WATCH: RUN THE JEWELS – CLOSE YOUR EYES (AND COUNT TO FUCK) FEAT. ZACH DE LA ROCHA

a simple video, but the message is more powerful than anything. never discount these guys for doing something important.

“When Run The Jewels sent me this track, I knew we had the opportunity to create a film that means something. I felt a sense of responsibility to do just that. We had to exploit the lyrics and aggression and emotion of the track, and translate that into a film that would ignite a valuable and productive conversation about racially motivated violence in this country. It’s provocative, and we all knew this, so we were tasked with making something that expressed the intensity of senseless violence without eclipsing our humanity. For me, it was important to write a story that didn’t paint a simplistic portrait of the characters of the Cop and Kid. They’re not stereotypes. They’re people – complex, real people and, as such, the power had to shift between them at certain points throughout the story. The film begins and it feels like they have been fighting for days, they’re exhausted, not a single punch is thrown, their violence is communicated through clumsy, raw emotion. They’ve already fought their way past their judgments and learned hatred toward one another. Our goal was to highlight the futility of the violence, not celebrate it.”

-grizzly

WATCH: FKA TWIGS – GLASS & PATRON

after a string of great videos released during the LP1 era, FKA twigs is moving forward with new jams. “glass & patron” is currently slated to be on a new EP, out later this year. the video was directed by twigs herself, and is a part of the youtube music awards.

-grizzly

WATCH: TYGA – 40 MILL

the only reason i mildly like a tyga solo outing is that kanye west and mike dean teamed up to produce this track (and will executive produce tyga’s upcoming LP). anyway, “40 mill” is decent, and now there’s a music video, directed by tyga himself.

-grizzly