Where is Jay-Z in this video? Why isn’t he dancing for Beyoncé? Although this is a major con, the viewer still gets a sense that Beyoncé is the ringleader of the show. But more importantly the music/entertainment industry is still us ing women’s bodies for sexual imagery. Pros: A Mise en Scène explosion of color and movement. The viewer wants to watch the show and see what she will do next. She pounces off of furniture and shakes around plush Tarzan-like bars, poles, and cheetah print. Beyoncé dazzles in costume, dance, and color. “Bound 2” tries to work off of simulating the actual act of Kimye’s bedroom affairs (on a stationary motorcycle), whereas Beyoncé plays off of her movement and talent as an artist, creating the illusion to what might happen before she and Jigga get down. This video shows where Kanye West’s “Bound 2” went wrong. The car later turns out to have a half-hidden Jay-Z feeling all up on Beyoncé in the backseat. She struts up to a luxury car in cut-out black lingerie and red pumps waiting for her cue in the rain. “Partition” is arguably Beyoncé’s most sexual video off of her visual self-titled album. Videos/Stills Credit: Frank Ocean’s “Pyramids”, credit to Frank Ocean, The Island Def Jam Group, Wiz Khalifa featuring The Weeknd “Remember you”, credit to Wiz Khalifa, The Weeknd, Ryan Hope, Atlantic Records. They do seem to signify the black hole of excess that one faces as a celebrity or musician.Īlthough it is an effective tactic to pull in the viewer, it should also be cautioned that these type of videos hurt the role women in visual hip hop. This type of model blatantly objectifies women, but creates an even more confusing dimension to the role that these models play in music videos. In “Smoke A N****” he raps with half-naked women twirling in black paint rocking the morphing faces. More recently Juicy J has promoted a similar vixen.
It appears the model is being attacked by the camera or whomever is following her. There is a scene in Khalifa’s “Remember You” where one of the models is running frantically away from camera. They are placed next to dolls or in sexually suggestive situations. The women in these videos almost appear soulless, floating from room to room. Shortly after “Pyramids”, director Ryan Hope showcased Wiz Khalifia’s “Remember You” a video engulfed in scenes of a sleazy Hollywood party gone creepy. Faces similar to the ones found in 2010’s Black Swan. Then they morph into demonic, twisted faces. The video focuses on Ocean being surrounded by female dancers spinning around him on poles. Keep in mind his role in Horrorcore with Tyler the Creator.
The trend seems to have started in 2012, with Frank Ocean’s “Pyramids” music video. But there is a new spin on the hip hop honey–the hip hop horror honey. The ladies we see in the hip hop videos are typically dressed in skimpy clothing.