For those who missed the drop of their breakthrough mixtape "The Slow Rise Project", presented by Mick Boogie, rising crew The Canz just dropped the visuals to the project's lead single "Can't Hold Me Down", a video that may not have the flash of a Hype Williams project, but definitely still gets the job done.
The Refined Take:
1) That's a dope murdered-out SUV, but just once (just once) I want to see a rapper climb into a '95 Volkswagen Jetta in slow-mo. Good to see The Canz are making more money than I am.
2) Ah, the old "make the camera really shaky when the track gets hard" technique. It never fails. True story - Michael J. Fox was the cameraman for this one. I'm sorry. That felt inappropriate, even for me.
3) In case you're wondering, that's the Ghanan flag you see. The Canz grew up in Ghana and now reside in Georgia. Hip-hop has truly gone global.
4) I know I'm breaking this down like the JFK assassination film, but when they're in the bar, pause the video and look at the bottles on the top of the bar. What are those? At first I thought they were Rolling Rocks, but they look like Pellegrino sparkling water to me. Anyone else have any theories?
5) If you're a little behind the curve and this video has properly inspired you, I would definitely recommend you download "Slow Rise" here right now.
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