Having already dropped an underwhelming video to accompany "Over", the world's most hyped rapper Drake is taking another shot as video greatness with the visuals to his "Find Your Love" ballad, a narrative driven flick that find himself fighting Jamaican gangsters to the death over a chick. Yeah, I'm completely serious.
The Refined Take:
1) I don't think that I'm being overly literal when I say that I don't buy the central concept here. I don't know for sure, but let's just assume this video takes place in Jamaica. So Drake's from the slums of Jamaica, but yet he has no accent? The only plausible scenario is that he grew up in the U.S. but his family's Jamacian and he's living on the island with his grandfather for the summer, or something. It's the only thing that makes sense, and even then just barely. If anyone else has alternative explanations, I'm all ears.
2) Just so we're all clear, Drake didn't get himself killed over true love, he got himself killed over booty. An amazing booty, but booty nonetheless. No booty is worth dying over, but I'll admit that Maliah Michel's makes me at least think about it for a minute.
3) Actually, I should back up. We don't know for sure that he died. The alternate interpretation of the ending is that the girl really does love him and ends up shooting the head of the gangsters, not Drake, though frankly that seems like a terrible idea on her part. I'm sure the other gangsters are nearby and would shoot them both shortly. Still, love makes you do crazy things.
4) Continuing on that theme, why wouldn't the gangsters just shoot him in the street. This is like a Bond movie where the villain mysteriously keeps him alive, allowing him the chance to escape, rather than simply ending it all with a shot to the dome. I suppose the head of the gangsters wanted to really destroy Drake by having his girl shoot him, but why get so complicated? Just shoot the man. Marlo Stanfield would have never made a mistake like that.
5) I should end by saying that obviously yet again Drake has delivered a product that's captured my interest completely and provoked an in-depth breakdown, both measures of a successful video. Well done Drizzy.
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