First Music Task

For reading and research week, we had been given the task to find a copyright free song. So i went onto unsigned.com and found a Hip Hop/Rap band called "mashtown", and their particular song called "Studio Gangtas".

I chose this song because i like the beat and its catchy tune. Also, this is the kind of music i listen to all the time. When i heard this song, many ideas for music videos came into my head. For example, we could do a gangsta or a street like video, or maybe something along the lines of drug use or alcohol.

However, i am not certain that i will definitely use this song for my actual work. 

Song Lyrics

Yo yo

Eh yo first up never second

Throw the heavy weapon

Always repping east side

Shouts at every section

Light skin complexion

Six foot frame

Hold up in my hood tings, you know I love a good rave

I’m just coming in the game bruv

Pissed a lot of people off

Got a big list blad

Steady cussin people off

Act like your hardcore

You think I can’t see you’re soft

I’m CEO baby, when you see me think who’s the boss

Mashtown niggers role strap down never gonna back down blud you should know how it goes

I take a step out of the cab and leave your man on the road

I lick a shot out of the snub and send it right through his nose and right through his clothes

You know how it goes

N’our days all you hear is bang bang on the roads and bang on the roads in broad day

From captain to Broadway

E8 E9 E5 full all day

Sick and tired of studio gangstas always in the booth talking grieve

All home and work jobs

Never move no bobs

Never ever sold a rock in the streets

These little niggers criminal walkin day in my reeves

There aint one big boy like me

And I’ll let my gun go for fifth or for four you think it’s on weed my mash it stakes no time

I do my ting in my hood

I move raw hide

LF LF mashtown when you feel like

E8 E9 bang bang with my goon bags

All them little gangstas, E5 tune blud

Its all 6 9 my hoods on fire boy

Every camp’s got a couple east side rider boys

Well mine too, I got my own gang

I’m strapped down, im a east side rider man

I wear a hot boy up like im a fire man

It’s not constructive

But fuck it

It’s what I do its how I live a nigger does this

When it’s on im always first of the bark shit

You wanna live when im out

You better duck quick

I’ll hit you up

Leave you by your rubbish

It’s not a joke home boy

I’m with targish

I’ll take a chunk out your face

Say nothin

Sick and tired of studio gangstas always in the booth talking grieve

All home and work jobs

Never move no bobs

Never ever sold a rock in the streets

These little niggers criminal walkin day in my reeves

There aint one big boy like me

And I’ll let my gun go for fifth or for four you think it’s on weed my mash it stakes no time (×2)

Analysis 

Target audience for the music may be teenagers around 13-19. Also mostly males will listen to this kind of music, so if i was to use this music, i would associate the video more for males than females. I think this song sounds like street or gangsta music, so i would probably film the video on the street or in alleys. I will target all ethnicities with this song, mainly because most males like or have an interest towards gangsta type music.

There is some swearing in the lyrics, which connotes that it is more hard street kind of music. "east side", connotes that this song is about rivalry and that east side is their territory. "Never gonna back down" connotes that they are saying that they are not going to give up in a fight. "There aint one big boy like me" connotes that he is saying he is the top dog, that nothing can beat him. These are all typical denotations for a male, that's why i will mainly target this music video with this song at males.

The tempo is not too fast, but not too slow. Its upbeat and its got energy which lifts you up.

If i was to use this song in my video, i would probably film on the street and maybe show drug use or alcohol use, because the music sounds street and gangsta. If i was using this song, i would make an impressionist style video.

Permission

I have also sent an email asking for permission, however, I have yet to recieve confirmation back.