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This article was written by E on 18 Jan 2010, and is filed under Hip Hop, Music Video, New.

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Poll: Can Someone PLEASE tell me whats so Evil About This Video?


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Because everywhere I turn, I hear someone talking about, “oh that video is weird/evil/wrong” or the ever popular “there are masonic/evil/illuminati related things all through that video.” I ask where these images are at… no one seems to answer me. Without some kind of conspiracy theory involved somewhere in their reply.

The most interesting thing about the whole situation is that I really like the video. Not only is Jay Z attempting to push his little Hip Hop video boundaries (A la Lady Gaga for pop musics), it’s also one of those videos that make the song much more tolerable. I can’t stand this song in album format… Swizz Beats ‘par-for-the-course’ formula of a repetitive chorus and typical beat irritate me early in the song. But with the video in play… it distracts from that irritation that kept me from enjoying this song. So maybe there is some kind of evil witchery involved in this. The last time I thoroughly enjoyed a swizz beats arrangement was in the late 90′s. lol.
I mean, I’m all for exposing evil subliminal messaging in music, but I… I’m just not seeing it. I’m open for whatever kinda discussion there is on this, but… yeaaaah. lol.

So help me. Point it out. Or at least vote for me.

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  • http://www.thisisbooksmusic.com John Book

    Hip-hop videos haven’t been literal for years, and yet the moment someone makes something a bit more adventurous than what has become the hip-hop norm, he’s evil. So in other words, Satan is the same person that placed the earthquake on Haiti (according to Pat Robertson) and made Jay-Z do this video? No, it’s called “being arty” and I for one don’t think it’s a big issue. I like it.

    • E

      i know. its all tomfoolery at its best, bu ti was really trying to see if there was anything valid in all of that. and as usual, there is not. lol.