VP put up the video for Mavado’s “Last Night” track on youtube.
Most interesting moment is 1 minute and 3 seconds (1:03) into the video: the artist and his crew are posing in the vicinity of an orange garbage skip with the word PNP sprayed on it. The same skip is in plain view at least 4 more times in the video.
The question is whether or not it its inclusion was deliberate.
To my memory, no other video has been shot with party symbols shown in such a positive light. I say positive because in hip-hop and dancehall videos, the ‘me and my crew’ pose is something of a signifier. The stand isn’t merely literal but symbolic as well. Its usually done in the artists home town or community with the artists crew in tow, menacing scowls and all, as if to say “this is our place, this is where we stand and this is who we are.”
The shot could have been a bit tighter in editing terms. It could have easily been swung a bit further to the right and still frame the artists for the 3 seconds the particular shot was shown.
I wonder.
Video available for download here. (via VP Records blog)
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Interesting question.But from my perspective,it was deliberately done.
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