Ghetto Gospel Video Is out
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Looks like they finally made a video just to shut us up. I really don't understand the concept behind releasing the first video almost 4 months after the album dropped but its probably cause they've got a group full of assclowns down there working on advertising and promoting.
How funny would this have been!!?? haha imagine how much shit it would stir up if they used a homosexual to act as a priest in a 2Pac video. 
that video was horrid and boring .. like some other guy said on this post i wish they would have never made it. Can they not destroy this mans legacy anymore with these dull and boring videos.. like cmon this video was just like thugs mansion in a way. Its like they found some movie and played the track in the backround from a scene. If i was doing this video i would have did something like unconditional love. They have footage of pac in the studio when he was recording this song so why not use bits and pieces of it right? Its the one with the christmas interview and in the booth so what i would have done was get a look a like and dress him up like pac as he was in this photo
http://img234.exs.cx/img234/1391/main33jd.jpg
and mix in the real footage of pac behind the mic and another scene with the actor look a like rhyming some of the lyrics from the song into the mic exactly how they did with unconditional love.
the people that have been doin these latest pac videos are brain dead and boring. A video like this i doubt will never stay on the countdown compared to other artist videos that are more jazed up. They are not creative at all. Im very dissapointed with this.
http://img234.exs.cx/img234/1391/main33jd.jpg
and mix in the real footage of pac behind the mic and another scene with the actor look a like rhyming some of the lyrics from the song into the mic exactly how they did with unconditional love.
the people that have been doin these latest pac videos are brain dead and boring. A video like this i doubt will never stay on the countdown compared to other artist videos that are more jazed up. They are not creative at all. Im very dissapointed with this.
I posted this in the thread at Fair Xchange as well, but I know many of you don't frequent that forum so I'll post my review on this thread also.
truly, I'm not really feeling this video, but I'm thankful that at least they made one for the fans.
I think the message of the video is strong and deep, and I like it a lot.. very nice when they show a clip of an old lady with garbage bags when pac says "tell me do you see that old lady aint it sad? livin outta bags plus she's glad for the little things she has..."
I would interpret the message of the video to be the following: the guy's life is an analogy to 2pac's life and many other young black males living in what Pac called the "outer city." the kid was left out of society, forced to drug deal and do criminal activites, yet he still had a good heart. when he stops and stares at the church, and when you see him playing with his kid and wife, you see he is good at heart. however, he somehow gets caught up with the wrong croud, and at the end of the video he's murdered.... sound familiar (minus the wife/kids) ? the message of the Thugz Mansion video was also similar.
however, Pac tells a story in this song, and the video doesn't really follow his story in my opinion. the song is not telling a story about a young black man with a wife and kids who gets shot in a drive by. the song is telling a story of the GHETTO and has many references that aren't addressed, like for example:
when Pac mentions Malcom X and Hutton, no images or footage of either of them. this could have added depth.
when Pac says "when I write rhymes I go blind and let the Lord do his thing..." no footage of Pac writing rhymes. this is calling for that footage that we all know Amaru has.
Pac is talking in the first person most of the song. again there is no footage of Pac at ALL in the video, except that in the background of the guy's apartment the video for Brenda's Got a Baby is playing in the kitchen. nice touch, but that's it???
no references to racial conflicts or anything like that when Pac says "it aint about black or white cuz we're human." I think this is one of the take-home messages of the song, especially considering it's the last line of the first of only 2 verses.
after showing the lady living outta bags, then Pac says "and over THERE there's a lady, cracked out & crazy.... giving birth to a baby." this is a scary and powerful image, which would be even more important and shocking to show than the lady living out of bags. a homeless woman is a sad scene, yes, but a pregnant woman obviously addicted to crack is much more tragic. why didn't they show this? if they're gonna show one of those two images they should show both in my opinion. instead, it's a close up of the guy's face.
