As I've previously said about rapper/singer/actor (triple threat?) Drake, I'm not a huge fan. I'm not convinced that he's anything more than an R&B singer who raps as opposed to a rapper who raps. (Think about it. Let that sink in. I'll continue.)His lead single off his So Far Gone mixtape is "Best I Ever Had." Despite being on a mixtape and not a proper album, "Best I Ever Had" has garnered a lot of buzz. (People are still saying "buzz." I feel dumb writing that. But it's true.)
It's one of those cutesy songs with a little too much sexual content that teenaged boys can sing to their girlfriends, and teenaged girls can pretend Drake is singing to them. Just one of those "ooh, I love you so much and when I get you I may do some things to you that you probably won't tell your mom about." The song has so much buzz (there it is again) that Kanye West directed the video.
Yes, that Kanye West.
The video starts off with Drake coaching a team of...ahem...buxom basketball players. I don't think I've ever seen a female basketball player not wear a sports bra. Apparently in Drake's homeland of Canada, sports bras are not necessary for lady hoopsters. What this has to do with a cutesy love song, I don't know.
Now, I don't know if this is a marketing ploy for Drake to seem like a regular dude to male listeners who dismissed him as crooning pretty boy. A video where he's coaching a basketball team of D-cup models with loads of slo-mo locker room shots and slower-mo basketball scenes? Obviously, this was not meant for his target demographic...the ladies.
But if this wasn't bad enough, there's a bit of dialogue during the "championship game" against a team of women who actually appear to be closer to a real basketball team. Strange enough, Drake's team is losing because he was watching them stretch instead of teaching them fundamentals. During a timeout, he advises them on "taking the D." Really? A juvenile dick joke? Really, Drake? Really? Personally, I don't care but this whole busty hoops team thing can't be sitting well with the ladies. Trust me. I know a thing or two about a thing or two (no...seriously, I do.) Alienating your demographic is probably not the best career move, not that this will derail your career since everyone has the attention span of a gnat.
Drake (or anyone): next time you use a basketball theme for a video, go with Teen Wolf. Everybody loves Teen Wolf, and their team was made up of unathletic, pasty dudes...except for...you know...the Wolf.
Watch at your own discretion.
3 comments:
The video is fucktarded for so many reasons. I understand the T&A factor but... geez, Drake. Way to be a complete misogynistic ass.
Actually, his character on Degrassi becomes girls' basketball coach after he's shot and paralyzed, so maybe they just decided to run with it.
That's no excuse, I know.
It so beyond me why this guy is so popular, he's like a broke Al B. Sure!
One of the WORST videos ever.
You da fuckin' best is repeated a zillion times in the song but they bleep him when he says it?
"Make your pussy whistle the Andy Griffith theme song?" Really?
I know a thing or two about a thing or two too. I'm a Black woman with a great rack who would get two bruised eyes if I ran around without a bra on, let alone play basketball without one...yikes!
I'm sure this will win many BET awards next year, I can just see it re-enacted on stage.
Kanye needs a release valve in his skull to let some of the gas out of it. Like yesterday.
Love,
Crystal
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