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As I was sitting in my room fiddling with my iPod, I was pondering what I should do my first blog about. I thought that music is something that can be very much “argued” and I choose a topic that interested me, which was my favorite musical artist, Lil Wayne. In Lil Wayne’s music video “How to love”, it illustrates a position on how women are viewed in life and society, taking emphasis on sexuality of women. The argument or concept that the video was conveying was the resolve of women and the actions that they are willing to do to take care of their lives.
As I was sitting in my room fiddling with my iPod, I was pondering what I should do my first blog about. I thought that music is something that can be very much “argued” and I choose a topic that interested me, which was my favorite musical artist, Lil Wayne. In Lil Wayne’s music video “How to love”, it illustrates a position on how women are viewed in life and society, taking emphasis on sexuality of women. The argument or concept that the video was conveying was the resolve of women and the actions that they are willing to do to take care of their lives.
How the video goes about arguing this position or stance has to do with the plot of the video and scenarios bought up throughout the main characters life. At 2:07, the character is working at a strip club. This signifies nudity, which is synonymous signaling sex. Later the scene is set to the character in a room with a man leaving and as he leaves drops money onto a table. Automatically, we think of prostitution. The woman is willing to sell her body to get what she needs. The rhetoric here would push us into the position of seeing women as sluts and whores, but at the same time displays the lengths that a woman would go to to provide for her life.
The position or thought that the audience is intended to take is that every choice has a consequence and that the choices you make shape your life. This video leads into many arguments, i.e. race, relationships, nature versus nurture, etc. but these could all be left to interpretation. The power of women is what is really being symbolized here conveying their strength and determination.
Music video by Lil Wayne performing How To Love (Shazam Version). © 2011 Cash Money Records Inc.
Music video by Lil Wayne performing How To Love (Shazam Version). © 2011 Cash Money Records Inc.
I watched the music video for Lil Wayne's "How to Love" and I completely agree with your interpretation of the video. I think that it is great that Lil Wayne is using his power in the media to convey good messages to women and showing them that they to have power, unlike many other rappers that objectify women and make it seem like they are worthless. Rappers need to follow Lil Wayne and use their identity in the media to portray positive ideas and messages.
ReplyDeleteI do agree that Lil Wayne's Video "How to Love" is supportive of women and argues in defense of their rights. However, I would also like to point out that that is one of the only songs Lil Wayne has release that is supportive of women. He constantly berates women, an example of this can be found in his song "3-Peat".
ReplyDelete"I'm on it, however you want it
You can get it tonight hoe and all night hoe
I beat from, Misto, a fucking right hoe
I might go crazy on these niggas I don't give a motherfuck
Run up in the nigga house and shoot his grandmother up."
So, even though Lil Wayne argues for the strength of women in this one song. I think that his other songs pose a stronger argument in degrading and insulting women.