In 2024, Vince Staples’ Darkish Occasions was one of the essential rap albums of the yr. Earlier this yr his Netflix collection The Vince Staples Present was canceled following the second season, and he just lately launched a personal Discord server for his followers. Now he is again with a brand new music known as “Blackberry Marmalade” and an intense music video.
The video, directed by the hip-hop artist himself alongside Bradley J. Calder, is from the point-of-view of a mass shooter as he first shoots Staples after which diners in a restaurant. Because the shooter walks in, he appears on the safety guard, who’s enjoying video games on his cellphone. On the finish, he returns to the car parking zone and turns the gun on himself. It finishes with a quote from Martin Luther King Jr.’s well-known 1963 open letter “Letter From Birmingham Jail”: “So the query shouldn’t be whether or not we will likely be extremists, however what sort of extremists we will likely be.”
As for the music itself: It is mainly a rock music with a fantastic bassline. Followers are evaluating it to acts like Paris Texas and Genesis Owusu. The opening strains reference Ye: “Empires constructed on bloodstained floor/ Kanye West, I pray all of them fall down/ London Bridge, they’re tryna cross you now/ Do not crash out, Soiled Diana.” Test it out under.
