Genre Characteristics
MGMT - Electric Feel
This song would fall into the category of indie or psychedelic rock. The characteristics of the genre are shown in the music video as it features people with long hair, wearing 'hippy' style clothing, drinking, and generally looking a bit scruffy.
Mobb Deep - Shook Ones
This music sounds stereotypically gangster. The backing track repeats the same 8 bars, features a heavy bass and snare drums with a simple melody layered over the top. The visuals represent this well; they show a number of young black males loitering in an urban environment and driving around one of the poorest areas of New York.
Relationship Between Lyrics & Visuals
Meek Mill - Young Black America (feat. The-Dream)
On several occasions, the lyrics of the song are visually represented in the music video. Around 1 minute into the video Meek raps about being arrested and white people killing black people. At this point in the Video, what appears to be a young Meek Mill is getting chased through a house by a white police officer. At 3:40 in the video, when "The-Dream" is talking about praying to God and dying, videos from a funeral are played in the background.
21 Savage & Metro Boomin - X ft Future
The main theme of this music video is how successful the star has become and how he is showing off his wealth to make his ex-girlfriend jelous. Voyeurism is used throughout the video as it features multiple models wearing revealing clothing. This is done to emphasise the stars wealth as, stereotypically speaking, attractive women who are willing to wear little to no clothing are often attracted to money.
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