"but am I less holy, cuz I choose to puff a blunt and drink a beer with my homies?" here, no closeup of the guy smoking and drinking with his homies. instead it shows the beginning of the drive-by.
this song almost brought tears to my eyes, mainly simply because it made me think of Pac and how he died from gunmen in a car as well, and I think they did a great job by showing the guy still standing there looking at the church, but then he disappears - it's showing that the guy, like Pac, live on through God, through spirit, and through the impact they left on this world. again great message and deep video.
now, not to hate on Eminem's remake of the song - I think it's actually not all that bad - but WHY COULDN'T AMARU ALSO USE THE 3RD AND 4TH VERSES FROM PAC????? man, I hate to bring up old discussions, but they must have lost the acapella for the 4 verse version or something, and what a disappointment this is. the video WOULD have been a masterpiece with 4 verses, different production, more footage of Pac, and more images from the actual song in the video.
overall, I'd give this one a 3/5.
maybe 3.5/5 max.
truly, I'm not really feeling this video, but I'm thankful that at least they made one for the fans.
I think the message of the video is strong and deep, and I like it a lot.. very nice when they show a clip of an old lady with garbage bags when pac says "tell me do you see that old lady aint it sad? livin outta bags plus she's glad for the little things she has..."
I would interpret the message of the video to be the following: the guy's life is an analogy to 2pac's life and many other young black males living in what Pac called the "outer city." the kid was left out of society, forced to drug deal and do criminal activites, yet he still had a good heart. when he stops and stares at the church, and when you see him playing with his kid and wife, you see he is good at heart. however, he somehow gets caught up with the wrong croud, and at the end of the video he's murdered.... sound familiar (minus the wife/kids) ? the message of the Thugz Mansion video was also similar.
however, Pac tells a story in this song, and the video doesn't really follow his story in my opinion. the song is not telling a story about a young black man with a wife and kids who gets shot in a drive by. the song is telling a story of the GHETTO and has many references that aren't addressed, like for example:
when Pac mentions Malcom X and Hutton, no images or footage of either of them. this could have added depth.
when Pac says "when I write rhymes I go blind and let the Lord do his thing..." no footage of Pac writing rhymes. this is calling for that footage that we all know Amaru has.
Pac is talking in the first person most of the song. again there is no footage of Pac at ALL in the video, except that in the background of the guy's apartment the video for Brenda's Got a Baby is playing in the kitchen. nice touch, but that's it???
no references to racial conflicts or anything like that when Pac says "it aint about black or white cuz we're human." I think this is one of the take-home messages of the song, especially considering it's the last line of the first of only 2 verses.
after showing the lady living outta bags, then Pac says "and over THERE there's a lady, cracked out & crazy.... giving birth to a baby." this is a scary and powerful image, which would be even more important and shocking to show than the lady living out of bags. a homeless woman is a sad scene, yes, but a pregnant woman obviously addicted to crack is much more tragic. why didn't they show this? if they're gonna show one of those two images they should show both in my opinion. instead, it's a close up of the guy's face.
"but am I less holy, cuz I choose to puff a blunt and drink a beer with my homies?" here, no closeup of the guy smoking and drinking with his homies. instead it shows the beginning of the drive-by.
this song almost brought tears to my eyes, mainly simply because it made me think of Pac and how he died from gunmen in a car as well, and I think they did a great job by showing the guy still standing there looking at the church, but then he disappears - it's showing that the guy, like Pac, live on through God, through spirit, and through the impact they left on this world. again great message and deep video.
now, not to hate on Eminem's remake of the song - I think it's actually not all that bad - but WHY COULDN'T AMARU ALSO USE THE 3RD AND 4TH VERSES FROM PAC????? man, I hate to bring up old discussions, but they must have lost the acapella for the 4 verse version or something, and what a disappointment this is. the video WOULD have been a masterpiece with 4 verses, different production, more footage of Pac, and more images from the actual song in the video.
overall, I'd give this one a 3/5.
maybe 3.5/5 max.
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