Top 10 Music Videos This Week.

Young Thug – Surf ft. Gunna

Young Thug is having so much fun on the beach with bikini-booty models for hire. Thugger is on overdrive in ‘Surf’ from his latest ‘So Much Fun’ album that is getting positive ratings from critics. His unique style of delivery and fashion sense in the video is a nod to his biggest influence Lil Wayne. In the video, Young Thug and his buddy Gunna are on a fun ride on their Quad Bikes at the beach. They also have fun games on the menu for the over-enthusiastic booty girls who wiggle and twerk at the camera.

So Much Fun was released by YSL records and 300 Entertainment on Young Thug’s birthday on Aug 16th. Surf music video follows the video for ‘The London’ featuring J Cole and Travis Scott. Thug’s confidence that So Much Fun will make waves is clearly evident in the video.

Rosalia, Ozuna – Yo x Ti, Tu x Mi

Rosalia is dropping one good video after another. She has given a hit song like ‘Con Altura,’ a mile-high collaboration with J Balvin and El Guincho. Her singing and dancing make the language irrelevant. It’s doesn’t matter if you don’t understand Spanish in a Rosalia song. She can make anything sound sweet with her talent and her chemistry with Ozuna is rocking. Her collaborations with James Blake and Pharrell Williams show that she is ready to be a crossover star like the Colombian Shakira was in her prime. The video directed by Cliqua is simple, but fun and interesting. Rosalia elevates the song with her effortless dancing skills and winks.It doesn’t hurt one bit to notice that Rosalia is curvy like a mountain road.

Yelawolf – Unnatural Born Killer

Yelawolf is a rockstar under a rapper skin. We have reviewed Yelawolf’s Unnatural Born Killer previously. The music video is unnaturally high on surprise quotient. The video features Yelawolf as a fugitive who takes a bullet before setting off on a chase with his equally outlandish buddy and partner in crime. The video is a southern version of a car chase that reminds us of Steve McQueen’s cool chase in Bullitt (1969). For a change, the hero is wounded and is being chased here.

The video directed and photographed by Spidey Smith is brilliant and clever in narrating the story inbuilt in the video. Yelawolf was a protege of Eminem during his tenure with Shady Records. His acting skills are on par with Eminem’s.

Jorja Smith – Be Honest ft. Burna Boy

Jorja Smith was nominated for Grammy Award for the best new artist in 2019. At 22, she is high on oomph and talent. In the tradition of supermarket videos and power-cut videos, Jorja Smith’s ‘Be Honest’ music video rises the temperature of the viewer.

Jorja is on the couch wearing a swim suit in the living room in front of the fan. The English singer is treat to watch in this video. Be Honest featuring Burna Boy is here to establish Jorja Smith as one of the best R&B talents ever to come out of UK. She effortlessly shows that she is not just another emerging talent, but a young star who is here for the long run. The R&B world honestly needs a talent like Jorja Smith. Would be interesting to see what Jorja can do when she teams up with a melancholic rapper like 6lack from across the Atlantic.

Quality Control, Migos – Frosted Flakes

Frosted flakes is one of the tracks from Quality Control record label’s Control the streets volume 2. This was a 36 track album featuring various artists with star power and many upcoming artists.

The trio of Migos consisting of Offest, Takeoff and Quavo are the stars of Frosted Flakes music video. The video involves a Ocean’s Eleven type of setting involving a bank robbery. The visuals are very similar to Mission Impossible 1 directed by Brain De Palma. The Migos team, especially Offset, maintain quality in their rap, but the visuals are on the expected lines. How many videos and movies haven’t we seen in which rappers sleep and screw around on a truck load of fake-cash?

Watch the video to find out how the bank robbery pays for the Migos gang.

Normani – Motivation

Normani’s Motivation pays respect to the 90’s and 80’s R&B queens and pop stars like Jennifer Lopez, Beyonce and Kelly Rowland, both belonging to the group Destiny’s Child. Normani, who belongs the now-broke-up girl group Fifth Harmony, is full of energy.

Normani’s gymanastic dancing was on display in the video for Sam Smith’s Dancing With A Stranger. But that video was the teaser. In the music video of Motivation,Normani takes her dancing game into a higher orbit. We reckon this video directed by veteran Dave Myers is a contender for Video Music Awards. The video does a good work of not only showing Normani’s street dancing skills, but also proves that Normani is a star in the making.

Wale – On Chill ft. Jermaih

Jermaih is a class act in Wale’s On Chill. Without him, this could have ended up as another Wale rap song. It’s refreshing to see a rap video that doesn’t feature women running around with naked booties. Jermaih does his best to bless this track with love and grace. One of the best reflective rap song in a while.

“We’ve been on a tragedy for months why can’t you agree with me for once maybe we can be on chill tonight maybe i can give you chills,” Jermaih opens the song. Wale’s rap contrasts well with Jermaih’s soulful rendition.

Doja Cat, Tyga – Juicy

Another song for the Booty fans. Doja Cat is back with apples and watermelons in her back. She raps like a possessed one with all the fruits falling down in slow motion. Tyga has been the official rapper in all booty videos of recent years. Remember Tyga’s Taste music video.

Doja Cat’s Juicy is a video that should be just watched and enjoyed. Nothing much to write about.

YBN Cordae – Broke As Fuck

YBN Cordae made mixtapes under his previous rap name ‘Anxiety.’ He gained fame by releasing remixes of Eminem and J. Cole. The talented young rapper who is yet to grow a full mustache has released his debut album ‘The Lost Boy’ in July 2019. The album has features by Chance the Rapper, Ty Dolla Sign and Arin Ray.

Broke As Fuck music video is sublime with fast cuts, camera movements and brilliant lighting and mild graphic work. It’s a very cool music video with a modern spirit in its approach to music video making.

Lil Baby, DaBaby – Baby

DaBaby is the hottest talent in the rap world since Suge music video came out. Just Like Migos Frosted Flakes music video that was inspired by Ocean’s Eleven, the ‘Baby’ video is inspired by the drug deal gone wrong scene in Al Pacino starring Scarface (1983). Someone at Quality Control Records is either deliberately paying homage to his favorite Hollywood movies or low on creativity to come up with original ideas for shooting music videos.

But you can’t expect DaBaby to match Tony Montana’s intensity. Unfortunately, there isn’t much humor in this music video that we have come to expect from DaBaby. But still worth a watch to see Lil Baby going to do a drug deal wearing a fancy dress. DaBaby’s green shirt isn’t bad either.

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