Rap Lines That Make No F**king Sense (aka We Found a New Jay-Z Line!)

Ne-Yo - Burning Up

I was going to start a new series called “Intros to R&B Videos That Make No Fucking Sense”, but it turns out there aren’t that many besides this one, so fuck it, I’m including it here.

Luckily, I’ve gotten my hands on a copy of the conversation between the director and Ne-Yo when they were coming up with the video:

Director: “So, we open with three hot women walking through the hallways of a venue. Cut to you walking through the venue as well. Suddenly, she bumps into you - heated words are exchanged, she yells at you in Spanish, but there’s sexual tension. Then, the next shot is you entering the stage and guess who’s in the front row? That hot chick you bumped into! It’s brilliant.”

Ne-Yo: “Wait, that doesn’t make any fucking sense. Why would she be under the venue, alone mind you, if she had front row tickets? And she’s got tickets to see me, but when I bump into her she doesn’t recognize me? And why is she speaking Spanish? Isn’t this video set in the Barbados?”

Director: “Don’t worry about it, no one will pay that much attention. It’ll look good, I promise. What, you think some blogger’s going to take the time to break down the plot of some random R&B video? (Laughs).”

Ne-Yo: “Yeah, I guess you’re right. Fine, fuck it. Let’s do it.”

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