@𝐊𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 With you being a younger fan than myself, allow me to provide you with some historical frames of reference about this song/video's content. 𝟏) I highly suggest that you go and listen to the ORIGINAL "Murdergram" off of LL's 1990 "𝘔𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘖𝘶𝘵" album, to see where they're getting the energy from for this song. 𝟐) The opening scene with LL standing on that red Audi is literally a recreation of his legendary 1987 Album cover "𝑩.𝑨.𝑫" (𝑩𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑫𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓). All of the multiple '𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳' references throughout this song is an ode to his rap nickname; alternate persona (he was known as the Jack the Ripper of hip hop), as well as his classic 1988 song with said name. 𝟑) When Em said: "𝑨𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔, 𝑰'𝒎 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒊𝒏' 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑭𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒎𝒔", this is in reference to LL's old neighborhood (𝘍𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘉𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘥), which there's also a song for on LL's "𝘔𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘖𝘶𝘵" album. 𝟒) When Em says: "𝑵𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑩𝑫𝑲, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒔", that's an ode to Big Daddy Kane's "𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘢𝘯𝘦" album cover (𝒑𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕-𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒏), where he's surrounded by a bunch of ladies feeding him grapes, to which we see Em recreating that album cover in this video. 𝟓) And when Em said: "𝙎𝙤, 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝘽.𝘾. 𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚 '𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮", he's quoting one of Big Daddy Kane's most legendary/iconic bars. 𝟔) Lastly, when Em jokingly says in the ending verse: "𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆'𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒊 𝒔𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒔 (𝒔𝒂𝒙)", this is also an ode to the beginning of another one of LL's classic songs "𝘎𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘪", where there's a saxophone being played, which Em is playfully mimicking. I hope this helps connect the dots for you a bit...
@𝐊𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬
With you being a younger fan than myself, allow me to provide you with some historical frames of reference about this song/video's content.
𝟏) I highly suggest that you go and listen to the ORIGINAL "Murdergram" off of LL's 1990 "𝘔𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘖𝘶𝘵" album, to see where they're getting the energy from for this song.
𝟐) The opening scene with LL standing on that red Audi is literally a recreation of his legendary 1987 Album cover "𝑩.𝑨.𝑫" (𝑩𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑫𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓). All of the multiple '𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳' references throughout this song is an ode to his rap nickname; alternate persona (he was known as the Jack the Ripper of hip hop), as well as his classic 1988 song with said name.
𝟑) When Em said: "𝑨𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔, 𝑰'𝒎 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒊𝒏' 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑭𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒎𝒔", this is in reference to LL's old neighborhood (𝘍𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘉𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘥), which there's also a song for on LL's "𝘔𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘖𝘶𝘵" album.
𝟒) When Em says: "𝑵𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑩𝑫𝑲, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒔", that's an ode to Big Daddy Kane's "𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘢𝘯𝘦" album cover (𝒑𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕-𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒏), where he's surrounded by a bunch of ladies feeding him grapes, to which we see Em recreating that album cover in this video.
𝟓) And when Em said: "𝙎𝙤, 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝘽.𝘾. 𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚 '𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮", he's quoting one of Big Daddy Kane's most legendary/iconic bars.
𝟔) Lastly, when Em jokingly says in the ending verse: "𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆'𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒊 𝒔𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒔 (𝒔𝒂𝒙)", this is also an ode to the beginning of another one of LL's classic songs "𝘎𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘪", where there's a saxophone being played, which Em is playfully mimicking.
I hope this helps connect the dots for you a bit...
I would have never catch all that! Thanks a lot and it is insane how much thought went into this song.
BDK = Big Daddy Kane..