THROW SUM MO MACO 3205 Dr, Rosenbaum Plesa Wilson ie 10 April 2016aN eee THROW SUM MO oe tHe et" ypu In the video Throw Sum Mo the following technological codes are xe music ‘video's location is in an outside roller skating tink, In this type of setting I'm Feminded of old movies like Roll Bounce and the usual party scene. ‘The lights include strobe lights, a disco ball and many multicolored lights. This setting is very common club atmosphere meets the 1990's, vibe of roller-skating rinks, For the lights used on people, these lights are extremely powerful and bright enough to make the artist seem lighter. With multiple lights on high technology and ‘make up allows the people to look shades lighter. Some of the outfits include neon highlights and. the stage whete the stripper poles are located also glows. AR LOO. ayoh tombnes. arta dot hilo Coles. Each of the musicians present different means for their social and tectinological co ‘There are cuts to the locker room where girls switch out their shoes for skates 3, ? Meader Ae. ‘The rapper duo is seen in the locker room a money on women who ate Clo with their butts in the air. Also women are pefforming dancing moves, and gymnastic positions that involve their legs in the air and legs spread open, In the actual rink there are several shots of women on strip poles. There even a shot of a girl shaking her butt directly in front of a young man's face, The two men are the ones in power over the girls, Al the money flow to them and twerk on them for their money. All of the dance moves and barely there clothes acto imprestborappes, OPAL cere yor cleatubtirg VEAL,” Ianatve locos ?Lihatolbes Mean? ‘Nicki is on the counter were the skates are stored, Her placement in this shot is on top of the counter and never bekind the counter, Implying that she does not have to work for her money, it just finds its way to her. > CK > toe Uryfoura. ‘Young Thug is outside the rink with a van, I’m reminded of the pimp o1 Ge ster that can’t afford to be in the rink but will sit outside and socialize. When the doors of the van open more women are on their hands and knees twerking, and a cloud of smoke pours out; indicating heavy Marijuana smoke, ~ OCALA hat loca ght thts, day Mind adionta-bery baie ‘The background dancers’ outfits include cut off shorts, disco shorts, thigh high socks, leotards, bikinis and are wearing roller skates. Nicki is wearing a bra, fur coat and leggings. ‘Most of the background dancers appear to be White, Hispanic, mixed or black light skinned women, As a topic we have discussed in class, the colorism aspect is here in the music video. ol! Beet date lement ished, 2 te,oe ] ea he ' 1m, Being a man of darker skin is more us a darker woman where she is to be dipock ‘The darkest people present are the males and n accepted because they are powerful and domin: seen as undesirable and not beautiful. The w are in this video with extremely revealing outfits represent what most men find attractive. ~ -LUPLLLIL’ rode Gyoe Ina majority of the shots of the background dancers are seen from above , not showing their face , just their bodies, specially their but or breasts. Often when the videos are shot from below it’s from the back of a woman displaying her back side, When the shots are shot from slightly bellow or straight forward it’s of the musicians. This angle indicates power and dominance. koeanot-Wwantask& ‘All of these camera angles just show of the assets of these women. Not ‘treating them with AM zed OCU respect ot dignity of their bodies. ‘This places African American women in a hyper sexuali image category. — sade nnotyyae 2 OPO Women ae barely clothed and are just background props for rapper's videos. When the rapper does engage the background dancer it's in the activity of twerking or throwing money on | her, This music video is filled with Freaks, they have no control of their bodies and at one point the lyrics say: “I got these bitches Ksif on these bitches.” oles Pn ey ncaseDey- froales £ pleat perso | So many promiscuous Jezebels are present in this'tusic video. Due to the fatt that th women in the video are hardly wearing clothes they are “asking” for money to be thrown on them by twerking. Yes, the video contains a narrative, “There are women in the hip-hop industry who use 4 their own sexuality in order to either further their career or make a name for themselves.(Corbett, aris, —» the haa nother ob Ley Jarlisa, 2016) i. Grote gto 08 & a: a ‘The three male rappers hold the most attention in the videos. “They are the ones throwing money on the girls, being twerked on and the main foous of attention.” “The lyrics are conveying that young ladies need to shake their butts for the rapper's money. The faster the shake, the more money is thrown at them. Often times African American women see themselves as “Bad Bitches”. Nicki Minaj is an example of what society calls a “Bad Bitch”. She calls men out on their wrong doing and does Voie Yor woloes. theorth THROW SUM MO- L wD wy pet not blink an eye about it. The Subject ity of the video is she is throwing the money, not getting the money thrown on her. Nicki’s butt is out of the camera shot when she is twerking. Ms. Mina} is not seen twerking like the other female dancers in the video. She gets that respect of not being reduced to just a woman shaking her butt, qo” : “It's okay if lie to you, bitch, I swear the truth-Hey, she. Yes, this music video does contain heavy polysemy. One of the musicians lyrics come tight back like them divers do” In this lyric Mr. Sremmurd is implying that he does not have to tell women the truth and they will still do as he pleases. ‘There are three intertextual references: one, Drake's former stripper girlfriend Matiah Michel, Two Nicki Mina} backside and, the rapper TI’s former girlfriend New New from ATL. “Shawty got a ass, some for now, some for later-Somethin’ like Nicki's, dancin’ like Maliah.” When the song refers to Nicki its to her voluptuous butt, The song next refers to Maliah about her dancing skills, Together the song raps about a woman having a large butt and how she moves it ona stripper pole like an expert. The woman has enough butt for the present time and for the future the future sex that will happen. CUCL 7 In conclusion this music video, objectifies women, reinforces stereotypes for men and ‘women, while making the image for Affican American women worse. It implies that all men have to do is throw money in the ait to allure women to them. DY ve CULL PUA. pa Oe took. Your ton ae. lete. Onganpgali 101, QUI A uy below" osha acceg: ha he. ee es ae repr yalete Menterhed. oe Wer Abeer Pee - you Analy Memeung.s yoteulta Old tepZise- enol Atsola Mone. LoptheTHROW SUM MO 5 Bibliography Corbett, Jarlisa. (2016, April 15). Flexing, Twerking, and Popping Mollies: A Textual Analysis of Hip-Hop Songs and Music Videos. Retrieved from http://www.ritedu/: http://www.rit.edu/cla/communication/sites/rit.edu.cla.communication/files/images/2141%20- %20Corbett%20Jarlisa%20-%20Senior%20Thesis.pdf