Kirko Bangz - Drank In My Cup

Music & Lyrics The very first lyric to the song is "I done came down, hold up" this opening links with the video straight away as this saying, which is used very often by rappers from Houston simply means 'I got the hottest car around' the video opens by showing the front logo on the car in a close up and then cuts to the rims on the car, the car is then shown turning a corner and driving straight towards the camera. The second lyric in this song "grip the grain, roll up" refers to him grabbing the wood grain steering wheel on his car and “rolling up” in it. At the specific time this is said you can see a shot of Kirko Bangz holding the steering wheel as he drives. Bangz then tells us "she call me when she wants a change, black diamond my pinky ring" at this point you can see him take a call with a black diamond pinky ring on his finger. "H-Town" is a term used for the city of Houston, Texas when Bangz says "H-Town" an image of the skyline appears from an high angle. "I got this drank in my cup" when Bangz sings the chorus he is in the studio with a cup presumably filled with liquor. Kirko Bangz explains this girl that wants to get with him gives him the same look every time they're together, the camera then zooms into a girl giving him a look. Towards the end Kirko Bangz says "H-Town" at this point you can see a room of people throwing up with their hands, what is known as, the sign of the horns, you can see this sign throughout the video, this particular sign has been adopted by people from Houston and to them and many others means H-Town(Houston). Music & Visuals The video opens when the music starts, this certain instrumental has a fading sound, when the the instruments fade so does the scence and when the beat kicks in again you get a new shot. There are a number of different shots as the drums take place in the song, after about 45 seconds claps start in the song and every time you hear a clap the shot changes, there are a few shots as this point as the claps are quite frequent. Genre Characteristics You can find a lot of the characteristics of a rap/hip hop video in this particular video such as cars, girls, liquor, parties, baseball caps & jewellery.In this video you can see both a studio performance as well as a live performance i think the live performance is somewhat typical the hip hop/rap genre as a lot of rappers do shows before they are signed and then tour on mixtapes and albums. Artists Close Ups Whilst Kirko is in the studio you can see a lot of close ups on his face this is good for the record company as the main artist is featured a lot in the video, he is represented as a common rapper from Houston in which he wears jewellery, a baseball cap, a hooded jacket, and also has a lot of tatoos which has become a popular in hip hop/rap, everybody watching knows who the main artist is. Star Image In the video Kirko Bangz holds the H-Town hand sign a lot, not all rappers can or do do this as they're either not from Houston or choose not too, this gives Bangz his own identity, when people see this hand sign in other places or used by other people they can be reminded of him. Voyeurism In this video there is a girl that comes into the video at 1:57, the clothes she is wearing are quite revealing as you can see her bra and a lot of her breasts, also you can see a lot of other girls in the video with similar dress but it seems as if this girl is the main focus. Intertextuality There is no intertextuality to comment on.