http://culturecatch.com/taxonomy/term/517 en http://culturecatch.com/node/3734 <span>Video of the Week: &quot;This Is America&quot;</span> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/users/dusty-wright" lang="" about="/users/dusty-wright" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Dusty Wright</a></span> <span>July 10, 2018 - 10:00</span> <div class="field field--name-field-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Topics</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/music" hreflang="en">Music Review</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/127" hreflang="en">music video</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/516" hreflang="en">hip hop</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/517" hreflang="en">rap</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><div class="video-embed-field-provider-youtube video-embed-field-responsive-video form-group"><iframe width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VYOjWnS4cMY?autoplay=0&amp;start=0&amp;rel=0"></iframe> </div> <p>Protest music for this generation made easy but informed by those that came before, i.e., Gil Scott-Heron, The Last Poets, Fela Kuti, Public Enemy, et al. Childish Gambino nails it in his evocative hip-hop street symphony "This Is America." Thoughtful, direct and riveting, and directed by Japanese-American filmmaker <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiro_Murai" title="Hiro Murai">Hiro Murai</a>, a frequent Gambino collaborator, it is non-stop messaging in today's divisive America.  The song features background vocals by American rappers <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlocBoy_JB" title="BlocBoy JB">BlocBoy JB</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21_Savage" title="21 Savage">21 Savage</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Thug" title="Young Thug">Young Thug</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rae_Sremmurd" title="Rae Sremmurd">Slim Jxmmi</a>,  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quavo" title="Quavo">Quavo</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offset_(rapper)" title="Offset (rapper)">Offset</a>. 327,580,858 views and counting; killer indeed.</p> <p> </p> </div> <section> <h2>Add new comment</h2> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderForm" arguments="0=node&amp;1=3734&amp;2=comment_node_story&amp;3=comment_node_story" token="5szilc70jeiVKmTnbI2ASBTVwV7qZ54eFFgTVCWCAYY"></drupal-render-placeholder> </section> Tue, 10 Jul 2018 14:00:00 +0000 Dusty Wright 3734 at http://culturecatch.com