGK
Bad Boy artist and party-rap rocker Machine Gun Kelly released a video for his new radio-friendly single "Invincible" ft Ester Dean. With everything that a self-motivating and "struggling through hard times" biographical track has to offer this video follows the same formula. There is the multiple shots of people down on their luck, Dean (looking exceptionally good) walking through some hall in an abandoned building, the MGK solo passionate-rapping scenes, and the MGK with his band "rockin-out". Judgement aside, the song is a solid track and this is one of the first non-dance songs that I have heard from Dean. The video is a little cliched but director Isaac Rentz's imagery tells the story well.
"Ride like that" Travis Porter
The Alex Nazri directed video for Travis Porter's "Ride Like that" is the 4th single of their debut album Day 1. Model chicks, hanging light fixtures, designer shoes, and Jeremih's swacking of Diddy's style best describe this video. It is pretty basic with a different scenes of the fellas in different settings with three different girls. Other than the usual imagery and the models, there is nothing else that really stands out. Their debut album is in stores now.
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