#world-building

#world-building

The video opens with the camera meandering through fields of bright lights and skyscrapers before circling around Jianbo rendered in 3D statue form. Small details like raindrops beading off his figure add to Dan's detailed world-building. Dan says: "There's real thought behind each vignette and all of it relates in some way to his experience of different kinds of honour, whether sometimes that's misplaced or not." Dan's work in bringing metaphors to stretch the track's narrative into visuality is direct a result of the medium.

Jay Electronica's exceptional skill as a rapper has afforded him a level of favor that no one else in the hip-hop sphere-with the exception of André 3000-would have received within the same span of time. Between 2007 and 2020, he generally remained in the public's good graces off the strength of one innovative introductory mixtape, impressive guest verses, and a handful of monumental loosies that featured existential musings, astronomical wonder, and clips from cult cinema.