The influence of Dancehall is all over this video. First the production is from Dancehall's crossover kings Major Lazer featuring Party Next Door who is Canadian by birth but whose parents are Jamaican. He performed in Jamaica last year at the Major Lazer concert in Kingston probably trying to rediscover his Caribbean roots. Then comes reggae's perennial fan Nicki Minaj spitting some dancehall bars before switching back to her rapping voice. We nah lie di chune baaad!!!!!!
Fuse magazine gave it a positive review to the song, writing, "Minaj and Party bring their Trinidadian and Jamaican roots to the track, as the rapstress drops boastful verses laced with swagger, sex appeal and patois."
Spin magazine commented that the song used "dancehall -inspired production that Drake pimped and Tory Lanez bit."
Jamaicans just say it is Dancehall STR8 no matter how you dress it up
Ok the video is about a society so self absorbed in their phones and taking selfies that they are like zombies. Great concept, but we wouldn't be surprised if they took inspiration even further from Dancehall's new dance Hero Dance released months prior to their video
Some of you may not know about the Hero dance but it features one of Dancehall's most popular character's Facebook Hero and Dancehall's daggering and dancing crazy man, Marvin the Beast trying their hand at becoming recording artists. Don't get it twisted these men are well known in Jamaican Dancehall circles for their respective crafts.
If you don't know about Facebook hero aka World Dawg ....Tanntanan back at you again... make sure you follow him on the gram for some Dancehall inspired comedy @world_dawg.
And then if you want Dancehall dancing WWE style check out the "professional" antics of Marvin the Beast on insta @marvinthe beast_ or check him out on YouTube but be warned this man no easy.
Its MUSIC at its Maaaaaaadest
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