Thursday, April 18, 2013

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Gave Us Visuals For "Can't Hold Us"

Visuals are important! Macklemore
and Ryan Lewis gave us another visual from their album yesturday. Their new video, "Can't Hold Us" ft. Ray Dalton, is  one of their singles from their album "The Heist". This video had a lot going on, but it was the "there's a lot going on" in a good way type of video! Unlike other videos, "Can't Hold Us" was directed by a team of people: Ryan Lewis, Jason Koenig, and Jon Jon Augastavo. I am glad to see rappers contribute in the making of their videos because it really shows that they are not just performers, they artistic artists . 

So the video starts off with an old Eskimo man giving Macklemore the "Heist Black Flag", which Macklemore runs off with. Macklemore then travels with the flag in hand with a sled and a pack of Huskies like he is competiting in the Alaska's Iditarord race (weird but cool). I think it represented may be "a race in time" in allegiance because in the rest of the video different people end up passing the the flag on to other people and the lyrics of the song kind of go hand in hand. We also see clips of a huge pirateship, and scenes with Ray Dalton. But the end of the video, Macklemore placed the "Heist Black Flag" on top of Seattle Washington's Space Needle.

Some great visuals in the video was the camel walking on a city sidewalk, which was weird but cool because we usually see camels in the desert, but in this video it is walking on the sidewalk with Macklemore. Another visual which grabbed my attention was the scene with the red truck in the plain grassy fields. The red truck was pulling a long wagon that had a living room set on it. Yes I said it, the wagon had a television, a couch, rug, a lamp, etc. all while the truck was moving and Macklemore was rapping and chilling on the couch. There was also a scence with Ray Dalton, who was stranded on a island sitting on a barbor sit getting his hair. This scene really hit me the most because he is dressed to the T with his lace ups on, stranded on a island, while getting his hair cut. But the Ryan Lewis appears for submerging out of the water and handing the "Heist Black Flag" to Ray Dalton. It was a great image with a powerful meaning and visual!

There was a lot of visuals and numerous subliminal messages in the video, so go watch the video and see if you know the meaning. I  absolutely love the song; it's so uplifting but yet a party starter.

Go watch "Can't Hold Us"! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zNSgSzhBfM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

To download Macklemore and Ryan Lewis's album "The Heist" go to: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/cant-hold-us-feat.-ray-dalton/id560097651?i=560097694

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